Game #4463
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 5 March 1997
Lost
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Leicester City
Attendance: 20,626
Filbert Street
Leicester City
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
David Hughes, full debut.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 5 March 1997
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Steve Claridge
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🕒 | FT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 | Booking, David Hughes
ON THIS DAY
Centre back David Hughes made his full debut aged 19 after joining the club as a trainee and signing professional forms in July 1996.
Future Villa full back Simon Grayson, future Villa centre forward Emile Heskey and former Villa midfielder Garry Parker lined up for Leicester as future Villa boss Martin O’Neill masterminded another victory over Villa.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Leicester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Game | #29 |
Manager Game | #117 |
Wednesday, 5 March 1997
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 117 | 🟩 | 51 🟨 | 33 🟥 33 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 Jan 97, Villa 2-2 Newcastle (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
David Hughes comes in for his first start in place of Steve Staunton.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.78 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.64 |
Youngest Player
CB David Hughes | 🏴 | 19.10 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
MANAGER
Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Leicester City
GK Kasey Keller | 🇺🇸 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
CB Steve Walsh | 🏴 |
CB Spencer Prior | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Matt Elliott | 🏴 |
M Muzzy Izzet | 🇹🇷 |
M Neil Lennon | 🇬🇧 |
M Garry Parker (ex) | 🏴 |
W Steve Guppy | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Mark Robins | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Spencer Prior | 🏴 | (D Julian Watts | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Mark Robins | 🏴 | (CF Steve Claridge | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | (M Scott Taylor | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Kevin Poole (ex) | 🏴 |
W Jamie Lawrence | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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