Game #4476
Aston Villa
0-0-4, 0 PTS
Wednesday, 27 August 1997
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
Substitutes
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | for CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 86’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Villa name their oldest starting XI of the season as Stan Collymore scores his first goal for Villa on 58'.
Saša Ćurčić makes his first appearance of the season as an 86’ substitute.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.12 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 34.12 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 22.22 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
🔴 M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 1993-97 🕒 174 | 173 (1) | ⚽ 11 | 🔥 26 | 🇺 1 | #693 |
Scorer(s) | Dwight Yorke | 27’ | Stan Collymore | 58’ |
Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 27’ | Ian Taylor | 58’ |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Les Ferdinand
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-1, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Mark Draper
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 2-1, Stan Collymore, Assist by Ian Taylor
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 2-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Les Ferdinand
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 2-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Ruel Fox
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Ugo Ehiogu, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Game | #4 |
Manager Game | #130 |
Wednesday, 27 August 1997
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1996-2009
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1996-2009
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Head to Head
Total 🕒 125 | 🟩 47 | 🟨 25 | 🟥 53 | ⚽ 186 | 🥅 208 |
League 🕒 109 | 🟩 41 | 🟨 23 | 🟥 45 | ⚽ 171 | 🥅 186 |
FA Cup 🕒 11 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 8 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 59 | 🟩 24 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 20 | ⚽ 86 | 🥅 83 |
Away 🕒 64 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 32 | ⚽ 98 | 🥅 121 |
Neutral 🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 4 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 130 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 | 36 🟥 38 | 1.57
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
2-0-2, 6 PTS
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 26,316
GK Ian Walker | 🏴 |
LB Justin Edinburgh | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
CB John Scales | 🏴 |
RB Stephen Carr | 🇮🇪 |
M Stephen Clemence | 🏴 |
M David Howells | 🏴 |
W Andy Sinton | 🏴 |
W Ruel Fox | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Steffen Iversen | 🇳🇴 |
CF Les Ferdinand | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
Gerry Francis | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | LB Justin Edinburgh | 🏴 | (CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Les Ferdinand | 🏴 | (CF Neale Fenn | 🇮🇪 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Espen Baardsen | 🇳🇴 |
LB Jamie Clapham | 🏴 |
M Allan Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1990-91
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa score their first goals of the season but can't prevent a fourth successive defeat to sit winless and bottom of the Premier League under Brian Little.
Villa field their oldest starting XI of the season with an average age of 27.12 years.
Midfielder Andy Townsend, 34, makes his 174th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (173 Starts) before moving on to Middlesbrough for a fee of £500,000 later this month. Townsend won a brace of League Cups and captained the club whilst with Villa to leave with a record of W79 D42 L53, 11 Goals, 26 Assists, 26 Bookings and 4 Red Cards across his 5 seasons.
Stan Collymore scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance to make it W0 D0 L4, 1 Goal, 0 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Dwight Yorke makes his 250th appearance in a Villa shirt (210 Starts) to make it W106 D63 L81, 83 Goals, 37 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.08 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Ian Taylor makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (91 Starts) to make it W45 D25 L30, 9 Goals, 6 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa centre back Colin Calderwood lines up for Tottenham.
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