Game #4478
Aston Villa
Saturday, 13 September 1997
Won
15th (+5)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Barnsley
Attendance: 18,649
Oakwell
Barnsley
0-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Stan Collymore | 50’ | Dwight Yorke | 72’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa climb off the bottom of the table for the first time this season as they record successive Premier League wins with victory at Oakwell.
KEY MAN
Ugo Ehiogu, opened the scoring
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 13 September 1997
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Ugo Ehiogu
🕒 | HT Barnsley 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-0, Mark Draper, Assist by Stan Collymore
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 3-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
🕒 | FT Barnsley 0-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
ON THIS DAY
Successive wins lifted Villa off the bottom to 13th in the Premier League table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Barnsley
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1911-12
FIXTURE HISTORY
Barnsley
Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #132 |
Saturday, 13 September 1997
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 132 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 | 36 🟥 38 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 22 April 1997, Villa 0-0 Leeds, Elland Road.
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Fernando Nélson is recalled as Gary Charles misses out
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.78 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.30 |
Youngest Player
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 24.88 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Danny Wilson | 🇬🇧 |
Barnsley
GK Lars Leese | 🇩🇪 |
RB Nicky Eaden | 🏴 |
CB Adie Moses | 🏴 |
CB Arjan De Zeeuw | 🇳🇱 |
LB Darren Barnard | 🏴 |
M Matty Appleby | 🏴 |
M Neil Redfearn | 🏴 |
M Eric Tinkler | 🇿🇦 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Liddell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Gjorgi Hristov | 🇲🇰 | 🔁 |
CF Ashley Ward | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 76’ |
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Eric Tinkler | 🇿🇦 | (M Darren Sheridan | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Andy Liddell | 🏴 | (M Martin Bullock | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Gjorgi Hristov | 🇲🇰 | (Laurens Ten Heuvel | 🇳🇱 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Tony Bullock | 🏴 |
LB Ales Krizan | 🇸🇮 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
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
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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