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Game #4490

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 4 November 1997

Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

UEFA Cup

Athletic Bilbao

Attendance: 35,915

Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

Athletic Bilbao

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa gain respite from their poor League season with a strong win over Athletic Bilbao to win the second round UEFA Cup tie on aggregate after the goalless away leg.

KEY MAN

Ian Taylor, gave Villa the lead

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 4 November 1997

⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Taylor
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Athletic Bilbao
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 2-1, (Athletic Bilbao), Javi González
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Simon Grayson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Athletic Bilbao

ON THIS DAY

Villa qualify for the third round of the UEFA Cup for the first time in 20 years.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Athletic Bilbao

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
La Liga Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Copa del Rey Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84

FIXTURE HISTORY

Athletic Bilbao

Previous 5 vs. Bilbao: 🟩 🟨 🟨
None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #18 |
Manager Game | #144 |
Tuesday, 4 November 1997

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Sándor Piller | 🇭🇺 | Békéscsaba, 1991-2000
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Aggregate Result: 🟩
Aggregate Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 144 | 🟩 | 62 🟨 | 40 🟥 42 | 1.57

Villa Career Form:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Sándor Piller | 🇭🇺 | Békéscsaba, 1991-2000
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Athletic Bilbao

🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Mark Bosnich replaces Michael Oakes as Ugo Ehiogu, Simon Grayson and Julian Joachim drop out with Ian Taylor, Steve Staunton and Savo Milošević returning.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.42 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.44 |

Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.41 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |

MANAGER

Luis Fernández | 🇪🇸 |

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Athletic Bilbao

GK Imanol Etxeberria | 🇪🇸 |
LB Aitor Larrazábal | 🇪🇸 |
CB Roberto Ríos | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Patxi Ferreira | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Rafael Alkorta | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
RB Iñigo Larrainzar | 🇪🇸 |
M Josu Urrutia | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Bittor Alkiza | 🇪🇸 |
W Joseba Etxeberria | 🇪🇸 |
CF Cuco Ziganda | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Ismael Urzáiz | 🇪🇸 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 87’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Patxi Ferreira | 🇪🇸 | (LB Mikel Lasa | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | M Josu Urrutia | 🇪🇸 | (M Javi González | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Cuco Ziganda | 🇪🇸 | (M Julen Guerrero | 🇪🇸 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Juanjo Valencia | 🇪🇸 |
RB Mari Lacruz | 🇪🇸 |
M Jon Andoni Goikoetxea | 🇪🇸 |
M Txomin Nagore | 🇪🇸 |

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/17

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇪🇸: 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇪🇸 : 18/18

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

"Goals from lan Taylor and Dwight Yorke took them into the third round of the UEFA Cup for the first time in 20 years."

MATCH REPORT

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*The Irish Independent*
Wednesday, 5 November 1997

Villa's light at end of Euro tunnel OUT of the adversity which is threatening to ruin Aston Villa's season came the light of a famous European victory at Villa Park last night. Goals from lan Taylor and Dwight Yorke took them into the third round of the UEFA Cup for the first time in 20 years. With 27 minutes gone Milosevic dragged down a cross-field pass, by-passed a marker and then sent over a high cross. The Bilbao goalkeeper seemed to hare control of the bail but let it bounce on his chest. Yorke, waiting close by, unsettled the goalkeeper further and the ball rolled obligingly to Taylor. Yorke extended Villa's advantage with a piece of in the 50th minute reminiscent of happier times at Villa Park. Milosevic fed Taylor and the midfielder turned provider, side-footing a pass to Yorke. Mark Draper, outstanding in the first leg, was a clever decoy, pulling a defensive marker wide and allowing Yorke to step beyond Altor Larrazabal and find the space to shoot, his effort finding the bottom left-hand corner. In the 68th minute, Bilbao made a third substitution, introducing Javier Gonzalez, and within two minutes the forward gave the visitors hope with a goal.

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