Game #4495
Aston Villa
Saturday, 6 December 1997
Won
12th= (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Coventry City
Attendance: 33,250
Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0
Coventry City
Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 21’ | Alan Wright | 71’ | 85’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Stan Collymore, opened the scoring
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 December 1997
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Stan Collymore, Assist by Mark Draper
🔁 | 34’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🟥 | 45’ Sending off, (Coventry City), Paul Williams
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 2-0 Lee Hendrie, Assist by Alan Wright
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Julian Joachim
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 3-0 Julian Joachim, Assist by Alan Wright
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Stan Collymore, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić 🔴
🟥 | 88’ Sending off, (Coventry City), Gary Breen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Coventry City
ON THIS DAY
Midfielder Saša Ćurčić made his final appearance for Villa as substitute aged 25 before moving on to Crystal Palace for a fee of £1,350,000 in March 1998. Villa had paid Bolton Wanderers £5,400,000 for Ćurčić just 15 months earlier. Ćurčić made 33 appearances for Villa and scored just once in a forgettable spell on the pitch - although tales of his off field activities are legend.
Future Villa centre forward Dion Dublin lined up for Coventry.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Game | #17 |
Manager Game | #149 |
Saturday, 6 December 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
🕒 149 | 🟩 | 64 🟨 | 41 🟥 44 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 13 September 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell.
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Mark Bosnich, Gareth Southgate and Simon Grayson return with Michael Oakes, Fernando Nélson and Riccardo Scimeca dropping out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.69 |
Oldest Player
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 28.90 |
Youngest Player
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 24.28 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴 |
RB Roland Nilsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Gary Breen | 🇮🇪 | 🟥 |
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴 |
LB David Burrows | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Paul Williams | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Trond Egil Soltvedt | 🇳🇴 |
M Paul Telfer | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Darren Huckerby | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Noel Whelan | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | ⚽ | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 34’ |
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | ⚽ | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 72’ |
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 🔴 | for CF Stan Collymore | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Telfer | 🏴 | (M Gavin Strachan | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Noel Whelan | 🏴 | (LB Marcus Hall | 🏴| 🟨 |)
🔁 | W Darren Huckerby | 🏴 | (CF Simon Haworth | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Magnus Hedman | 🇸🇪 |
M Michael O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
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
🔴 M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 1996-97 | 🕒 34 | 23 (11) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 16 | #716 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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