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Game #4498

Aston Villa

Saturday, 20 December 1997

Drew

12th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Premier League

Southampton

Attendance: 29,343

Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

Southampton

Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 64’ |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa are held at home by Southampton to leave them with just three wins in thirteen Premier League games.

KEY MAN

Ian Taylor, gave Villa the lead

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 December 1997

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Southampton
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Mark Draper
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Simon Grayson, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 1-1, (Southampton), Egil Østenstad
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Southampton

ON THIS DAY

Former Villa midfielder Kevin Richardson lined up for Southampton

Aston Villa

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

Southampton

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Southampton

Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #152 |
Saturday, 20 December 1997

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 152 | 🟩 | 65 🟨 | 42 🟥 45 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Matches Officiated: 20
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 8
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 15 March 1997, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Southampton

None

TEAM NEWS

Villa name an unchanged line up for only the second time this season.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.86 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.56 |

Youngest Player
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.16 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Dave Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Southampton

GK Paul Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Jason Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken Monkou | 🇳🇱 |
CB Claus Lundekvam | 🇳🇴 |
LB Francis Benali | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Carlton Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Matt Oakley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kevin Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF David Hirst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Kevin Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Egil Østenstad | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Darryl Flahavan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Matthew Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 14/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16

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

MATCH REPORT

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*The Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 21 December 1997

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