Game #4500
Aston Villa
Sunday, 28 December 1997
Drew
10th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Leeds United
Attendance: 36,909
Elland Road
Leeds United
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Steve Staunton | 85’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa make it three consecutive unbeaten games but are held for the second time in three at Elland Road however climb to 10th in the Premier League table ahead of the New Year.
KEY MAN
Savo Milošević, equaliser
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 28 December 1997
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Darren Byfield
🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 1-1, Savo Milošević, Assist by Steve Staunton
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Darren Byfield, Sub on, Richard Walker 🟢
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Forward Darren Byfield made his Villa debut aged 21 after joining Villa as a trainee and signing professional forms in February 1994.
Forward Richard Walker made his Villa debut as a substitute aged 20 after joining Villa as a trainee and signing professional forms in July 1995.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Leeds United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1991–92
FIXTURE HISTORY
Leeds United
Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Game | #21 |
Manager Game | #154 |
Sunday, 28 December 1997
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
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
🕒 154 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 43 🟥 45 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 October 1995, League Cup, Villa 2-0 Stockport, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Darren Byfield makes his first start of the season in place of Stan Collymore.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.95 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.59 |
Youngest Player
F Darren Byfield | 🏴 | 21.26 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
George Graham (ex) | 🏴 |
Leeds United
GK Nigel Martyn | 🏴 |
LB Davie Robertson | 🏴 |
CB David Wetherall | 🏴 |
CB Lucas Radebe | 🇿🇦 |
CB Robert Molenaar | 🇳🇱 |
RB Alan Maybury | 🇮🇪 |
M Bruno Ribeiro | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
M Lee Bowyer | 🏴 |
W Harry Kewell | 🇦🇺 |
CF Rod Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Richard Walker | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CF Darren Byfield | 🏴 | 90’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Bruno Ribeiro | 🇵🇹 | (CF Derek Lilley | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Beeney | 🏴 |
RB Gunnar Halle | 🇳🇴 |
CB Mark Jackson | 🏴 |
M Stephen McPhail | 🇮🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
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
🟢 CF Darren Byfield | 🏴 |
🟢 CF Richard Walker | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"I thought we were a little bit tired.
“It was a difficult game for us.
“I think that the second game over the three-day period is quite difficult psychologically.
"It's quite tiring. We have been in an hotel since Friday and it's Christmas and they are a little bit tired and fed up.
“And I guess that sort of showed a little bit in our play.”
Brian Little.
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