Game #4508
Aston Villa
Saturday, 14 February 1998
Lost
5th Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
FA Cup
Coventry City
Attendance: 36,979
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1
Coventry City
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Mark Bosnich, fine saves
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 February 1998
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Coventry City
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Darren Byfield
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Viorel Moldovan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Coventry City
ON THIS DAY
Future Villa midfielder George Boateng and future Villa centre forward Dion Dublin lined up for Coventry as they secured their first ever win at Villa Park
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 | #36 |
Manager Game | #162 |
Saturday, 14 February 1998
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 162 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 45 🟥 48 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 August 1997, Villa 0-1, Newcastle, St James' Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Steve Staunton comes in with Dwight Yorke dropping out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.80 |
Oldest Player
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 29.09 |
Youngest Player
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 20.76 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Magnus Hedman | 🇸🇪 |
RB Roland Nilsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Gary Breen | 🇮🇪 |
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB David Burrows | 🏴|
LB Marcus Hall | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Trond Egil Soltvedt | 🇳🇴| 🟨 |
M Gavin Strachan | 🏴| 🔁 |
W Darren Huckerby | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Darren Byfield | 🏴 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 67’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Richard Shaw | 🏴 | (CF Viorel Moldovan | 🇷🇴 | ⚽|)
🔁 | M Gavin Strachan | 🏴 | (M Willie Boland | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴 |
CF Richard Walker | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴 |
CF Simon Haworth | 🏴 |
CF Martin Johansen | 🇩🇰 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 15 February 1998