Game #4562
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 6 April 1999


Drew
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Premier League
Leicester City
Filbert Street
Attendance: 20,652
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
Leicester City
2-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Ian Taylor | 49’ |
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 6 April 1999
⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 2-0, Julian Joachim, Assist by Ian Taylor
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 2-1, (Leicester City), Robbie Savage
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 2-2, (Leicester City), Tony Cottee
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Steve Watson, Sub on, Gareth Barry
🕒 | FT Leicester City 2-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Mark Draper
🟨 | Booking, Colin Calderwood
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 6 April 1999
Villa take the lead for the first time in 11 matches but despite going two up early in the second half they are held to another draw under Brian Little.
Villa are now 6th in the table.
Julian Joachim contributes his 30th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 95th appearance (58 Starts) to make it W36 D19 L40, 24 Goals, 6 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.17 games played so far in his Villa career.
Mark Draper collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 148th appearance (135 Starts) to make it W72 D34 L42, 9 Goals, 15 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. Draper had collected just one booking in his first 58 games but had now received 5 yellow cards in his last 14 appearances.
Future Villa centre forward Emile Heskey lines up for Leicester.
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Leicester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1996-97
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Game | #32 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Tuesday, 6 April 1999
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🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1989-2001
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 52 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 10 🟥 16 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1989-2001
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Mark Draper
🟨 Colin Calderwood
CARDS

🟨 Frank Sinclair
🟨 Matt Elliott
🟨 Steve Guppy
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Lee Hendrie returns in place of Alan Thompson.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.82 |
Oldest Player |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 34.23 |
Youngest Player |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 21.90 |
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | (ft)

Leicester City
GK Kasey Keller | 🇺🇸 |
LB Rob Ullathorne | 🏴 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Matt Elliott | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Andy Impey | 🏴 |
M Neil Lennon | 🇬🇧 |
M Robbie Savage | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Steve Guppy | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Arnar Gunnlaugsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 |
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | for RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Arnar Gunnlaugsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Charlie Miller | 🏴 |)

🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Pegguy Arphexad | 🇫🇷 |
CB Pontus Kamark | 🇸🇪 |
M Theo Zagorakis | 🇬🇷 |
CF Ian Marshall | 🏴 |
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

🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | | 35 | 3* | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8* | 11 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 6 Apr 1999, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street


MATCH REPORTS
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