Game #4625
Aston Villa
Sunday, 27 August 2000
Aston Villa
1-1
Chelsea
Premier League
Chelsea
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,056
Drew
16th (-5)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Assist(s) | Alan Wright | 10’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Luc Nilis celebrates one of the great Villa Park goals on his debut but Chelsea hit back to hold Villa to a second successive Premier League draw, Sunday, 27 August 2000.
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 27 August 2000
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Luc Nilis, Assist by Alan Wright
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 1-1, (Chelsea), Marcel Desailly
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Luc Nilis, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on Ian Taylor
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea
ON THIS DAY
Luc Nilis scores one of the great Villa Park goals to open the scoring against Chelsea. Behind the scenes, and in the terraces however all is not well with Gareth Southgate and Julian Joachim proving destabilising influences and demanding moves away from the club to destinations unknown.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Chelsea
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2000-01 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Sunday, 27 August 2000
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 115 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 | 27 🟥 33 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Matches Officiated: 20
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 9
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 May 2000, Villa 0-1 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
John Gregory recalls the fit again Luc Nilis for David Ginola.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.20 |
Oldest Player |
F Luc Nilis | 🇧🇪 | 33.28 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 19.52 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 | 🤡 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
F Luc Nilis | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 | 🤡 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_e1f1df6e5f344ccea985deaf21d195e9~mv2.gif)
Chelsea
GK Carlo Cudicini | 🇮🇹 |
LB Celestine Babayaro | 🇳🇬 |
CB Frank Leboeuf | 🇫🇷 |
CB Marcel Desailly | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
RB Christian Panucci | 🇮🇹 |
M Gustavo Poyet | 🇺🇾 |
M Dennis Wise | 🏴 |
M Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 |
W Mario Stanic | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Tore André Flo | 🇳🇴 |
CF Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for CF Luc Nilis | 🇧🇪 | 70’ |
🔁 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 88’ |
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_e1f1df6e5f344ccea985deaf21d195e9~mv2.gif)
🔁 | W Mario Stanic | 🇭🇷 | (M Jody Morris | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 🇳🇱 | (CF Eidur Guðjohnsen | 🇮🇸 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Émerson Thome | 🇧🇷 |
F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
Homegrown: 3/16
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_e1f1df6e5f344ccea985deaf21d195e9~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/15
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_e1f1df6e5f344ccea985deaf21d195e9~mv2.gif)
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*The Guardian*
Sunday, 27 August, 2000
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