Game #4688
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 28 November 2001
Lost
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
League Cup
Attendance: 26,526
Sheffield Wednesday
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1
Sheffield Wednesday
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
John Gregory weakens his team too much to allow second tier side Wednesday to win at Villa Park and knock Villa out of the League Cup.
KEY MAN
Dion Dublin, golden opportunities missed
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 28 November 2001
🥅 | 40’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Efan Ekoku
🔁 | 41’ Sub off, Mustapha Hadji (injury), Sub on, George Boateng
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, David Ginola
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Boško Balaban, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
ON THIS DAY
Villa fail to score for the third time in four games as they're knocked out of the League Cup.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Sheffield Wednesday
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #23 |
Manager Game | #179 |
Wednesday, 28 November 2001
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Clive Wilkes | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1990-2003
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 178 | 🟩 | 80 🟨 | 47 🟥 51 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Clive Wilkes | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1990-2003
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 November 2001, Villa 0-3 Newcastle, St James' Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Sheffield Wednesday
🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Steve Staunton, Dion Dublin, Moustapha Hadji, Ian Taylor and Boško Balaban are recalled for the League Cup as Alan Wright, George Boateng, Paul Merson, Darius Vassell and Juan Pablo Ángel drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 29.70 |
Oldest Player |
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | 38.05 |
Youngest Player |
F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 23.14 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Terry Yorath | 🏴 |
Sheffield Wednesday
GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴 |
RB Danny Maddix | 🏴 |
RB Steve Haslam | 🏴 |
RB Derek Geary | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Leigh Bromby | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Trondt Soltvedt | 🇳🇴 |
M Phil O’Donnell | 🏴 |
M Owen Morrison | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M Alan Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
W Simon Donnelly | 🏴 |
CF Gerald Sibon | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | for M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 41’ |
🔁 W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 63’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Owen Morrison | 🇬🇧 | (M Paul McLaren | 🏴 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | M Alan Quinn | 🇮🇪 | (CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Gerald Sibon | 🇳🇱 | (CB Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Chris Stringer | 🏴 |
CF Pablo Bonvin | 🇦🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 3/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
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
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Sheffield Wednesday substitute Efan Ekoku scored the goal that dumped Aston Villa out of the Worthington Cup."
*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 28 November, 2001
*Wednesday stun Villa*
Sheffield Wednesday substitute Efan Ekoku scored the goal that dumped Aston Villa out of the Worthington Cup. Ekoku sent the Owls through to the quarter-finals with a cool finish after 40 minutes.
Villa manager John Gregory made five changes from the side which had drawn with Leeds on Sunday, with Darius Vassell, Juan Pablo Angel, Paul Merson, Alan Wright and George Boateng all rested.
His side struggled to move out of second gear against a determined visiting side who restricted Villa to only a handful of chances.
Dion Dublin missed two golden headed opportunities for Villa when it seemed easier to score.
*Wednesday goal*
Simon Donnelly impressed for Wednesday, first in attack and then when the arrival of Ekoku meant he dropped into a deeper role.
Gerald Sibon, who had been involved in the collision which saw Dublin suffer his injury in December 1999, also worked tirelessly in attack.
Villa did most of the pressing in the early stages but it was 22 minutes before Owls goalkeeper Kevin Pressman was called into meaningful action, pulling off a fine save at full stretch from Bosko Balaban.
Villa now started to look more menacing and Mustapha Hadji was only just wide with a low 20-yard drive after he had cut in from the right flank.
But five minutes before the interval the visitors went ahead at a time when Villa were down to 10 men after Hadji had limped off after falling awkwardly on his knee getting in a far-post header.
Gerald Sibon and Simon Donnelly combined to let in Ekoku, who came on for Alan Quinn after 27 minutes.
The Nigerian international, who had been out injured for nine weeks, raced clear of the Villa defence and coolly planted the ball past Peter Schmeichel.
Gregory brought on David Ginola at the start of the second period in the hope he could provide the spark of magic that would bring his side back into the game.
One early run by the Frenchman ended with Leigh Bromby being booked for hauling him down in full flight.
But Villa were still struggling to move out of second gear and Sibon created a good opportunity for himself on the edge of the area, although he sent his shot wide.