Game #4721
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 28 August 2002
Won
13th (+4)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Attendance: 33,494
Manchester City
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Manchester City
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa win for the first time in five to secure their first Premier League win of the season to beat top-flight no hopers Manchester City and climb into 13th place under Graham Taylor.
KEY MAN
Darius Vassell, scored the winner on 64', Wednesday, 28 August 2002
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 28 August 2002
🟨 | 28’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Alan Wright, Sub on, Jlloyd Samuel
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Peter Crouch
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
ON THIS DAY
Villa stop a run of three losses with their first League win of the season as Peter Schmiechel returns to Villa Park.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Game | #3 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Wednesday, 28 August 2002
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: David Pugh | 🏴 | Wirral, 1996-2004
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 20 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 5 🟥 10 | 1.00
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Pugh | 🏴 | Wirral, 1996-2004
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 23 March 2002, Villa 0-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
David Pugh
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Manchester City
🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Juan Pablo Ángel is recalled for his first start of the season in place of Ulises de la Cruz.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.26 |
Oldest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 33.63 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 21.52 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Kevin Keegan | 🏴 |
Manchester City
GK Peter Schmeichel (ex) | 🇩🇰 |
LB Niclas Jensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Steve Howey | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Silvain Distin | 🇫🇷 |
CB Jihai Sun | 🇨🇳 | 🟨 |
M Ali Benarbia | 🇩🇿 |
M Eyal Berkovic | 🇮🇱 | 🔁 |
M Marc-Vivien Foé | 🇨🇲 |
W Shaun Wright-Phillips | 🏴 |
W Darren Huckerby | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Nicolas Anelka | 🇫🇷 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 88’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Eyal Berkovic | 🇮🇱 | (LB Danny Tiatto | 🇦🇺 |)
🔁 | W Darren Huckerby | 🏴 | (CF Shaun Goater | 🇧🇲 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Carlo Nash | 🏴 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Terry Hurlock | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 5/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not reported
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 reported
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It’s a relief for everyone.”
Graham Taylor.
*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 28 August, 2002
*Vassell sinks City*
Aston Villa finally registered their first win of the season after a closely fought game at Villa Park.
Darius Vassell scored the only goal of the game - and Villa’s first of the season - courtesy of a teasing Lee Hendrie free-kick.
But the goal was the only bright spot in a disappointing match.
Visitors Manchester City never really threatened the Villa goal, despite the presence of talismanic playmakers Eyal Berkovic and Ali Benarbia.
The opening half was generally a woeful affair with both sides lacking creativity and guilty of misplaced passes.
City created the first decent opportunity after 14 minutes when Sylvain Distin threaded a pass into the path of Nicolas Anelka.
The French striker managed to make room for a shot despite the presence of Steve Staunton but screwed his low effort across the face of the Villa goal.
Vassell then broke towards the City goal in a two-on-two attack but he failed to find strike partner Juan Pablo Angel, making his first appearance of the season.
Five minutes before half-time Anelka was unlucky when his glancing header from a Shaun Wright-Phillips cross hit the crossbar, but he was adjudged to have strayed offside.
Villa striker Peter Crouch squandered the best chance of the half two minutes before the interval.
Lee Hendrie and Angel stepped over the ball to leave Crouch with only Peter Schmeichel to beat but his low shot was not cleanly hit and the former Villa keeper saved easily.
Villa came out for the second half in a much more positive mood and Crouch missed another great opportunity to put Villa in front.
Hendrie supplied an inviting cross from the right flank and Crouch got clear of the City defence only to send his header wide of the post.
Hendrie then embarked on a mazy run which took him into the City penalty area before he was crowded out by a cluster of defenders.
The deadlock was finally broken on 62 minutes after a foul by City defender Sun Jihai on the impressive Hendrie.
The midfielder sent over a free-kick from the left flank and Crouch got a touch on the ball before it broke to Vassell who made no mistake with a shot from 10 yards.
Kevin Keegan responded by making an instant substitution, bringing on Danny Tiatto in place of Eyal Berkovic, but the visitors were unable to find a response.
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