Game #4778
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 3 December 2003
Aston Villa
3-0
Crystal Palace
League Cup
Crystal Palace
Villa Park
Attendance: 24,258
Won
4th Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Stefan Moore, first start of the season
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 3 December 2003
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Kit Symons
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 2-0, Gavin McCann
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Peter Whittingham
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 3-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Thomas Hitzlsperger
🟨 | 79’ Booking, Thomas Hitzlsperger
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Liam Ridgewell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace
ON THIS DAY
Villa win a second successive game and despite it coming only against First Division Palace in the League Cup it nevertheless meant Villa were through to the Quarter Finals, a refreshing antidote to their League travails.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Crystal Palace
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #17 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Wednesday, 3 December 2003
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 17 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 5 🟥 6 | 1.35
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 27 Aug 03, Villa 0-2 Arsenal (a)
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Thomas Hitzlsperger and Stefan Moore replace Lee Hendrie and Peter Whittingham.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.69 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 34.64 |
Youngest Player |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 20.19 |
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Steve Kember | 🏴 |
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Crystal Palace
GK Cédric Berthelin | 🇫🇷 |
LB Gary Borrowdale | 🏴 |
CB Kit Symons | 🏴 |
CB Anthony Popovic | 🇦🇺 |
RB Curtis Fleming | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
RB Danny Butterfield | 🏴 |
M Shaun Derry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Tommy Black | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Michael Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
CF Dougie Freedman | 🏴 |
CF Neil Shipperley | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 72’ |
🔁 F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 73’ |
🔁 CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | RB Curtis Fleming | 🇮🇪 | (M Aki Riihilahti | 🇫🇮 |)
🔁 | M Shaun Derry | 🏴 | (M Ben Watson | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Tommy Black | 🏴 | (W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Thomas Myhre | 🇳🇴 |
LB Danny Granville | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 8/16
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_45fe5a87649e43d6b528647963ffaf8d~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_45fe5a87649e43d6b528647963ffaf8d~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*
Thursday, 4 December, 2003
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