Game #4791
Aston Villa
Saturday, 31 January 2004
Leicester City
0-5
Aston Villa
Premier League
Leicester City
Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 31,056
Won
11th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Thomas Hitzlsperger | 50’ | 56’ | Gareth Barry | 60’ | Peter Crouch | 64’ | Mark Delaney | 68’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Villa celebrate Dion Dublin's goal as they hit five to hammer Leicester and make it five wins in eight Premier League games under David O'Leary, Saturday, 31 January 2004.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 January 2004
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Nolberto Solano
🟨 | 9’ Booking, Olof Mellberg
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Thomas Hitzlsperger
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 2-0, Peter Crouch, Assist by Thomas Hitzlsperger
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 3-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Gareth Barry
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 4-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by Peter Crouch
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 5-0, Peter Crouch, Assist by Mark Delaney
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sub on Peter Whittingham
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on Marcus Allbäck
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Mark Delaney, Sub on Ulises de la Cruz
🕒 | FT Leicester City 0-5 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa bounce back from a run of difficult results in January to end the month with a stunning performance and result on the road at Leicester inspired by new signing Nolberto Solano and the returning Peter Crouch. Solano's signing was nothing short of a coup, arguably Newcastle had let their best player leave to a rival for a relatively small fee, and Villa suddenly had a piece of the jigsaw that had been missing the last couple of seasons.
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: 1999-00
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Game | #23 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 31 January 2004
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 30 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 6 🟥 11 | 1.50
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Matches Officiated: 22
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 9
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 January 2004, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
David O'Leary hands Nolberto Solano his Villa debut in place of Lee Hendrie.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 34.80 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 21.84 |
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🟢 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Micky Adams | 🏴 |
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Leicester City
GK Ian Walker | 🏴 |
LB Callum Davidson | 🏴 |
LB Ben Thatcher | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Nikolaos Dabizas | 🇺🇾 |
RB John Curtis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Billy McKinlay | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Steve Guppy | 🏴 |
W Keith Gillespie | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
CF James Scowcroft | 🏴 |
CF Marcus Bent | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | for M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 71’ |
🔁 F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 71’ |
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | for RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 81’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | RB John Curtis | 🏴 | (CF Frank Sinclair | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Billy McKinlay | 🏴 | (CB Matt Elliott | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Keith Gillespie | 🇬🇧 | (W Craig Hignett | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Danny Coyne | 🏴 |
LB Jordan Stewart | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 6/16
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
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_4a6c05605d2b4ef8998ee9a72ee797b1~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
🟢 W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 31 January, 2004
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