Game #4804
Aston Villa
Sunday, 2 May 2004
Won
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Attendance: 42,573
Tottenham Hotspur
Villa Park
Villa win successive games to climb to fifth in the table with a Champions League spot temptingly close as they make it twelve wins in twenty one Premier League games under David O'Leary.
Aston Villa
1-0
Tottenham Hotspur
Assist(s) | Peter Crouch | 5’ |
KEY MAN
Juan Pablo Ángel celebrates his early goal to secure victory over Tottenham and make it fifth place and twelve wins in twenty one Premier League games under David O'Leary., Sunday, 2 May 2004.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 2 May 2004
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Peter Crouch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Nolberto Solano
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Peter Crouch, Sub on, Dion Dublin
🟨 | 88’ Booking, Thomas Sörensen
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Nolberto Solano, Sub on, Mark Delaney
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
ON THIS DAY
Villa were now unbeaten in seven with four wins as David O'Leary's team rise to 5th place after their transformed form across the second half of the season.
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
Tottenham Hotspur
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1998-99
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Sunday, 2 May 2004
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Neale Barry | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1993-2006
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 43 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 | 10 🟥 13 | 1.63
Career Form:
Top 6
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neale Barry | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1993-2006
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 17 December 2003, League Cup, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Neale Barry
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Tottenham Hotspur
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Peter Crouch and Liam Ridgewell replace Olof Mellberg and Ronny Johnsen.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.45 |
Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 29.75 |
Youngest Player |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 | 19.79 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
Tottenham Hotspur
GK Kasey Keller | 🇺🇸 |
LB Mauricio Taricco | 🇦🇷 |
CB Anthony Gardner | 🏴 |
CB Dean Richards | 🏴 |
RB Stephen Kelly | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Michael Brown | 🏴 |
M Jamie Redknapp | 🏴 |
M Simon Davies | 🏴 |
CF Frédéric Kanouté | 🇲🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 |
CF Jermaine Defoe | 🏴 | 🟨 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 69’ |
🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | for CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 86’ |
🔁 RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | for W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 90’+1 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Stephen Kelly | 🇮🇪 | (M Rohan Ricketts | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Frédéric Kanouté | 🇲🇱 | (CB Gary Doherty | 🇮🇪 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Lars Hirschfeld | 🇨🇦 |
CB Goran Bunjevcevic | 🇷🇸 |
CB Mbulelo Mabizela | 🇿🇦 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 5/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“We’re exceeding expectations but we’re trying to play good football, climb the league and see where it gets us.
“I’m still learning about people and trying to sort the club out big time.
“We started very brightly. We had a good tempo and really should have scored more goals,”
David O’Leary.
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 2 May, 2004
A Juan Pablo Angel goal maintained Aston Villa’s push for Europe.
The Colombian struck early on when he nodded in Gareth Barry’s knock back from a Thomas Hitzlsperger free-kick.
Villa created a glut of chances early in the second half, when Hitzlsperger hit the bar, but could not score the second their dominance deserved.
Tottenham have now picked up only two points from a possible 30 but results elsewhere ensured they will be playing in the Premiership next season.
The gap in class in the table was translated on to the pitch and after Villa converted their first opportunity on goal they always looked more clinical and cohesive.
Angel’s fifth-minute header, which stemmed from a needless Mauricio Taricco foul on the right, gave the hosts confidence to play fluent football.
Tottenham were pinned back for large parts of the game, and when they did push forward their play was punctuated by poor passing and wrong options when they instead needed composure on the ball and some creativity.
Freddie Kanoute fired in a snap shot shortly after Angel’s opener which Thomas Sorensen pushed round the post.
Dean Richards did not test the goalkeeper with a free header and Jermain Defoe failed to get an effort on goal to cap Tottenham’s best move of the match.
But all the better football was invariably played at the other end.
Angel missed an arguably easier header when Hitzlsperger flighted in another free-kick, and the man they call ‘The Hammer’ set the tone for a blitz on the Spurs goal early in the second half. The German hit the crossbar, Barry blazed a brilliant left-footed effort wide and Gavin McCann and Angel also went close.
Somehow Tottenham stood firm and while they did there was always the hope that they could manufacture a comeback, as they had against David O’Leary’s team earlier in the season.
Despite Villa’s dominance, the fragility of their goal lead was emphasised when, out of nothing, Tottenham conjured a chance and Simon Davies forced a smothering save from Sorensen.
That shot sparked some life into Spurs, but Villa’s rearguard was equal to the task.
They kept their composure to protect their advantage and close out the match for another crucial three points in the race for fourth spot and a Champions League berth.
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