Game #4808
Aston Villa
Sunday, 22 August 2004
West Brom
1-1
Aston Villa
Premier League
West Bromwich Albion
The Hawthorns
Attendance: 26,601
Drew
3rd= (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
Assist(s) | Thomas Hitzlsperger | 4’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Olof Mellberg wheels away in celebration after his 4' opener puts Villa ahead at the Hawthorns but Albion strike back to earn a point, Sunday, 22 August 2004.
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 22 August 2004
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Olof Mellberg, Assist by Thomas Hitzlsperger
🥅 | 38’ Goal, 1-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Neil Clement
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 52’ Booking, Martin Laursen
🟨 | 70’ Booking, Olof Mellberg
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Nolberto Solano, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Peter Whittingham
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa open the scoring with an early goal for the second successive game but cannot hold onto three points. They however remain third in the (very) early table as the form of 2003-04 looks to have continued into the new season.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
West Bromwich Albion
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_65c08f3cdec4426cae862d210be37e9b~mv2.gif)
Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Sunday, 22 August 2004
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 47 | 🟩 | 21 🟨 | 12 🟥 14 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Matches Officiated: 15
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 4
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 18 Jan 04, Villa 0-2 Arsenal (h) 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Nobby Solano replaces Lee Hendrie.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.60 |
Oldest Player |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 29.72 |
Youngest Player |
CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | 20.79 |
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔥 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Gary Megson | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_65c08f3cdec4426cae862d210be37e9b~mv2.gif)
West Bromwich Albion
GK Russell Hoult | 🏴 |
LB Paul Robinson | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Thomas Gaardsøe | 🇩🇰 |
CB Darren Purse | 🏴 |
CB Neil Clement | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB Bernt Haas |🇨🇭| 🔁 |
M Jonathan Greening | 🏴 |
M Andy Johnson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Geoff Horsfield | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Nwankwo Kanu | 🇳🇬 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 70’ |
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | for W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 80’ |
🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 81’ |
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_65c08f3cdec4426cae862d210be37e9b~mv2.gif)
🔁 | RB Bernt Haas |🇨🇭| (M Zoltán Gera | 🇭🇺 |)
🔁 | CF Geoff Horsfield | 🏴 | (CF Scott Dobie | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_65c08f3cdec4426cae862d210be37e9b~mv2.gif)
GK Tomasz Kuszcak | 🇵🇱 |
CB Darren Moore | 🇯🇲 |
CB Marton Albrechtsen | 🇩🇰 |
SQUAD STATS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 6/16
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_65c08f3cdec4426cae862d210be37e9b~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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_65c08f3cdec4426cae862d210be37e9b~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
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 22 August, 2004
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