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Game #4813

Wednesday, 22 September 2004

Attendance: 26,975

Won

League Cup 2nd Round

2nd Round

Queens Park Rangers

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Villa Park

Villa see off a battling QPR in the second round of the League Cup.

Aston Villa

3-1

Queens Park Rangers

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Juan Pablo Ángel, doubled lead

PREVIOUS MATCH

NEXT MATCH

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Lee Hendrie
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 2-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Nolberto Solano
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Queens Park Rangers
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 2-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Kevin McLeod
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Carlton Cole
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Thomas Hitzlsperger
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 3-1, Nolberto Solano
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Mathieu Berson 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Queens Park Rangers

ON THIS DAY

Villa make if four games unbeaten as a Nobby Solano inspired side see off Championship side QPR to progress to the League Cup third round as midfielder Mathieu Berson made his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from FC Nantes for £2,070,000 in July 2004.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Queens Park Rangers

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

FIXTURE HISTORY

Queens Park Rangers

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #7 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Wednesday, 22 September 2004

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Graham Salisbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancashire, 2001-2023
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Salisbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancashire, 2001-2023
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

CARDS

Villa

None

Queens Park Rangers

🟨

Graham Salisbury

TEAM NEWS

Lee Hendrie (first start in 6), Peter Whittingham (first start of the season) and Juan Pablo Ángel replace Carlton Cole, Thomas Hitzlsperger and Mark Delaney.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.34 |

Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 30.15 |

Youngest Player |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.05 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |

Ian Holloway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Queens Park Rangers

GK Chris Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Arthur Gnohéré | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Danny Shittu | 🇳🇬 |
RB Marcus Bignot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Richard Edghill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Serge Branco | 🇨🇲 |
M Kevin McLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Martin Rowlands | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Kevin Gallen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jamie Cureton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ryan Johnson | 🇯🇲 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Carlton Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 60’ |
🔁 M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 74’ |
🔁 M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 | 🟢 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 84’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Arthur Gnohéré | 🇫🇷 | (CB Georges Santos | 🇨🇻 |)
🔁 | M Martin Rowlands | 🇮🇪 | (W Lee Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Ryan Johnson | 🇯🇲 | (CF Paul Furlong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Jake Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Marc Bircham | 🇨🇦 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 6/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"Two minutes after the re-start Kevin McLeod capitalised from a defensive mix-up between Olof Mellberg and Thomas Sorensen to give QPR a lifeline."

*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 22 September, 2004

Aston Villa survived a hard examination at home to Championship outfit QPR but eventually made it to the third round.

Darius Vassell opened the scoring from a Lee Hendrie pass, before striker Juan Pablo Angel doubled the lead with a header from a Nolberto Solano cross

Two minutes after the re-start Kevin McLeod capitalised from a defensive mix-up between Olof Mellberg and Thomas Sorensen to give QPR a lifeline.

But a superb Solano free-kick put the game beyond doubt.