Game #4837
Saturday, 26 February 2005
Attendance: 40,248
Lost
Premier League
11th (-1)
Everton
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Villa Park
Villa are well beaten as they suffer a tenth defeat in fourteen Premier League games under David O'Leary.
Aston Villa
1-3
Everton
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Nobby Solano, slotted in.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Leon Osman
🟨 | 34’ Booking, Eric Djemba-Djemba
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Everton
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 1-1, Nolberto Solano
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 1-2, (Everton), Tim Cahill
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Nolberto Solano
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Luke Moore, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 1-3, (Everton), Leon Osman
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Everton
ON THIS DAY
Villa follow up a battling win at Portsmouth with a ninth defeat in fourteen games as David O'Leary's curious signing Eric Djemba Djemba still fails to last 90' and once again is carded.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Everton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994-95
FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Saturday, 26 February 2005
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 28 Dec 04, Villa 0-1 United (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Thomas Hitzlsperger replaces Lee Hendrie.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.52 |
Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 30.58 |
Youngest Player |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 19.05 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
David Moyes | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇨🇲 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Everton
GK Nigel Martyn | 🏴 |
LB Alessandro Pistone | 🇮🇹 |
CB David Weir | 🏴 |
CB Joseph Yobo | 🇳🇬 |
RB Tony Hibbert | 🏴 |
M Mikel Arteta | 🇪🇸 |
M Tim Cahill | 🇦🇺 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Leon Osman | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Lee Carsley | 🇮🇪 |
W Kevin Kilbane | 🇮🇪 |
CF Marcus Bent | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 | for M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇨🇲 | 56’ |
🔁 CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for CF Luke Moore | 🏴 | 62’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Tim Cahill | 🇦🇺 | (LB Gary Naysmith | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Marcus Bent | 🏴 | (CF Duncan Ferguson | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Richard Wright | 🏴 |
M Guillaume Plessis | 🇫🇷 |
CF James Vaughan | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 6/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It was probably the worst performance at home since I have been here as the manager.
“We were outfought by a very strong Everton team who were much the better side. You can see why they are doing so well, but it was shocking from us.
“We had a terrible day at the office in defence, midfield and in attack and ended up a very well beaten team.”
David O’Leary.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 26 February, 2005
Leon Osman struck twice as Everton stylishly outplayed Villa to stay on course for a Champions League place.
Osman nodded in Tim Cahill’s cross as Everton took control of the first half.
Nolberto Solano slotted in seconds after the break, but Cahill headed the visitors back in front almost instantly from Marcus Bent’s floated cross.
Everton continued to dominate, scoring a deserved third when Osman turned in Cahill’s pass, with Villa’s only reply another Solano shot which hit the bar.
The win puts Everton eight points clear of fifth-placed Liverpool, although their arch-rivals have a game in hand.
Villa had Darius Vassell back on the bench after injury, while Everton recalled midfield man Cahill after suspension.
And Cahill was a key figure in an impressive first 45 minutes from the visitors.
Early on, he threaded a pass through for Bent, and it needed a desperate challenge from Olof Mellberg to deny the striker as he shaped to shoot.
But there was no escape for Villa after 16 minutes when Everton deservedly went ahead.
Kevin Kilbane found Cahill on the left flank, and his cross drifted to the far post where Osman, who had raced the length of the field, arrived unmarked to score with a simple header.
Bent almost doubled Everton’s lead two minutes later when he was played in by the impressive Mikel Arteta, but he shot narrowly over.
Villa’s response was low key, with Everton goalkeeper Nigel Martyn only seriously troubled by a free-kick from Solano that flew inches wide.
There was an explosive start to the second half, with Villa equalising within a minute of the restart before Everton immediately regained the lead.
But Everton boss David Moyes will have been furious with the casual manner in which his side allowed Villa to level.
Joseph Yobo was muscled off the ball by Luke Moore, and when Martyn could only parry Thomas Hitzlsperger’s shot, Solano
scored from virtually on the line.
To their credit, the Toffees responded instantly, with Bent providing the perfect cross for Cahill to head home.
It sparked more impressive play from Everton, with Thomas Sorensen saving well from Bent and Kilbane before Osman blazed a glorious chance over the top.
But Osman made no mistake as he grabbed his second and Everton’s third after 67 minutes.
Cahill was the creator once more, with another surging run and pass that Osman turned in from close range.
Villa ended well beaten, although Solano was denied by the woodwork from long range in the dying seconds.
*Aston Villa boss David O’Leary*
“It was probably the worst performance at home since I have been here as the manager.
“We were outfought by a very strong Everton team who were much the better side. You can see why they are doing so well, but it was shocking from us.
“We had a terrible day at the office in defence, midfield and in attack and ended up a very well beaten team.”