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Game #4837

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 February 2005

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Lost

11th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Everton

Villa Park

Attendance: 40,248

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-3

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Everton

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🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 February 2005

🥅 | 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

Match Statistics

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Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 February 2005
  • Villa follow up a battling win at Portsmouth with a tenth defeat in fourteen Premier League games under David O'Leary as his curious signing Eric Djemba Djemba still fails to last 90' and once again is carded.

  • Thomas Sørensen makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W30 D19 L26, 93 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.24 goals per game and 25 Clean Sheets (33%) so far in his Villa career.

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Everton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994-95

FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
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Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Saturday, 26 February 2005

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🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

🕒 76 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 | 19 🟥 27 | 1.43

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Eric Djemba-Djemba
🟨 Nolberto Solano
🟨 Lee Hendrie

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Thomas Hitzlsperger replaces Lee Hendrie.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.52 |

Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 30.58 |

Youngest Player |
F Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.05 |

Referee

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

MANAGER

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

David Moyes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Richard Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Guillaume Plessis | 🇫🇷 |
CF James Vaughan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 4/11

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

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

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

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH 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.
Quotes

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*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.”
Reports

🟥 26 Feb 2005, Villa 1-3 Everton, Villa Park

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