Game #4839
Aston Villa
Sunday, 20 March 2005
Lost
11th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Birmingham City
Attendance: 29,382
St Andrew's
Birmingham City
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Thomas Sørensen, midjudged.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 20 March 2005
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Emile Heskey
🟨 | 54’ Booking, Mathieu Berson
🟨 | 57’ Booking, Martin Laursen
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Luke Moore, Sub on, Carlton Cole
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Mathieu Berson, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Nolberto Solano, Sub on, Thomas Hitzlsperger
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 0-2, (Birmingham City), Julian Gray
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 2-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa suffer their tenth defeat in sixteen games as midfielder Mathieu Berson makes his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Levante Unión Deportiva for a fee of £225,000 in July 2006. Villa had paid FC Nantes £2,070,000 for Berson's services in July 2004 and he went on to make 13 appearances for the club, 6 of which were as substitute.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Birmingham City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Game | #30 |
Manager Game | #78 |
Sunday, 20 March 2005
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Kick off: 12.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 78 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 | 19 🟥 28 | 1.44
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 22
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 8
🟥 : 9
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 15 Jan 05, Villa 3-0 Norwich (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Luke Moore replaces Darius Vassell.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.97 |
Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 30.64 |
Youngest Player |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 19.11 |
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🔁 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Maik Taylor | 🇬🇧 |
LB Jamie Clapham | 🏴 |
CB Kenny Cunningham | 🇮🇪 |
CB Matthew Upson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Mario Melchiot | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Damien Johnson | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
M Darren Carter | 🏴 |
M Stephen Clemence | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Stan Laziridis | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
CF Walter Pandiani | 🇺🇾 | 🔁 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | for CF Luke Moore | 🏴 | 60’ |
🔁 CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 | 60’ |
🔁 M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | for W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 71’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Stephen Clemence | 🏴 | (M Mehdi Nafti | 🇹🇳 |)
🔁 | W Stan Laziridis | 🇦🇺 | (CF Julian Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Walter Pandiani | 🇺🇾 | (CF Clinton Morrison | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nico Vaesen | 🇧🇪 |
F Robbie Blake | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 8/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
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
🔴 M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 | 2004-05 | 🕒 13 | 7 (6) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 10 | #777 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Sunday, 20 March, 2005