Game #4859
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
Attendance: 26,872
Won
League Cup 3rd Round
3rd Round
Burnley
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Villa Park
Villa beat Championship side Burnley in the third round of the League Cup.
Aston Villa
1-0
Burnley
Assist(s) | James Milner | 22' |
KEY MAN
Kevin Phillips scores to help Villa squeak past Championship side Burnley in the 3rd Round of the League Cup, Tuesday, 25 October 2005.
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MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Phillips, Assist by James Milner
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Luke Moore
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley
ON THIS DAY
Villa take welcome respite from their League difficulties as they record a narrow win against Championship side Burnley and avoid the humiliation they had suffered under the same opposition last season.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Burnley
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1961-62
FIXTURE HISTORY
Burnley
Previous 5 vs. Burnley: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2005-06 |
Matchday | #12 |
Manager Game | #98 |
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1994-2009
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1994-2009
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 23 Apr 05, Villa 1-1 Bolton (h)
Cards: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Gavin McCann (first start in 7), Juan Pablo Ángel and Mark Delaney (first start of the season) replace Eirik Bakke, Luke Moore and Aaron Hughes.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.21 |
Oldest Player |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 | 32.36 |
Youngest Player |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 19.82 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
Steve Cotterill | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔁 |
Burnley
GK Brian Jensen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Jon Harley | 🏴 |
CB Keith Lowe | 🏴 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🇯🇲 |
CB Michael Duff | 🇬🇧 |
M James O’Connor | 🇮🇪 |
M Wade Elliott | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Garreth O’Connor | 🇮🇪 |
M Chris McCann | 🇮🇪 |
M John Spicer | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Ade Akinbiyi | 🇳🇬 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | for Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 78’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Wade Elliott | 🏴 | (LB Daniel Karbassiyoon | 🇺🇸 |)
🔁 | M John Spicer | 🏴 | (CF Gifton Noel-Williams | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇨🇲 |
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Crossley | 🏴 |
W Marc Pugh | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 5/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/13
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
“He is a goalscorer. That is why we brought him here. It’s great to have someone like him in the team.
“He won us the game at St Andrews and he’s done the same in the Carling Cup and that can make all the difference.
“It illustrates why strikers are so important. Nine times out of 10 he will score in that situation.”
Roy Aitken.
*BBC Sport*
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
Aston Villa dumped Burnley out of the Carling Cup with a 1-0 victory in a lacklustre third-round encounter.
The match was a repeat of last year’s fixture - which Burnley won - but there was to be no upset this time.
Kevin Phillips scored Villa’s only goal when he exchanged passes with James Milner to slot the ball past Brian Jensen in the 22nd minute.
Ade Akinbiyi almost equalised after the break but Thomas Sorenson saved his overhead kick to send Villa through.
David O’Leary’s side struggled to break down a defensive Burnley side in the opening exchanges at a Villa Park packed with Clarets’ fans.
Gareth Barry found the recalled Juan Pablo Angel in a promising position only for the Colombian to be crowded out by two defenders.
Phillips eventually broke the deadlock after 22 minutes as he picked up Milner’s pass and struck the ball neatly home.
Steve Cotterill’s Burnley side, operating with Ade Akinbiyi as a lone striker, lacked adventure going forward.
Akinbiyi did go close for the Clarets but the Championship side went into half-time trailing.
Angel had a chance to extend Villa’s lead immediately after the break but his effort skimmed the roof of the net.
Akinbiyi battled away for Burnley but when he found some space he ballooned his shot high and wide.
At the other end, Barry came close to wrapping up the game for Villa when he collected a deep Delaney cross and squeezed his low left-footed shot just wide.
It did not matter as Villa did enough to ease the pressure on O’Leary and ensure they were in the fourth-round draw.
*Aston Villa assistant manager Roy Aitken on Kevin Phillips:*
“He is a goalscorer. That is why we brought him here. It’s great to have someone like him in the team.
“He won us the game at St Andrews and he’s done the same in the Carling Cup and that can make all the difference.
“It illustrates why strikers are so important. Nine times out of 10 he will score in that situation.”