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Game #4927

Aston Villa

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Monday, 2 April 2007

14th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
RB Phil Bardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Gary Cahill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
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Substitutes:

🔁 M Shaun Maloney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 41’ |
🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | for M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |

Unused Substitutes:

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |

🟨 Gavin McCann
🟨 Olof Mellberg
🟨 Gabriel Agbonlahor

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

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up for a second successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.93 |

Oldest Player |
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 | 30.74 |

Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.48 |

  • Villa make it successive draws but are winless in five Premier League games, losing twice and now have just two wins in their last twenty games in all competitions under Martin O'Neill.

  • Villa draw for the 3rd time in 4 under Martin O’Neill as some stability returns to a side that had found it difficult to get a foothold over the last three months.

  • Villa now have 3 wins in their last 20 games under Martin O’Neill and fall back to 14th place. 

  • David O'Leary had delivered 3 wins in his last 12 Premier League games, losing 7 and drawing 2. 

  • Martin O'Neill had now delivered 9 losses, 8 draws and just 3 wins during Villa’s current 20 game barren run.

*Gabriel Agbonlahor’s late strike rescued a vital point for Aston Villa to help allay their relegation fears.*

Joleon Lescott headed Everton in front from Mikel Arteta’s free-kick and they also hit the post before half-time through James Vaughan’s vicious drive.

Villa were poor early on but improved after the break and John Carew forced Tim Howard into two good saves.

The Everton keeper denied Carew again before the end but this time Agbonlahor followed up to slot home the equaliser.

Villa are not safe yet but this point gives them a little more breathing space at the bottom of the table.

Martin O’Neill’s side are still without a win since 3 February but they climb to 14th in the Premiership and are now five points above the relegation zone with seven games left.

The home side looked devoid of confidence in the early stages, even before Lescott put Everton ahead on 15 minutes with his first goal for the club.

The defender nodded the ball goalwards after Arteta’s free-kick found its way to him through a crowded penalty area and Villa defender Wilfred Bouma could only help the ball into the net.

That rocked Villa but they were unable to respond with any conviction.

O’Neill’s men were seeing plenty of the ball in midfield but their passing was atrocious and their front-pairing of Carew and Ashley Young had next to nothing to work with.

It was a different story at the other end though as the pace and power of Vaughan and Andy Johnson caused Villa’s defence plenty of problems.

Vaughan came close to making it 2-0 when his 25-yard shot clipped the outside of the post with Villa keeper Thomas Sorensen beaten.

And Johnson felt he should have had a penalty before the interval when he was caught by Stilian Petrov’s lunge as he ran on to
Arteta’s quick free-kick - but referee Howard Webb felt the Villa midfielder got enough of the ball.

Villa were grateful to go in at half-time just one goal down but whatever O’Neill said back in the dressing room obviously had an effect.

With Patrik Berger on for the ineffective Gavin McCann, Villa packed their midfield and at last began to put Everton under pressure.

Carew brought a fine save from Howard, who recovered to push the ball away from Agbonlahor, before Alan Stubbs blocked Carew’s follow-up.

And the American keeper did well again soon after to stop Carew’s volley after Agbonlahor headed Berger’s cross into his path.

By now Villa were well on top and Everton were hanging on for dear life.

David Moyes’ side dug in and it looked like they had done enough for a victory that would have put them back in the top six of the Premiership - and into the Uefa Cup places - when Agbonlahor found the net with seven minutes left.

Howard came out sharply to kick the ball away when Carew broke clear but the ball fell for Agbonlahor on the edge of the area and he fired into the unguarded net.

*Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill:*

“In the first half we were very poor. We were nervous and unable to hold on to the ball.

“But in the second half, considering we could have been dead and buried, we came roaring back and we definitely got what we deserved in the end.

“The crowd galvanised us and, though I feared we might not get the goal, we did - and at least we got a point.”

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Drew

1-1

🟨 2 Apr 2007, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 83’ |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Joleon Lescott
🔁 | 41’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Shaun Maloney
🟨 | 44’ Booking, Gavin McCann
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Everton
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Gavin McCann, Sub on, Patrik Berger
🟨 | 73’ Booking, Olof Mellberg
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 1-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Everton

Season | 2006-07 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Game | #31 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Monday, 2 April 2007

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Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 2004-2014
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 2004-2014

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

🕒 35 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 14 🟥 12 | 1.17

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Thomas Sorensen | 🇩🇰 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
151
🟩
54
🟨
3
151*
🟨
45*
🟥
0
0
🟥
52
0
🥅
50
189*
RB Phil Bardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
8
🟩
2
🟨
0
8*
🟨
3*
🟥
0
0
🟥
3
0
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
42
🟩
11
🟨
2
39*
🟨
13*
🟥
0
0
🟥
18
0
CB Gary Cahill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
29
🟩
6
🟨
7
27*
🟨
9*
🟥
0
1
🟥
14
1
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
219
🟩
71
🟨
26*
219*
🟨
64*
🟥
0
6
🟥
84
6
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
345
🟩
125
🟨
47
330*
🟨
98*
🟥
3
35
🟥
122
30
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
7
🟩
1
🟨
1
7*
🟨
3*
🟥
0
1
🟥
3
1
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
44
🟩
11
🟨
2*
37*
🟨
16*
🟥
0
8*
🟥
17
4
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 |
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
18
🟩
5
🟨
1
14*
🟨
4*
🟥
0
0
🟥
9
1
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
127
🟩
45
🟨
29*
127*
🟨
40*
🟥
2
5
🟥
42
4
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
29
🟩
6
🟨
2
29*
🟨
12*
🟥
0
1
🟥
11
1
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
7
🟩
1
🟨
2
7*
🟨
3*
🟥
0
2
🟥
3
0
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
3
🟩
0
🟨
0
1*
🟨
2*
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
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Player Profile

Premier League

Everton

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Villa Park

Attendance: 36,407

GK Tim Howard | 🇺🇸 |
RB Tony Hibbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joseph Yobo | 🇳🇬 |
CB Alan Stubbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
RB Phil Neville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mikel Arteta | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
M Leon Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Carsley | 🇮🇪 |
CF Andy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF James Vaughan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

David Moyes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

GK Richard Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Gary Naysmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Nuno Valente | 🇵🇹 |
CF Victor Anichebe | 🇳🇬 |
CF James Beattie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Joleon Lescott
🟨 Mikel Arteta
🟨 James Vaughan

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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“In the first half we were very poor. We were nervous and unable to hold on to the ball.

“But in the second half, considering we could have been dead and buried, we came roaring back and we definitely got what we deserved in the end.

“The crowd galvanised us and, though I feared we might not get the goal, we did - and at least we got a point.”

Martin O’Neill.


"There are seven or eight games left and a lot can still happen. We want to at least finish on a high, get the fans in for the last four home games and show them what's going to come next season. But we still have to look over our shoulder. It's always nice to get past the points total where you feel safe for another season.

"The killer instinct has been missing. If you look at the way we've played and the results we've picked up, they've not matched up the way they should have. We've not been getting the points because we haven't been scoring enough goals. Maybe we are not being quite clinical enough. The chances have definitely been there."

Gareth Barry.

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