Game #4937
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 August 2007
Won
11th (+6)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Attendance: 36,638
Fulham
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Fulham
Assist(s) | Nigel Reo-Coker | 50’ | Ashley Young | 90’+1 |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa win for the first time this season as Shaun Maloney hits an injury time winner against Fulham,
KEY MAN
Shaun Maloney is mobbed as Villa celebrate his injury time winner to beat Fulham and record a first win of the season, Saturday, 25 August 2007.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 August 2007
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Clint Dempsey
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Fulham
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Luke Moore
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-1, Ashley Young, Assist by Nigel Reo-Coker
🟨 | 50’ Booking, Wilfred Bouma
🟥 | 68’ Sending off, (Fulham), Chris Baird
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Marlon Harewood 🟢
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Wilfred Bouma, Sub on, Shaun Maloney
⚽ | 90’+1 Goal, 2-1, Shaun Maloney, Assist by Ashley Young
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Fulham
ON THIS DAY
Villa claim their first win of the campaign as centre forward Marlon Harewood - who had terrorised Villa's defence in recent meetings - made his debut aged 28 after joining from West Ham United for a fee of £4,950,000 in July 2007.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Fulham
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Fulham
Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Game | #3 |
Manager Game | #45 |
Saturday, 25 August 2007
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 45 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 18 🟥 13 | 1.33
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 Dec 06, Villa 0-3 United (h)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Fulham
🟥 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.59 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.51 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 20.76 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Lawrie Sanchez | 🇬🇧 |
Fulham
GK Kasey Keller | 🇺🇸 |
LB Paul Konchesky | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Bocanegra | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Chris Baird | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Aleksey Smertin | 🇷🇺 |
M Steven Davis (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
M Simon Davies | 🏴 |
W Diomansy Kamara | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Clint Dempsey | 🇺🇸 | ⚽ |
CF David Healy | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Luke Moore | 🏴 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 46’ |
🔁 | CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 77’ |
🔁 | M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | ⚽ | for RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | (CB Ian Pearce | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF David Healy | 🇬🇧 | (CF Collins John | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | W Diomansy Kamara | 🇸🇳 | (RB Moritz Volz | 🇩🇪 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Gary Cahill | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Tony Warner | 🇹🇹 |
M Papa Bouba Diop | 🇸🇳 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 5/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/14
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
🟢 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 58%
Possession A | 42%
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 4
Shots F | 26
Shots A | 11
Touches F | 510
Touches A | 372
Passes F | 279
Passes A | 204
Tackles F | 11
Tackles A | 14
Clearances F | 48
Clearances A | 38
Corners F | 12
Corners A | 2
Offsides A | 8
Offsides F | 1
Fouls F | 13
Fouls A | 19
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“Ashley [Young] was sensational. When he’s in that type of form we always look capable of scoring.
“It was a great ball from Ashley [for Shaun Maloney’s late winner] and, knowing Shaun from his Celtic days, I was confident he would finish.
“It would have been an injustice if we hadn’t won. We were exhilarating going forward and the crowd stayed with us.”
Martin O'Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 25 August 2007
*Shaun Maloney snatched three points for Aston Villa with an injury-time goal in a pulsating encounter with Fulham.*
Clint Dempsey gave the visitors the lead on six minutes, the midfielder pouncing on Diomansy Kamara’s deflected through-ball and rifling his shot home.
Villa equalised when an Ashley Young cross-shot was deflected past Kasey Keller by Zat Knight.
And substitute Maloney latched on to Young’s pass to seal a deserved first win of the season for Villa.
It will come as a relief to manager Martin O’Neill, who was banished from the dug-out after an angry exchange with referee Steve Bennett at half-time.
Steven Davis had the first chance of the game when his shot was blocked after a sweet cross-field ball from Alexey Smertin and a cushioned pass from Simon Davies.
And Dempsey put Fulham ahead shortly after, slamming his shot past Scott Carson in the Villa goal.
The lively Young had Villa’s first sight on goal, but the 22-year-old forward shot straight at Keller, on debut after signing on a free transfer from Borussia Moenchengladbach, with players awaiting a cut-back.
Young shot wide on 16 minutes after a mazy run before John Carew was dispossessed by Paul Konchesky when through on goal.
Fulham should have had a penalty shortly after when defender Craig Gardner blocked Kamara’s left-footed shot with his arm.
But the hosts, looking for their first home win since February, took control as the first half progressed.
On 32 minutes, Carew should have done better with only the keeper to beat, the Norwegian striker shooting tamely at Keller.
And three minutes later Young teed up Gabriel Agbonlahor with a slide-rule pass but the England U-21 forward dragged his right-footed shot wide.
Carew, afforded acres of space by the Fulham defenders, hit the bar with a bullet header in first-half injury time and the whistle was followed by boos from the Villa faithful.
Immediately after the restart, Villa substitute Luke Moore sent a rasping shot just wide after a clever turn before Kamara struck the base of Carson’s post at the other end.
But O’Neill’s half-time team talk did pay dividends when Young, who gave Fulham’s defenders a torrid time all afternoon, levelled after another teasing run.
Moore forced Keller into a fine sprawling save on 59 minutes before Carew, once again rising above the Fulham markers, sent a header wide.
Carew, who could have scored four or five, ballooned another free header over the bar before Villa thought they had snatched a winner on 70 minutes.
The teasing Young was checked by Chris Baird on the edge of the area and Bennett had blown his whistle before Moore could slot the ball home.
Baird was dismissed for a second bookable offence but Young bent the resulting free-kick inches over the bar.
Gareth Barry slotted home with two minutes remaining but was ruled off-side, but Maloney made Villa’s dominance tell after a magnificent through-ball from Young.
*Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill:*
“Ashley was sensational. When he’s in that type of form we always look capable of scoring.
“It was a great ball from Ashley [for Shaun Maloney’s late winner] and, knowing Shaun from his Celtic days, I was confident he would finish.
“It would have been an injustice if we hadn’t won. We were exhilarating going forward and the crowd stayed with us.”