Game #4942
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Lost
3rd Round
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
League Cup
Leicester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,956
Aston Villa
0-1
Leicester City
Assist(s) | None
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
๐ข | 1โ Debut, Curtis Davies
๐ | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
๐ | 71โ Sub off, Isaiah Osbourne, Sub on, Ashley Young
๐ฅ
| 76โ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Matty Fryatt
๐ | 77โ Sub off, Marlon Harewood, Sub on, Luke Moore
๐ | 80โ Sub off, Curtis Davies, Sub on, Patrik Berger
๐ | FT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
Not recorded
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Martin O'Neill's mass changes backfire as Villa are knocked out of the League Cup by Championship side Leicester.
Villa have now lost three games this season, all of which have been by a single goal.
Centre back Curtis Davies makes his debut appearance for Villa after joining on a season long loan from West Bromwich Albion in August 2007 ahead of a permanent move arranged for August 2008 to become the 804th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Stuart Taylor makes his 10th start in a Villa shirt (12 Appearances) to make it W3 D5 L4, 18 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.50 goals per game and 2 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Leicester City
European Cup / Champions League: โ
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1999-00
Aston Villa
Leicester City
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin OโNeill | ๐ฌ๐ง | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Lee Mason | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bolton, 2006-2021
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | ๐ฌ๐ง | 2006-2010
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
๐ 50 | ๐ฉ | 17 ๐จ | 18 ๐ฅ 15 | 1.38
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Mason | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bolton, 2006-2021
Matches Officiated: 6
๐ฉ : 2
๐จ : 3
๐ฅ : 1
๐ : 1
Previous 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐จ
Last Match: ๐จ 18 Mar 07, Villa 0-0 Liverpool (h) ๐
Cards: ๐จ
CARDS
None
๐จ Stephen Clemence
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill makes a raft of changes again for the League Cup with Stuart Taylor, Stiliyan Petrov, Shaun Maloney, Isaiah Osborne, Marlon Harewood and Curtis Davies (debut) coming in. Dropping out are Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, John Carew, Luke Moore and Scott Carson.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |
Oldest Player |
CB Olof Mellberg | ๐ธ๐ช | 30.08 |
Youngest Player |
M Isaiah Osbourne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 19.90 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | ๐ฌ๐ง | 2006-2010
Aston Villa
GK Stuart Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Olof Mellberg | ๐ธ๐ช |
CB Zat Knight | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Curtis Davies | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ข | ๐ |
M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Stiliyan Petrov | ๐ง๐ฌ |
M Shaun Maloney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Isaiah Osbourne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CF Marlon Harewood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
MANAGER
Gary Megson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Leicester City
GK Mรกrton Fรผlรถp | ๐ญ๐บ |
CB Patrick Kisnorbo | ๐ฆ๐บ |
CB Bruno NโGotty | ๐ซ๐ท |
CB Gareth McAuley | ๐ฌ๐ง |
CB Richard Stearman | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Joe Mattock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Radostin Kishishev | ๐ง๐ฌ | ๐ |
M Stephen Clemence | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
CF Iain Hume | ๐จ๐ฆ | ๐ |
CF Matty Fryatt | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ |
CF Ashley Chambers | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ W Ashley Young | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Isaiah Osbourne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 71โ |
๐ F Luke Moore | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CF Marlon Harewood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 77โ |
๐ W Patrik Berger | ๐จ๐ฟ | for CB Curtis Davies | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 80โ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | M Radostin Kishishev | ๐ง๐ฌ | (RB Alan Maybury | ๐ฎ๐ช |)
๐ | CF Iain Hume | ๐จ๐ฆ | (CF DJ Campbell (yth) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐ | CF Matty Fryatt | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (CB Darren Kenton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Scott Carson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Craig Gardner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Paul Henderson | ๐ฆ๐บ |
CB Alan Sheehan | ๐ฎ๐ช |
Player Positions:
โ
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Halfโจ
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
โ
Match Symbols:
โ
โฝ | Goal
๐ฅ | Assist
๐ | Substitution
๐จ | Booking
๐ฅ | Sending off
๐ | Poor refereeing performance
๐ข : Debut ๐ด : Final Game
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Ashley Young | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | | 20 | 3* | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6* | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 9/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 13/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 9/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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