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Game #4942

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 26 September 2007

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ

League Cup

Leicester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 25,956

Aston Villa

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Leicester City

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Assist(s) | None

MATCH TIMELINE

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Wednesday, 26 September 2007

๐ŸŸข | 1โ€™ Debut, Curtis Davies
๐Ÿ•’ | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
๐Ÿ” | 71โ€™ Sub off, Isaiah Osbourne, Sub on, Ashley Young
๐Ÿฅ… | 76โ€™ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Matty Fryatt
๐Ÿ” | 77โ€™ Sub off, Marlon Harewood, Sub on, Luke Moore
๐Ÿ” | 80โ€™ Sub off, Curtis Davies, Sub on, Patrik Berger
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa

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ON THIS DAY

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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.

DEBUT APPEARANCES

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๐ŸŸข CB Curtis Davies | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: ๐Ÿ†
League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Leicester City

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European Cup / Champions League: โŒ
League Champions: โŒ
FA Cup Winners: โŒ
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1999-00

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Wednesday, 26 September 2007

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Martin Oโ€™Neill | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Lee Mason | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bolton, 2006-2021
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: ๐ŸŸฅ 0-1
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฅ 0-1
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฅ Lost
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Martin O'Neill | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง | 2006-2010

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

๐Ÿ•’ 50 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 17 ๐ŸŸจ | 18 ๐ŸŸฅ 15 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Lee Mason | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bolton, 2006-2021
Matches Officiated: 6
๐ŸŸฉ : 2
๐ŸŸจ : 3
๐ŸŸฅ : 1
๐Ÿ†˜ : 1
Previous 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ
Last Match: ๐ŸŸจ 18 Mar 07, Villa 0-0 Liverpool (h) ๐Ÿ†˜
Cards: ๐ŸŸจ

CARDS

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None

๐ŸŸจ 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

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Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |

Oldest Player |
CB Olof Mellberg | ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช | 30.08 |

Youngest Player |
M Isaiah Osbourne | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 19.90 |

MANAGER

Martin O'Neill | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง | 2006-2010

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Aston Villa

GK Stuart Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Olof Mellberg | ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช |
CB Zat Knight | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Curtis Davies | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸข | ๐Ÿ” |
M Gareth Barry | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Stiliyan Petrov | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ |
M Shaun Maloney | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Isaiah Osbourne | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Marlon Harewood | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

MANAGER

Gary Megson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

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Leicester City

GK Mรกrton Fรผlรถp | ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ |
CB Patrick Kisnorbo | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ |
CB Bruno Nโ€™Gotty | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท |
CB Gareth McAuley | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง |
CB Richard Stearman | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Joe Mattock | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Radostin Kishishev | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ | ๐Ÿ” |
M Stephen Clemence | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸจ |
CF Iain Hume | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Matty Fryatt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Ashley Chambers | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

SUBSTITUTES

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๐Ÿ” W Ashley Young | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Isaiah Osbourne | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 71โ€™ |
๐Ÿ” F Luke Moore | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CF Marlon Harewood | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 77โ€™ |
๐Ÿ” W Patrik Berger | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ | for CB Curtis Davies | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 80โ€™ |

SUBSTITUTES

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๐Ÿ” | M Radostin Kishishev | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ | (RB Alan Maybury | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |)
๐Ÿ” | CF Iain Hume | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ | (CF DJ Campbell (yth) | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐Ÿ” | CF Matty Fryatt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (CB Darren Kenton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Scott Carson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Craig Gardner | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Paul Henderson | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ |
CB Alan Sheehan | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |

Player Positions:

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GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Halfโ€จ

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

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Match Symbols:

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โšฝ | Goal
๐Ÿ”ฅ | Assist
๐Ÿ” | Substitution

๐ŸŸจ | Booking

๐ŸŸฅ | Sending off

๐Ÿ†˜ | Poor refereeing performance
๐ŸŸข : Debut ๐Ÿ”ด : Final Game

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

M Isaiah Osbourne | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
15
10*
0
1
3
6
6*
-
-
1
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
W Ashley Young | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
20
3*
3
5
7
7
6*
-
-
1
0

UNUSED

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง : 9/11
Homegrown: 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง : 13/16
Homegrown: 5/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง : 9/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Media & Commentary

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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EXTERNAL MATCH REPORT LINKS

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AVFC HISTORY MATCH SUMMARY

Villa suffer a shock defeat to lowly Championship side Leicester in the League Cup third round.

MATCH QUOTES

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โ€œI did everything wrong. "You are only as good as your last game - and my last game was that which doesn't merit a pub game for me. I was that poor. โ€If you get a chance like me and blow it like I did, you can't go complaining when you don't get your chance. I'm going to have to go back into training and hopefully I will get the nod sooner rather than later and I can reveal the real Curtis Davies and not the evil twin that played against Leicester. "I set my standards high and, for me, that was a poor performance. If I wasn't so poor, I wouldn't have been taken off. It is the first time I've been substituted in my life for playing reasons. I've just got to pick myself up and improve. I set my standards high. I've been talking myself up in the press, saying that I'm ready, and, by that performance against Leicester, I'm far from it. I'm hoping it is a one-off because I don't have many games like that. I [want to] prove to the Villa fans, if given the chance, that I am a good player. "On this performance, I haven't given the manager any headaches. Martin Laursen is going to play against Tottenham and I'll be lucky to get on the bench. I've gone out there and done absolutely nothing for my chances. It is not the result I wanted and not the performance I wanted. I was awful, basically. No excuses at all. "I've been training well, I feel fit, I've played well in the reserves - I know the reserves is different to the first team but I felt good. I just wasn't any good [on Wednesday]. Everything I did was wrong. It just didn't happen for me and I don't know why. At the end of the day I've got to impress these Villa fans better than I did against Leicester." Curtis Davies on his debut.

ORIGINAL MATCH REPORT

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*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 26 September 2007

*Matty Fryattโ€™s goal gave Championship side Leicester City a shock victory at Aston Villa in the Carling Cup.* A much-changed Villa side were poor early on with only Shaun Maloney threatening, while Iain Hume went close with a near-post header for the Foxes. Fryatt broke the deadlock with 16 minutes left, running clear and firing past Stuart Taylor from a tight angle. The home side came to life when Patrik Berger, Ashley Young and Luke Moore came on - but Leicester held on to win. Villa boss Martin Oโ€™Neill won this competition in 1997 and 2000 when he was in charge of the Foxes but his old club ensured he will have to wait to complete his hat-trick. Oโ€™Neill decided to shuffle his squad, handing defender Curtis Davies his debut and bringing Taylor, Marlon Harewood, Stiliyan Petrov, Isaiah Osbourne and Maloney into the starting line-up. But, apart from a piledriver from Maloney that forced Leicester keeper Martin Fulop into a fine save, the home team rarely threatened. Leicesterโ€™s best opportunity fell to Hume in a first half that saw few real chances. Villa did improve after the restart and Fulop did well to keep out Harewoodโ€™s header from an inswinging Gareth Barry free-kick. But it was Leicester who took the lead when Fryatt latched on to a James Chambersโ€™ pass and slotted past Taylor. Oโ€™Neill made three substitutions to try to shake up his team in response and Maloney almost levelled when Fulop tipped his dipping free-kick around the post. Gabriel Agbonlahor hooked the ball over the bar from close range in injury time as Villa continued to press but Leicester hung on to reach the fourth round.

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