top of page

Game #4943

Aston Villa

Aston Villa.jpg

Monday, 1 October 2007

9th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

GK Scott Carson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
Aston Villa.jpg
Substitutes:

🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 66’ |
🔁 M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 73’ |

Unused Substitutes:

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Nigel Reo-Coker
🟨 Craig Gardner
🟨 Scott Carson

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

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Martin O'Neill reverts to his 'League' side as Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Luke Moore and Scott Carson replace Curtis Davies, Marlon Harewood, Isaiah Osbourne, Shaun Maloney, Stiliyan Petrov and Stuart Taylor.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.03 |

Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.61 |

Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.86 |

  • Villa throw away a 4-1 lead to allow Spurs to snatched a late late equaliser and cost Villa the chance of a top 5 spot.

  • Gabriel Agbonlahor contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 60th appearance (53 Starts) to make it W19 D21 L20, 14 Goals, 6 Assists and 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Scott Carson contributes his 2nd assist in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance to make it W3 D2 L1, 2 Assists, 6 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.00 goals per game, 3 Clean Sheets (50%) and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

  • Zat Knight contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance to make it W2 D1 L2, 1 Goal and 1 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Aston Villa.jpg

Drew

4-4

🟨 1 Oct 2007, Villa 4-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Scorer(s) | Martin Laursen | 22’ | 33’ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 40’ | Craig Gardner | 59’ |

Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 22' | Zat Knight | 33’ | Scott Carson | 40' |

Match Timeline:

🟨 | 10’ Booking, Nigel Reo-Coker
🟨 | 13’ Booking, Craig Gardner
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Dimitar Berbatov
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-1, Martin Laursen, Assist by Gareth Barry
⚽ | 33’ Goal, 2-1, Martin Laursen, Assist by Zat Knight
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 3-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Scott Carson
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 4-1, Craig Gardner
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Luke Moore, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 4-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Pascal Chimbonda
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Craig Gardner, Sub on, Stiliyan Petrov
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 4-3, (Tottenham Hotspur, pen), Robbie Keane
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Scott Carson
🥅 | 90’+2 Goal, 4-4, (Tottenham Hotspur), Younes Kaboul
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 4-4 Aston Villa

Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Game | #7 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Monday, 1 October 2007

Aston Villa.jpg

Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 2001-2021
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 2001-2021

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Total 🕒 145 | 🟩 53 | 🟨 33 | 🟥 59 | ⚽ 212 | 🥅 233 |
League 🕒 129 | 🟩 47 | 🟨 31 | 🟥 51 | ⚽ 197 | 🥅 211 |
FA Cup 🕒 11 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 8 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 69 | 🟩 29 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 101 | 🥅 91 |
Away 🕒 74 | 🟩 24 | 🟨 13 | 🟥 37 | ⚽ 109 | 🥅 138 |
Neutral 🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 4 |

Aston Villa.jpg

Possession F | 34%
Possession A | 66%
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 8
Shots F | 12
Shots A | 28
Touches F | 477
Touches A | 714
Passes F | 216
Passes A | 452
Tackles F | 26
Tackles A | 22
Clearances F | 87
Clearances A | 60
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 13
Offsides A | 1
Offsides F | 3
Fouls F | 14
Fouls A | 12

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

🕒 51 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 19 🟥 15 | 1.37

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Referee:

Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 2001-2021 🆘
🕒 18 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 6 | 🆘 : 3
🕒 18 | 🟩 33% | 🟨 33% | 🟥 33% | 🆘 : 17%
Cards 🟨 31 | 🟥 1 | 1.78 |
Penalty ⚽ 2 | 🥅 3 |
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

VAR (from 2021)

GK Scott Carson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
6
🟩
3
🟨
1*
6*
🟨
2*
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
2*
🥅
3
6*
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
35
🟩
12
🟨
3
33*
🟨
15*
🟥
0
3*
🟥
8
1
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
235
🟩
79
🟨
29
235*
🟨
69*
🟥
0
6
🟥
87
6
CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
5
🟩
2
🟨
0
5*
🟨
1*
🟥
0
1
🟥
2
1*
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
56
🟩
18
🟨
4
53*
🟨
18*
🟥
0
0
🟥
20
2
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
9
🟩
4
🟨
3*
9*
🟨
2*
🟥
0
1
🟥
3
1
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
21
🟩
7
🟨
1
18*
🟨
8*
🟥
0
3
🟥
6
5
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
60
🟩
19
🟨
4
53*
🟨
21*
🟥
0
14*
🟥
20
6
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
42
🟩
12
🟨
5
4*
🟨
16*
🟥
0
2
🟥
14
1
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
361
🟩
133
🟨
50
346*
🟨
103*
🟥
3
36
🟥
125
34*
M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
29
🟩
10
🟨
5*
19*
🟨
8*
🟥
0
3*
🟥
11
1
F Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
89
🟩
34
🟨
5
37*
🟨
27*
🟥
0
13
🟥
28
5
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
5
🟩
3
🟨
0
3*
🟨
1*
🟥
0
1
🟥
1
1
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur

Aston Villa.jpg

White Hart Lane

Attendance: 36,094

GK Paul Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Pascal Chimbonda | 🇬🇵 | ⚽ |
CB Younès Kaboul | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Michael Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Didier Zokora | 🇨🇮 |
M Teemu Tainio | 🇫🇮 | 🔁 |
M Tom Huddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gareth Bale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Aaron Lennon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dimitar Berbatov | 🇧🇬 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

Martin Jol | 🇳🇱 |
Aston Villa.jpg
Substitutes:

🔁 | M Teemu Tainio | 🇫🇮 | (CF Jermaine Defoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Aaron Lennon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Steed Malbranque | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Dimitar Berbatov | 🇧🇬 | (F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

GK Radek Černý | 🇨🇿 |
CB Ricardo Rocha | 🇵🇹 |

🟨 Younès Kaboul
🟨

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1998-99

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

“I would never think it’s all over.

“We knew Tottenham would throw absolutely everything at us, with nothing to lose.

“At 4-2, it seemed that we saw off that part of the storm but I’ve seen it happen before.

“Naturally, we’re disappointed. We could have gone fifth and it was a nice incentive but I hope we learn from it. I’m upbeat but disappointed for the travelling fans.”

Martin O’Neill.

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

*Younes Kaboul completed an amazing comeback by Tottenham as they fought back from 4-1 down to hold Aston Villa.*

Dimitar Berbatov nodded Spurs in front but Martin Laursen levelled after Paul Robinson’s error, then made it 2-1 when he deflected in Zat Knight’s header.

Gabriel Agbonlahor drilled home a third and Craig Gardner’s low free-kick made it 4-1 before Pascal Chimbonda replied after Jermain Defoe had hit the post.

Robbie Keane’s penalty made it 4-3 before Kaboul’s last-gasp leveller.

Tottenham remain in the bottom three of the Premier League but their under-fire boss Martin Jol can take heart from the way his side responded when facing almost certain defeat.

But while the manner in which the home side earned their point will ease the pressure on Jol, he will know he must solve the defensive problems which meant they had to work so hard to get something from this game.

Spurs had celebrated their 125th anniversary with a parade of legends before kick-off but the party did not continue for long once the game was underway.

True, Jol’s side were looking dangerous going forward but Tottenham’s continuing difficulty in dealing with Villa’s attacks meant that, just two minutes after Berbatov rose to nod the home side ahead, the visitors were level.

Robinson inexplicably dropped Gareth Barry’s corner and the ball bounced kindly for Laursen, who smashed his shot into the unguarded net.

Villa’s second goal was almost as embarrassing for the Tottenham defence, a quick free-kick catching them unawares and, from another Barry cross, Knight headed the ball against Laursen, through Robinson’s legs and into the net.

Things got even worse for Spurs before the break when Gabriel Agbonlahor latched on to a clearance from Villa keeper Scott Carson, held off Michael Dawson and fired into the bottom corner.

And when Robinson failed to keep out Craig Gardner’s low free-kick early in the second half, things looked ominous for Spurs and for Jol.

But Tottenham never gave up and, with Defoe brought off the bench, they belatedly began to threaten again.

The England striker hit the post before Chimbonda netted from the rebound to give his side hope, then Robbie Keane brought the score back to 4-3 from the spot after Marlon Harewood clumsily fouled substitute Darren Bent.

It still looked like Villa would hold on but Kaboul had other ideas, slamming home in stoppage time after Villa failed to clear a corner.

bottom of page