Game #4944
Saturday, 6 October 2007
Attendance: 40,842
Won
Premier League
5th (+4)
West Ham United
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Villa Park
Villa beat West Ham to make it two Premier League wins in three unbeaten games.
Aston Villa
1-0
West Ham United
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Craig Gardner celebrates scoring his second goal in as many games for his boyhood club as Villa beat West Ham to make it two wins in three unbeaten Premier League games, Saturday, 6 October 2007.
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MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 1-0, Craig Gardner
🟨 | 36’ Booking, Zat Knight
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 West Ham United
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Nigel Reo-Coker
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Luke Moore, Sub on, Shaun Maloney
🟨 | 68’ Booking, Olof Mellberg
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Craig Gardner, Sub on, Stiliyan Petrov
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 West Ham United
ON THIS DAY
Villa make it three games unbeaten in the League with two wins and climb to 5th in the early Premier League table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
West Ham United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE HISTORY
West Ham United
Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Game | #8 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Saturday, 6 October 2007
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Steve Tanner | 🏴 | Bristol, 2003-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Tanner | 🏴 | Bristol, 2003-2013
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.04 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.63 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 20.88 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Alan Curbishley (ex) | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 | 🔁 |
West Ham United
GK Robert Green | 🏴 |
CB Lucas Neill | 🇦🇺 |
LB George McCartney | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CB Danny Gabbidon | 🏴 |
CB Matthew Upson | 🏴 |
M Freddie Ljungberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Matthew Etherington | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Hayden Mullins | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lee Bowyer | 🏴 |
CF Dean Ashton | 🏴 |
CF Henri Camara | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | for F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 66’ |
🔁 M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 78’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Matthew Etherington | 🏴 | (W Luís Boa Morte | 🇵🇹 |)
🔁 | M Hayden Mullins | 🏴 | (M Mark Noble | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Henri Camara | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 | (CF Carlton Cole (ex) | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Richard Wright | 🏴 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
Homegrown: 5/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 40%
Possession A | 60%
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 3
Shots F | 8
Shots A | 16
Touches F | 539
Touches A | 687
Passes F | 285
Passes A | 449
Tackles F | 22
Tackles A | 36
Clearances F | 69
Clearances A | 67
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 4
Offsides A | 1
Offsides F | 1
Fouls F | 19
Fouls A | 13
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I am very, very pleased with the team.
“We played some great football in the first half, then we saw it through and deserved to win.
“Ashley Young was in splendid form and, at times, was unplayable. The young players all did brilliantly, as did Martin Laursen in defence. He was like a Trojan for us.
“It looked like Gabriel Agbonlahor should have had a penalty, but we won so I can be magnanimous.”
Martin O’Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 6 October 2007
*Craig Gardner scored for the second match in succession as Aston Villa ran out deserving winners at Villa Park.*
The midfielder fired home a deflected free-kick in the 23rd minute after Danny Gabbidon tripped Gabriel Agbonlahor on the edge of the area.
With Ashley Young prominent on the wing, Villa created great chances that Luke Moore and Agbonlahor squandered.
West Ham threatened only sporadically, though they did have an Henri Camara effort disallowed for handball.
Having shown their Jekyll and Hyde nature in building and then throwing away a three-goal lead at White Hart Lane on Monday,
Villa sought to demonstrate their positive traits by going straight on the attack.
Ashley Young skinned Gabbidon down the left wing and crossed but Moore completely missed his kick from eight yards.
Against the run of play, West Ham had the ball in the net in the ninth minute, though the effort was quickly ruled out.
Matthew Etherington crossed, but Camara’s use of the hand in converting was blatant and he could have few complaints about getting booked.
Young, showing flashes of inspiration, was prominent as Villa continued to create and waste chances. The winger had shouts for a penalty before sending in a cross that Agbonlahor could only head straight at Robert Green.
But their pressure paid off on 23 minutes. Gabbidon tripped Agbonlahor 20 yards out and paid the ultimate price as it was his deflection that sent Gardner’s free kick past Green.
Camara, who made more of an impact with his hand than his boot, was replaced by Carlton Cole in the first half, but the impetus remained with Villa.
Lucas Neill, bearing the brunt of the chants as news of England’s win against Australia in the Rugby World Cup filtered through, continued to toil against the pace of Young.
And Young was the provider again with a cross that narrowly evaded both Moore and Agbonlahor.
West Ham’s chances were sporadic, but Cole should have done better when the ball fell to him 10 yards out after a weak clearance in the 56th minute.
Villa had shouts for a penalty turned down on 75 minutes as Young tormented the defence once more. His cross after cutting in from the left appeared to brush Neill’s arm, but referee Steve Tanner was unmoved.
Temporarily awoken from their slumber, West Ham briefly threatened as Cole volleyed narrowly over from 15 yards.
But the chance failed to spark any concerted pressure and even the introduction of Mark Noble and Luis Boa Morte failed to lift the disjointed Hammers.
*Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill:*
“I am very, very pleased with the team.
“We played some great football in the first half, then we saw it through and deserved to win.
“Ashley Young was in splendid form and, at times, was unplayable. The young players all did brilliantly, as did Martin Laursen in defence. He was like a Trojan for us.
“It looked like Gabriel Agbonlahor should have had a penalty, but we won so I can be magnanimous.”