Game #4947
Saturday, 3 November 2007
Attendance: 40,938
Won
Premier League
9th (+1)
Derby County
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Villa Park
Villa see off bottom of the pile Derby for a second win in five Premier League games.
Aston Villa
2-0
Derby County
Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 57’ | Nigel Reo-Coker | 61’ |
KEY MAN
Martin Laursen celebrates opening the scoring to beat Derby at Villa Park, Saturday, 3 November 2007.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Derby County
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 1-0, Martin Laursen, Assist by Gareth Barry
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 2-0, Ashley Young, Assist by Nigel Reo-Coker
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Shaun Maloney
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Luke Moore, Sub on, Patrik Berger
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Zat Knight, Sub on, Curtis Davies
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Derby County
ON THIS DAY
Villa win their fifth League game of the campaign to go 9th in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Derby County
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75
FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Game | #11 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Saturday, 3 November 2007
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 Apr 07, Villa 2-0 Manchester City (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Scott Carson, Nigel Reo-Coker and Luke Moore replace Stuart Taylor, Shaun Maloney and Isaiah Osbourne.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.79 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.70 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.07 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Billy Davies | 🏴 | (🤡)
Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Derby County
GK Stephen Bywater | 🏴 |
CB Jay McEveley | 🏴 |
CB Dean Leacock | 🏴 |
CB Claude Davis | 🇯🇲 | 🔁 |
CB Darren Moore | 🇯🇲 | 🟨 |
RB Andy Griffin | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Matt Oakley | 🏴 |
M Stephen Pearson | 🏴 |
CF Steve Howard | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Craig Fagan | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Giles Barnes | 🇯🇲 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 69’ |
🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | for F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 77’ |
🔁 CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | for CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | 88’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Claude Davis | 🇯🇲 | (W Gary Teale | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Craig Fagan | 🏴 | (CF Robert Earnshaw | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Lewis Price | 🏴 |
RB Tyrone Mears | 🏴 |
M David Jones | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 4/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
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 | 58%
Possession A | 42%
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 1
Shots F | 18
Shots A | 9
Touches F | 603
Touches A | 521
Passes F | 359
Passes A | 263
Tackles F | 21
Tackles A | 40
Clearances F | 38
Clearances A | 75
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 4
Offsides A | 2
Offsides F | 0
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 21
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“The first half was very frustrating. We didn’t play well enough, or get any momentum going.
“But we improved enough to win the game. We galvanised ourselves in the second half, got the breakthrough and went on to win it.
“We have been doing okay form-wise but this was a big win for us and it will give us a bit of confidence.”
Martin O’Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 3 November 2007
*Goals by Martin Laursen and Ashley Young gave Aston Villa a deserved victory over bottom side Derby County.*
Scott Carson had to tip over an early shot from Rams striker Steve Howard, but from then on Villa assumed control.
Derby battled hard to keep the home side at bay but their defence went AWOL from a Young free-kick and Gareth Barry set up Laursen to sweep the ball home.
Young scored the second to secure victory soon after when he met Nigel Reo-Coker’s cross at the far post.
Villa’s fifth win in their last six home league games was never in doubt once Laursen found the net in the 57th minute.
But until then it seemed possible that Derby might hold on for their second successive away point - which would have lifted them off the foot of the table.
A draw would have flattered the Rams, who were desperately poor going forward and remain without am away goal this season.
However, Billy Davies’ side did defend admirably, and goalkeeper Stephen Bywater was also in fine form when their backline was breached.
Bywater was lucky that Zat Knight fired straight at him from close range early on, but he made fine saves from Olof Mellberg’s header and another Young free-kick to keep the game scoreless before the break.
Young, who gave Andy Griffin a torrid time on the left flank, was Villa’s main threat in the first period and it was fitting that he was involved in his side’s opening goal.
But it was not one that Davies will enjoy watching again as his defence stood stock still from Young’s free-kick leaving Laursen to tap in unhindered after Barry headed the ball back across goal.
Four minutes later the game was all but over when Derby gave the ball to Gabriel Agbonlahor and, although Bywater saved his shot, Reo-Coker had the presence of mind to loop the ball back across goal to allow Young to slot home.
There was clearly no way back from that for the shot-shy Rams, although the introduction of Rob Earnshaw from the bench did at least increase their attacking threat.
Carson had been a spectator since making a fine stop from Howard in the opening minutes but he had to remain alert as the Welsh striker went close with two late efforts.
Villa, understandably, took their foot off the gas in the closing minutes but they had already showed that, even without injured target man John Carew, they can break down the most stubborn of defences.
*Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill:*
“The first half was very frustrating. We didn’t play well enough, or get any momentum going.
“But we improved enough to win the game. We galvanised ourselves in the second half, got the breakthrough and went on to win it.
“We have been doing okay form-wise but this was a big win for us and it will give us a bit of confidence.”