Game #4951
Aston Villa
Saturday, 1 December 2007
Lost
7th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Arsenal
Attendance: 42,018
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-2
Arsenal
Assist(s) | John Carew | 14' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Craig Gardner celebrates giving Villa the lead but leaders Arsenal hit back to win and inflict a first defeat in six Premier League games on Villa, Saturday, 1 December 2007.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 December 2007
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-0, Craig Gardner, Assist by John Carew
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Matthieu Flamini
🔁 | 32’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Shaun Maloney
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-2, (Arsenal), Emmanuel Adebayor
🟨 | 37’ Booking, Wilfred Bouma
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal
🟨 | 56’ Booking, John Carew
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Wilfred Bouma, Sub on, Patrik Berger
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Ashley Young
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal
ON THIS DAY
Villa's four game winning run and five game unbeaten run comes to an end with defeat to leaders Arsenal.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Arsenal
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2004-05
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Game | #15 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Saturday, 1 December 2007
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Kick off: 5.15pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 59 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 20 🟥 17 | 1.46
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Matches Officiated: 13
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 3 Feb 07, Villa 1-0 West Ham (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Craig Gardner replaces Nigel Reo-Coker.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.22 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.78 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 21.03 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |
Arsenal
GK Manuel Almunia | 🇪🇸 |
LB Gaël Clichy | 🇫🇷 |
CB Kolo Touré | 🇨🇮 |
CB William Gallas | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
RB Bacary Sagna | 🇫🇷 |
RB Emmanuel Eboué | 🇨🇮 |
M Tomas Rosický | 🇨🇿 | 🔁 |
M Lassana Diarra | 🇫🇷 |
M Aleksandr Hleb | 🇧🇾 | (🔁 |
M Matthieu Flamini | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
CF Emmanuel Adebayor | 🇹🇬 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 32’ |
🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | for RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Tomas Rosický | 🇨🇿 | (M Gilberto Silva | 🇧🇷 |)
🔁 | M Aleksandr Hleb | 🇧🇾 | (W Theo Walcott | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Emmanuel Adebayor | 🇹🇬 | (CF Nicklas Bendtner | 🇩🇰 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jens Lehmann | 🇩🇪 |
CB Philippe Senderos | 🇨🇭 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 3/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : ⭕/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 1/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
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
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 45%
Possession A | 55%
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 5
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 15
Touches F | 587
Touches A | 685
Passes F | 352
Passes A | 444
Tackles F | 19
Tackles A | 36
Clearances F | 51
Clearances A | 67
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 6
Offsides A | 0
Offsides F | 2
Fouls F | 18
Fouls A | 10
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 1 December 2007