Game #4953
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 December 2007
Sunderland
1-1
Aston Villa
Premier League
Sunderland
Stadium of Light
Attendance: 43,248
Drew
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Shaun Maloney curls in his free kick equaliser as Villa are held at the Stadium of Light by struggling Sunderland to leave them without a win in three Premier League games, Saturday, 15 December 2007.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 December 2007
🟨 | 5’ Booking, Craig Gardner
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Sunderland), Danny Higginbotham
🕒 | HT Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Craig Gardner, Sub on, Shaun Maloney
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 1-1, Shaun Maloney
🟨 | 79’ Booking, Ashley Young
🕒 | HT Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa stop a surprise run of two defeats with a battling draw at sinking Sunderland and remain 8th in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Sunderland
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Game | #17 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Saturday, 15 December 2007
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 61 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 21 🟥 18 | 1.43
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Matches Officiated: 23
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 9
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 11 Nov 07, Villa 2-1 Birmingham (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.82 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.82 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 21.07 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
MANAGER
Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 |
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Sunderland
GK Darren Ward | 🏴 |
CB Paul McShane | 🇮🇪 |
CB Danny Higginbotham | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Danny Collins | 🏴 |
M Dickson Etuhu | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
M Dean Whitehead | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ross Wallace | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Anthony Stokes | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Daryl Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
CF Kenwyne Jones | 🇹🇹 |
CF Dwight Yorke (ex) | 🇹🇹 | (🟨)
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | ⚽ | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 67’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Dickson Etuhu | 🇳🇬 | (M Grant Leadbitter | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Ross Wallace | 🏴 | (CF Andy Cole | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Anthony Stokes | 🇮🇪 | (CF Michael Chopra | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Márton Fülöp | 🇭🇺 |
CF Rade Prica | 🇸🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 4/16
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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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 | 56%
Possession A | 44%
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 3
Shots F | 15
Shots A | 10
Touches F | 551
Touches A | 482
Passes F | 308
Passes A | 241
Tackles F | 24
Tackles A | 19
Clearances F | 56
Clearances A | 69
Corners F | 13
Corners A | 5
Offsides A | 3
Offsides F | 2
Fouls F | 15
Fouls A | 19
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 15 December 2007
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