Game #4962
Sunday, 3 February 2008
Attendance: 24,760
Lost
Premier League
6th (-1)
Fulham
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Craven Cottage
Villa's eight game unbeaten Premier League run comes to an end with defeat at Craven Cottage.
Fulham
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Wilfred Bouma fights for the ball but Villa''s eight game unbeaten run in the Premier League comes to an end at Craven Cottage, Sunday, 3 February 2008.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🕒 | HT Fulham 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🟨 | 63’ Booking, Wilfred Bouma
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Aaron Hughes
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 1-1, (Fulham), Simon Davies
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Curtis Davies
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 1-2, (Fulham), Jimmy Bullard
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Wilfred Bouma, Sub on, Craig Gardner
🔁 | 90’+3 Sub off, Curtis Davies, Sub on, Isaiah Osbourne
🕒 | FT Fulham 2-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa suffer a shock defeat to lowly Fulham and end an eight game unbeaten run that had moved them into 5th place. Villa lost to two late goals despite having taken the lead through and own goal from the recently departed Aaron Hughes and fell back to 6th in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Fulham
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Game | #25 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Sunday, 3 February 2008
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 Dec 07, Villa 1-2 Arsenal (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Fulham
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Shaun Maloney replaces Ashley Young.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.41 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.96 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.32 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
MANAGER
Roy Hodgson | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
Fulham
GK Antti Niemi | 🇫🇮 |
LB Paul Konchesky | 🏴 |
CB Aaron Hughes (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
CB Brede Hangeland | 🇳🇴 |
M Chris Baird | 🇬🇧 |
M Jimmy Bullard | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Simon Davies | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Leon Andreasen | 🇩🇰 |
M Danny Murphy | 🏴 |
CF Erik Nevland | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
F Clint Dempsey | 🇺🇸 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | for RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 87’ |
🔁 M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | for CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | 90’+3 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Erik Nevland | 🇳🇴 | (CF Brian McBride | 🇺🇸 |)
🔁 | F Clint Dempsey | 🇺🇸 | (W Diomansy Kamara | 🇸🇳 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Kasey Keller | 🇺🇸 |
RB Moritz Volz | 🇩🇪 |
CB Carlos Bocanegra | 🇺🇸 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 4/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/13
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 | 44%
Possession A | 56%
Shots F | 13
Shots A | 14
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 10
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 15
Fouls A | 10
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“When we got ourselves in front we didn’t defend well enough for their equalising goal.
“I wanted us to play with drive and ambition, but we didn’t have the momentum. We were not good enough.”
Martin O’Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 3 February 2008
*Jimmy Bullard’s late 25-yard free-kick earned Roy Hodgson his first victory as Fulham manager against high-flying Aston Villa at Craven Cottage.*
Villa had taken the lead on 68 minutes when Aaron Hughes turned the ball into his own net after Olof Mellberg flicked on Shaun Maloney’s outswinging corner.
But Fulham hit back five minutes later when Simon Davies finished off a fine sweeping move involving Bullard.
And Bullard ensured the three points with a brilliant strike on 85 minutes.
There was further bad news for Villa manager Martin O’Neill when England call-up Gabriel Agbonlahor was forced to limp off at half-time with a hamstring injury.
The striker is a major doubt for England’s forthcoming friendly against Switzerland at Wembley on Wednesday.
The much-needed victory is only Fulham’s third all season, consigning Villa to their first defeat in nine games.
The game ended in complete contrast to how it began - the first half was almost bereft of any goalscoring chances.
Fulham manager Roy Hodgson gave new signing Erik Nevland his debut, playing the Norwegian as a lone striker in front of a five-man midfield.
The visitors were without the pace and penetration of new Ashley Young, who missed the match because of a one-game suspension.
His replacement, Shaun Maloney, fashioned the best chance of the half for Villa on 39 minutes.
The Scot capitalised on a defensive mistake from Danny Murphy, sending a dangerous ball across the face of Antti Niemi’s goal, but Agbonlahor failed to make contact as the ball flew across the box to safety.
Agbonlahor was forced to sit out the second half after he was crudely brought down in full flow by Davies on the stroke of half-time.
The visitors had the better of the opening exchanges in the second half, with Marlon Harewood, on for Agbonlahor, looking threatening up front.
And once again Villa took the lead through a set piece, albeit with help from the hapless Hughes.
Maloney’s corner was flicked on by Mellberg at the near post, but rather than finding a team-mate in claret and blue, the Swede found Hughes’s left boot and the defender looped the ball into his own net.
Martin Laursen spurned a glorious opportunity to double Villa’s lead a minute later when he blasted over from another corner from six yards out.
The miss proved costly as the home side hit back on 73 minutes with a well-crafted equaliser involving Bullard and Davies and the latter neatly finished on the half volley from 12 yards out.
And Bullard sealed the vital three points with a superb free-kick after Curtis Davies had brought down Diomansy Kamara 25 yards out from goal.
The former Wigan midfielder curled his strike beyond the sprawling Scott Carson, prompting scenes of crazy celebrations.
*Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill:*
“When we got ourselves in front we didn’t defend well enough for their equalising goal.
“I wanted us to play with drive and ambition, but we didn’t have the momentum. We were not good enough.”