Game #4964
Aston Villa
Sunday, 24 February 2008


Won
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Reading
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 23,889
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski
Reading
1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 45’ | Ashley Young | 84’ |
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 24 February 2008
💥 | 33’ Missed Penalty, Gareth Barry
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-0, Ashley Young, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | HT Reading 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 52’ Booking, Craig Gardner
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Shaun Maloney, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 2-0, Marlon Harewood, Assist by Ashley Young
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Nigel Reo-Coker, Sub on, Isaiah Osbourne
🥅 | 90’+4 Goal, 2-1, (Reading), Nicky Shorey
🕒 | FT Reading 1-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 44%
Possession A | 56%
Shots F | 21
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 7
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 11
Fouls F | 16
Fouls A | 11
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Villa secure successive wins to remain 6th in the table, level on points with Liverpool and are now just three off fourth place under Martin O’Neill.
Villa now have just one defeat in eleven Premier League games under Martin O'Neill as they see off Reading at the Madejski.
Scott Carson makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W13 D6 L6, 3 Assists, 31 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.24 goals per game, 7 Clean Sheets (28%), 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Reading


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Game | #27 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Sunday, 24 February 2008
%20Aston%20Villa%20Kit_gif.png)
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2006-2021
Kick off: 12.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 72 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 25 🟥 20 | 1.47
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2006-2021
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Craig Gardner
CARDS

🟨 Ibrahima Sonko
🟨 Marek Matějovský
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Craig Gardner and Gabriel Agbonlahor replace Olof Mellberg and Stiliyan Petrov.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.08 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 31.01 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 21.26 |
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Steve Coppell | 🏴 |

Reading
GK Marcus Hanhemann | 🇺🇸 |
RB Graeme Murty | 🏴 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Ibrahima Sonko | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 |
CB Kalifa Cissé | 🇲🇱 | 🔁 |
M John Oster | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M James Harper | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Stephen Hunt | 🇮🇪 |
M Marek Matějovský | 🇨🇿 | 🟨 |
CF Kevin Doyle | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Dave Kitson | 🏴 |
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | ⚽ | for M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | 73’ |
🔁 M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | for M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Kalifa Cissé | 🇲🇱 | (CB Ívar Ingimarsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | M John Oster | 🏴 | (W Jimmy Kébé | 🇲🇱 |)
🔁 | CF Kevin Doyle | 🇮🇪 | (CF Shane Long | 🇮🇪 |)

🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Adam Federici | 🇦🇺 |
CB André Bikey | 🇨🇲 |
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

🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | | 14 | 12* | 4* | 1 | 7* | 4 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | | 96* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
Homegrown: 4/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/16
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski


MATCH REPORTS






Opens in New Window
*Sky Sports*
Sunday, 24 February 2008
🟩 24 Feb 2008, Villa 2-1 Reading, Madejski

