Game #4972
Aston Villa
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Won
6th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Birmingham City
Attendance: 42,584
Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-1
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Olof Mellberg | 28’ | Ashley Young | 42’ | Gareth Barry | 53’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Ashley Young celebrates Villa's fourth as Martin O'Neill's side inflict more humiliation on Birmingham City with a 5-1 Premier League win, Sunday, 20 April 2008.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 20 April 2008
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-0, Ashley Young, Assist by Olof Mellberg
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 2-0, John Carew, Assist by Ashley Young
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Birmingham City
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 3-0, John Carew, Assist by Gareth Barry
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 4-0, Ashley Young
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 4-1, (Birmingham City), Mikael Forssell
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 5-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Olof Mellberg, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Birmingham City
ON THIS DAY
Villa had now scored 15 goals in three games to rise back to 6th in the table with three to play.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Birmingham City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Sunday, 20 April 2008
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴 | Durham, 2000-2017
Kick off: 12.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 80 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 | 27 🟥 23 | 1.46
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴 | Durham, 2000-2017
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 1 Mar 08, Villa 1-1 Arsenal (a)
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up for the second successive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.84 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 31.17 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.53 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Alex McLeish | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Maik Taylor | 🇬🇧 |
LB David Murphy | 🏴 |
CB Liam Ridgewell (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Radhi Jaïdi | 🇹🇳 |
RB Stephen Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Mehdi Nafti | 🇹🇳 |
M Fabrice Muamba | 🇨🇩 |
W Gary McSheffrey | 🏴 |
F James McFadden | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Mauro Zárate | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Cameron Jerome | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for CB Olof Mellberg | 🏴 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Mauro Zárate | 🇦🇷 | (CF Mikael Forssell | 🇫🇮 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Cameron Jerome | 🏴 | (M Olivier Kapo | 🇫🇷 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 |
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Colin Doyle | 🇮🇪 |
RB Stuart Parnaby | 🏴 |
CF Garry O'Connor | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 2/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
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 | 51%
Possession A | 49%
Shots F | 20
Shots A | 12
Shots on Target F | 9
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 20
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 20 April 2008