Game #4979
Aston Villa
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Aston Villa
4-2
Manchester City
Premier League
Manchester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,955
Won
2nd
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 47’ | Curtis Davies | 69’ | Gareth Barry | 74’ | 76’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Gabby Agbonlahor scores a hat-track to see off Manchester City, Sunday, 17 August 2008.
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 17 August 2008
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Luke Young
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 1-0, John Carew, Assist by Ashley Young
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester City, pen), Elano
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 2-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Curtis Davis
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 3-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Gareth Barry
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 4-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Gareth Barry
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 4-2, (Manchester City), Vedran Ćorluka
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Manchester City
ON THIS DAY
Right back Luke Young made his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from Middlesbrough for a fee of £2,700,000 earlier this month. Having lost Wilfred Bouma to injury the move to bring Young in was even more welcome for a player who had long been an attractive target for Villa.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Sunday, 17 August 2008
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Kick off: 2.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 87 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 30 🟥 24 | 1.48
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 27 Apr 08, Villa 2-2 Everton (a)
Cards: 🟨
Assistants: Mick McDonough, Mike Bull
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill hands a debut to Luke Young and recalls John Carew in place of Wilfred Bouma and Marlon Harewood.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.61 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.28 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.86 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 🟢 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Mark Hughes | 🏴 |
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Manchester City
GK Joe Hart | 🏴 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 |
CB Vedran Ćorluka | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ |
CB Tal Ben Haim (yth) | 🇮🇱 | 🟨 |
LB Javier Garrido | 🇪🇸 |
M Michael Johnson | 🏴 |
M Elano | 🇧🇷 | ⚽ |
M Gelson Fernandes |🇨🇭| 🔁 |
M Kelvin Etuhu | 🇳🇬 |
W Martin Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
CF Ched Evans | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Gelson Fernandes |🇨🇭| (M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Ched Evans | 🏴 | (CF Daniel Sturridge | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Kasper Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
CB Nedum Onuoha | 🏴 |
LB Michael Ball | 🏴 |
M Dietmar Hamann | 🇩🇪 |
CF Felipe Caicedo | 🇪🇨 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 4/18
SQUAD STATS
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Freshly founded Abu Dhabi - formerly Manchester City, a club without a trophy since 1976, and with just two League titles to their former name - arrive at Villa Park.
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
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
🟢 RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 41%
Possession A | 59%
Shots F | 17
Shots A | 19
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 8
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 14
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 17 August 2008
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