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Game #4983

Aston Villa

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Monday, 15 September 2008

4th (+3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔥 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
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Substitutes:

🔁 W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 63’ |
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 84’ |
🔁 M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 88’ |

Unused Substitutes:

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Nicky Shorey
🟨 John Carew
🟨 Gabriel Agbonlahor
🟨 Ashley Young

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up with Carlos Cuéllar joining the squad for the first time.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.69 |

Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.36 |

Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.94 |

  • Villa win their second League game of the season and have now taken points off top 6 rivals Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham to move to 4th in the table.

  • John Carew score his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 50th appearance to make it W19 D17 L7, 20 Goals, 5 Assists and 8 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

  • Curtis Davies secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (17 Starts) to make it W10 D6 L4, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

  • Future Villa man Darren Bent scores Spurs' consolation.

*Aston Villa condemned Tottenham to their worst start to a Premier League campaign with a victory that leaves Spurs winless and bottom of the table.*

Villa took the lead after just four minutes as Tottenham failed to cut out a Gabriel Agbonlahor cross which Nigel Reo-Coker converted with ease.

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes inexplicably let Ashley Young’s weak 54th-minute shot slip under his body.

Darren Bent’s late goal was little consolation for angry Spurs fans.

While the two Uefa Cup participants, who drew 4-4 in last season’s pulsating corresponding fixture, spent heavily in the summer, they have made distinctly contrasting starts to the season.

While Villa appear ever more settled under manager Martin O’Neill, Spurs are struggling to cope from the recent sale of star strikers Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane.

Spurs boss Juande Ramos handed debuts to £14m forward Roman Pavlyuchenko and £8.5m Croatian left-back Vedran Corluka, but his team could not have got off to a worse start.

After just four minutes, Young was allowed space on the left to feed Agbonlahor who cut a low cross behind the static Spurs defence.

John Carew flicked on with his heel leaving Reo-Coker with a simple first-time finish which Gomes could not get near.

Villa nearly went two up four minutes later when Reo-Coker’s cross from the right took a wicked deflection and crashed back out into play off Gomes’ upright.

Spurs slowly started to wrestle some possession from Villa and, in the 21st minute, Pavlyuchenko turned superbly in the box to lash in a shot which unluckily cannoned off the forehead of Curtis Davies.

Gomes was soon called upon to make an outstanding save on his line from Gareth Barry’s well-placed header, before he followed it up with more heroics to deny Agbonlahor, though the Villa striker should have scored.

Jermaine Jenas replaced the injured Luka Modric in central midfield but, despite the threat of Gareth Bale with dead balls, they still looked like a side who are still getting to know one another.

Ramos brought England midfielder David Bentley on for Didier Zokora at half-time to add some passing precision, and his impact was immediate.

In the 48th minute, he neatly laid the ball off to winger Aaron Lennon to fire a shot just below Brad Friedel’s bar, but the Villa keeper stretched to tip it over.

Spurs conceded again in the 54th minute due a shocking error from Gomes, as the Brazilian undid all his previous good work.

After Barry had fed Young on the half-way line, he dragged Dawson in then rounded the Spurs defender before shooting weakly at the centre of goal.

But the Spurs keeper let the ball slip under his body as groans of anger rang out round White Hart Lane.
Dawson, who let Young pass far too easily, was soon replaced by Mexican forward Giovanni dos Santos, who showed significant promise and ambition on the ball.

With chances few and far between, Bale managed put in a dangerous cross which Bent should have done better than to head high and wide.

Small consolation came for Spurs in the 86th minute when Jenas lashed a speculative shot on the volley towards goal after Villa had attempted to clear, which Bent turned into the net from 10 yards.

Spurs pushed for a late equaliser, but their frenzied efforts betrayed a side who were in the process of making the club’s worst start to a season for 34 years.

*Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill:*

“I’m not wildly interested in what Fabio (Capello, England boss) does. I’m sure he’s basking in the glory of a wonderful performance and that is great.

“With Ashley Young and Gabby Agbonlahor, their time will come. I’m really selfish about this and want them to be on the fringe of the internationals but not actually play.

“I’d hope that would continue for another eight years!”

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Won

2-1

🟩 15 Sep 2008, Villa 2-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Scorer(s) | Nigel Reo-Coker | 5’ | Ashley Young | 54’ |

Assist(s) | John Carew | 5’ | Gareth Barry | 54’ |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Nigel Reo-Coker, Assist by John Carew
🟨 | 21’ Booking, Nicky Shorey
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 51’ Booking, John Carew
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 2-0, John Carew, Assist by Gareth Barry
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, James Milner
🟨 | 84’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 2-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Darren Bent
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Nicky Shorey, Sub on, Craig Gardner
🟨 | 90’+3 Booking, Ashley Young
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Aston Villa

Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Game | #4 |
Manager Game | #91 |
Monday, 15 September 2008

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Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1999-2010
Assistants: Ian Gosling, Peter Kirkup

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

Total 🕒 147 | 🟩 55 | 🟨 33 | 🟥 59 | ⚽ 216 | 🥅 235 |
League 🕒 131 | 🟩 49 | 🟨 31 | 🟥 51 | ⚽ 201 | 🥅 213 |
FA Cup 🕒 11 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 8 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 70 | 🟩 30 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 103 | 🥅 92 |
Away 🕒 75 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 13 | 🟥 37 | ⚽ 111 | 🥅 139 |
Neutral 🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 4 |

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Possession F | 38%
Possession A | 62%
Shots F | 15
Shots A | 20
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 8
Corners A | 12
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 17

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

🕒 91 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 | 32 🟥 25 | 1.47

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
6
🟩
4*
🟨
0
6*
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
🥅
1
8*
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
5
🟩
3*
🟨
1*
5*
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
20
🟩
10*
🟨
1
17*
🟨
6
🟥
0
1
🟥
4
1
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
74
🟩
29*
🟨
3
72*
🟨
27
🟥
0
10
🟥
18
3
RB Luke Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
4
🟩
2*
🟨
0
4*
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
47
🟩
21*
🟨
11
47*
🟨
14
🟥
1
2*
🟥
12
4
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
59
🟩
24*
🟨
9*
56*
🟨
20
🟥
0
14*
🟥
15
23
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
99
🟩
35*
🟨
7*
92*
🟨
34
🟥
0
26
🟥
30
11
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
28
🟩
12*
🟨
2
23*
🟨
9
🟥
0
6
🟥
7
2
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
399
🟩
150*
🟨
54
383*
🟨
114
🟥
3
45
🟥
135
47*
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
72
🟩
28*
🟨
7
65*
🟨
24
🟥
0
3
🟥
20
1
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
50
🟩
19*
🟨
8*
50*
🟨
17
🟥
0
20*
🟥
14
5*
W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
35
🟩
14*
🟨
4
2*
🟨
9
🟥
0
3
🟥
12
9
M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
53
🟩
21*
🟨
7
19*
🟨
15
🟥
0
6
🟥
17
1
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur

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White Hart Lane

Attendance: 36,075

GK Heurelho Gomes | 🇧🇷 |
CB Michael Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Vedran Ćorluka | 🇭🇷 |
CB Jonathan Woodgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Didier Zokora | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |
M Tom Huddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Luka Modrić | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
W Aaron Lennon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gareth Bale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Roman Pavlyuchenko | 🇷🇺 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Juande Ramos | 🇪🇸 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | CB Michael Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | (F Giovani dos Santos | 🇲🇽 |)
🔁 | M Didier Zokora | 🇨🇮 | (M David Bentley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Luka Modrić | 🇭🇷 | (M Jermaine Jenas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

GK César | 🇪🇸 |
M Gilberto | 🇧🇷 |
M Jamie O'Hara | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Fraizer Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Michael Dawson

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2007-08

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

“I’m not wildly interested in what Fabio (Capello, England boss) does. I’m sure he’s basking in the glory of a wonderful performance and that is great.

“With Ashley Young and Gabby Agbonlahor, their time will come. I’m really selfish about this and want them to be on the fringe of the internationals but not actually play.

“I’d hope that would continue for another eight years!”

Martin O'Neill.

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

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