Game #4985
Aston Villa
Sunday, 21 September 2008
Won
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Attendance: 26,011
West Bromwich Albion
The Hawthorns
Villa make it three wins and a draw in five Premier League games as the Baggies are dispatched on their own patch.
West Brom
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 27' | 29’ |
KEY MAN
Gabby Agbonlahor celebrates his winner as Villa beat Albion at the Hawthorns, Sunday, 21 September 2008.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 21 September 2008
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, John Carew, Assist by Ashley Young
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 2-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Ashley Young
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 2-1, (West Bromwich Albion), James Morrison
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 68’ Booking, Luke Young
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Nicky Shorey, Sub on, James Milner
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Craig Gardner
🟨 | 83’ Booking, John Carew
🟨 | 88’ Booking, Ashley Young
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Carlos Cuéllar
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa's solid start to the campaign continues as an Albion side with Scott Carson and Luke Moore are dispatched at the Hawthorns to make it 3 League wins in 5 and stay 4th in the early Premier League table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
West Bromwich Albion
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68
FIXTURE HISTORY
West Bromwich Albion
Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #93 |
Sunday, 21 September 2008
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Kick off: 12.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 93 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 | 32 🟥 25 | 1.51
Career Form:
Top 8
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 May 08, Villa 2-2 West Ham (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: John Stokes, Richard West
Mike Dean
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
West Bromwich Albion
🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Ashley Young, John Carew and Curtis Davies replace Carlos Cuéllar, James Milner and Craig Gardner.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.70 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.37 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.96 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Tony Mowbray | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
West Bromwich Albion
GK Scott Carson (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Paul Robinson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Leon Barnett | 🏴 |
CB Jonas Olsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Gianni Zuiverloon | 🇳🇱 |
M Robert Koren | 🇸🇮 |
M Jonathan Greening | 🏴 |
M Chris Brunt | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M James Morrison | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Borja Valero | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Roman Bednář | 🇨🇿 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W James Milner | 🏴 | for LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 74’ |
🔁 M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 83’ |
🔁 CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 89’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Chris Brunt | 🇬🇧 | (M Do-heon Kim | 🇰🇷 |)
🔁 | M Borja Valero | 🇪🇸 | (CF Ishmael Miller | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Roman Bednář | 🇨🇿 | (F Luke Moore (ex) | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Dean Kiely | 🇮🇪 |
LB Marek Cech | 🇸🇰 |
RB Carl Hoefkens | 🇧🇪 |
CB Ryan Donk | 🇸🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
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 | 38%
Possession A | 62%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 12
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 18
Fouls A | 22
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"It's a big relief to win the game and see it though. West Brom never gave up.
"I thought we played splendidly. It was our third away game in five-and-a-half days and to win it is magnificent.
"Our goals came at really important times. We could have done with another one after half-time when we had a couple of great chances, but we were great."
Martin O'Neill.
“That was a great day. We won 2-1 at The Hawthorns.
“John Carew scored the first for us - a great header.
“Then we broke away and the ball came down to me, I took it past Jonas Olsson and smashed it into the corner.
“I was on a real high. There’s no better feeling than scoring in a derby.”
Gabby Agbonlahor, 2014
*Sky Sports*
Sunday, 21 September 2008
*Quick-fire double sinks Baggies*
Two goals in the space of a minute from John Carew and Gabriel Agbonlahor gave Aston Villa a 2-1 win over neighbours West Brom.
The visitors came close to breaking the deadlock a number of times before John Carew nodded Ashley Young’s free-kick in off the near post leaving Scott Carson with no chance of a save.
Within 32 seconds later Villa had doubled their advantage when Leon Barnett made a hash of Young’s long ball allowing Agbonlahor to gratefully collect and stroke home past Carson.
However, The Baggies responded and Brad Friedel will be disappointed with his part in the goal after letting Robert Koren’s shot slip from his grasp giving James Morrison the chance to tuck home.
Although Tony Mowbray’s side huffed and puffed in the second half they never looked like equalising while Carew twice missed out on adding to his tally after hitting the woodwork on two occasions.
Friedel saved a dipping 25 yard effort from Albion skipper Jonathan Greening away to his right as the home side knocked the ball around in confident fashion early on.
But they nearly paid the penalty when Agbonlahor was brought down by Gianni Zuiverloon 25 yards out. Ashley Young’s floated cross picked out Carew whose powerful header flew only a couple of feet wide with Carson stranded to his line.
Early change
The Baggies were forced to make a change after 20 minutes when Chris Brunt limped out of the action to be replaced by Do-Heon Kim.
Then Villa took complete control with two goals inside 60 seconds from Carew and Agbonlahor.
Albion’s vulnerability at free-kicks was finally exposed when Ashley Young’s free-kick was again met by Carew - and this time the Norwegian international’s header beat Carson via the post for his fourth goal of the campaign.
West Brom had not had time to recover from this setback before they fell further behind through Agbonlahor’s fifth goal of the season.
Barnett was at fault in miscontrolling an Ashley Young pass which broke into the path of Agbonlahor and he drilled his shot across Carson from a narrow angle into the corner of the net.
After 34 minutes Morrison handed Albion a life-line with his second goal in as many games.
Villa ‘keeper Brad Friedel was at fault in failing to hold onto a low 20 yard effort from Koren - and Morrison was alert to tuck in the rebound.
Morrison was booked for not retreating 10 yards at an Ashley Young free-kick and West Brom defender Paul Robinson was also yellow-carded for a challenge on Stiliyan Petrov.
*Atoned*
Friedel partially atoned for his error with a fine close range save to keep out a Kim header shortly before the interval.
The post twice denied Carew from adding to Villa’s lead early in the second period.
The former Lyon striker timed his run perfectly to run onto Nigel Reo-Coker’s pass and his cross shot clipped the far post although Carson had done well to narrow the angle.
But the ex-Liverpool player could only watch as a Carew header thumped against the post from a Luke Young centre.
West Brom boss Tony Mowbray made a double substitution with Ishmael Miller and ex-Villa striker Luke Moore replacing Bednar and Valero.
Moore came close to making an instant impact with a goal-bound shot blocked by Barry following a Greening centre.
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