Game #4986
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Lost
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
League Cup
Attendance: 21,541
Queens Park Rangers
Villa Park
After making six changes, Villa lose to Championship side QPR in the League Cup without scoring.
Aston Villa
0-1
Queens Park Rangers
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
QPR hold off John Carew and Villa to win in the League Cup at Villa Park, Wednesday, 24 September 2008.
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Brad Guzan
🟨 | 36’ Booking, Carlos Cuéllar
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Queens Park Rangers
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Damion Stewart
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Craig Gardner
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Isaiah Osbourne, Sub on, Wayne Routledge
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Marlon Harewood, Sub on, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Queens Park Rangers
ON THIS DAY
Martin O'Neill's cup changes see Villa struggle once again and they are dumped out of the Cup by Championship side QPR.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Queens Park Rangers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67
FIXTURE HISTORY
Queens Park Rangers
Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #11 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 94 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 | 32 🟥 26 | 1.49
Career Form:
Top 8
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 9 Feb 08, Villa 4-1 Newcastle (h) 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Lee Mason
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Queens Park Rangers
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill makes a number of changes for the League Cup with Zat Knight, Craig Gardner, Isaiah Osbourne, Marlon Harewood, Carlos Cuéllar, and Brad Guzan replacing Luke Young, Curtis Davies, Brad Friedel, Gabriel Agbonlahor Nigel Reo-Coker and Martin Laursen.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.20 |
Oldest Player |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 29.24 |
Youngest Player |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 20.90 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Ian Dowie | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 🟢 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Queens Park Rangers
GK Radek Černý | 🇨🇿 |
CB Damien Delaney | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Damion Stewart | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ |
CB Fitz Hall | 🏴 |
CB Matthew Connolly | 🏴 |
M Gavin Mahon | 🏴 |
M Dani Parejo | 🇪🇸 |
M Ákos Buzsáky | 🇭🇺 | 🔁 |
M Martin Rowlands | 🇮🇪 |
W Emmanuel Ledesma | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Patrick Agyemang | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 | for M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | for CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ákos Buzsáky | 🇭🇺 | (M Mikele Leigertwood | 🇦🇬 |)
🔁 | W Emmanuel Ledesma | 🇦🇷 | (M Ángelo Balanta | 🇨🇴 |)
🔁 | CF Patrick Agyemang | 🇬🇭 | (CF Samuel Di Carmine | 🇮🇹 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Lee Camp | 🇬🇧 |
CB Kaspars Gorkšs | 🇱🇻 |
CF Dexter Blackstock | 🇦🇬 |
CF Hogan Ephraim | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 5/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/18
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
🟢 GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I felt we had enough chances to win this game. When the match is in the balance and you don’t take your chances there’s always a chance you might concede and we did.
“We were beaten in the game but if we had been played off the park it would have been a different issue.
“It’s naturally disappointing to go out of the competition and not to be in the hat for the next round is really frustrating.”
Martin O'Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
*Championship side QPR dumped Aston Villa out of the Carling Cup thanks to Damion Stewart’s second-half header.*
Daniel Parejo - on loan from Real Madrid - floated the ball in on 58 minutes, leaving Stewart to nod in.
Gareth Barry was given captain duties and despite the efforts of Ashley Young, Villa struggled to dominate.
Gabriel Agbonlahor and Wayne Routledge were sent on with 23 minutes left, but QPR held on for a famous victory and a place in the fourth round.
Following their win over West Brom at the weekend, Villa boss Martin O’Neill rested six of his players and although they had plenty of possession, rarely threatened in front of goal.
Carlos Cuellar was handed a first home start alongside Zat Knight in the home side’s reshuffled defence, while keeper Brad Guzan made his debut.
Villa had the first chance of the game on 10 minutes, with Barry, captaining for the first time since the collapse of the proposed move to Liverpool, and Nicky Shorey providing a chance to Stiliyan Petrov.
The Bulgarian refused to shoot and rolled the ball to Marlon Harewood who curled his effort wastefully over the bar.
Young continued to be a nuisance to the QPR defence, but it was the visitors who took a surprise lead.
The winner was a result of a disputed corner. Parejo eventually crossed the ball back into the box to find the head of Stewart who nodded comfortably past Guzan.
Barry had an excellent chance to equalise with 15 minutes remaining after good work from John Carew, but the England midfielder could only chip wide of the target.
*Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill:*
“I felt we had enough chances to win this game. When the match is in the balance and you don’t take your chances there’s always a chance you might concede and we did.
“We were beaten in the game but if we had been played off the park it would have been a different issue.
“It’s naturally disappointing to go out of the competition and not to be in the hat for the next round is really frustrating.”
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