Game #4994
Aston Villa
Monday, 3 November 2008
Lost
5th (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Attendance: 44,567
Newcastle United
St James' Park
Newcastle United
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa suffer a shock defeat to lowly Newcastle - only their third of the campaign - as Villa miss out on the chance to elevate themselves into the Premier League top three.
KEY MAN
Gabby Agbonlahor, best chance.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 3 November 2008
🟨 | 22’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🟨 | 37’ Booking, Luke Young
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Obafemi Martins
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Nicky Shorey, Sub on, Steve Sidwell
🟨 | 77’ Booking, Steve Sidwell
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 0-2, (Newcastle United), Obafemi Martins
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Nigel Reo-Coker, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa suffer a shock defeat to lowly Newcastle and thereby lose for the third time in eleven games to fall back to fifth in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Newcastle United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55
FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Game | #11 |
Manager Game | #102 |
Monday, 3 November 2008
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 102 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 | 34 🟥 28 | 1.51
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 15 Sep 08, Villa 2-1 Tottenham (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Richard West, Dave Bryan
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Newcastle United
🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill recalls John Carew after his 'Rocket Club' indiscretion as Stiliyan Petrov drops out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.55 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.49 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 22.07 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W James Milner | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 | (🤡)
Newcastle United
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
LB José Enrique | 🇪🇸 |
CB Fabricio Coloccini | 🇦🇷 |
CB Steven Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 |
M Joey Barton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Jonás Gutiérrez | 🇦🇷 |
M Nicky Butt | 🏴 |
W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 |
CF Obafemi Martins | 🇳🇬 | 🟨 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Shola Ameobi | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | 🟨 | for LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 72’ |
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Obafemi Martins | 🇳🇬 | (CB Caçapa | 🇧🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Shola Ameobi | 🏴 | (F Michael Owen | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Steve Harper | 🏴 |
CB Sébastien Bassong | 🇨🇲 |
M Njitap Geremi | 🇨🇲 |
M Danny Guthrie | 🏴 |
W Charles N'Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
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 | 45%
Possession A | 55%
Shots F | 8
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 2
Fouls F | 22
Fouls A | 14
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“The first half was excellent and we deserved to go in front, but we are instead left to rue the chances we would normally take.
“They were big moments in the game, hitting the post and Gabriel Agbonlahor missing a chance he’d usually score.
“But when they scored, it became a fatal blow, not just a setback.”
Martin O'Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Monday, 3 November 2008
*Obafemi Martins’ brace earned Newcastle victory against Aston Villa to lift the Magpies out of the bottom three.*
Martins opened the scoring on the hour, beating Villa keeper Brad Friedel with a left-footed shot from 18 yards after turning inside Martin Laursen.
The Nigerian secured victory, tapping home from close-range after good work down the left from Jonas Gutierrez.
Nicky Butt also struck the post for the Magpies while Laursen’s header hit the upright for Villa in the first-half.
Needing victory to climb into the Premier League’s top three, Villa started the better of the two sides and should have taken a lead into the half-time break.
Laursen had the visitors’ first real chance, heading Gareth Barry’s 11th-minute corner against the post.
Ten minutes later Gabriel Agbonlahor had Villa’s best chance of the half but the normally reliable striker mis-kicked from close range after Ashley Young had played him in.
Just before the break Agbonlahor turned provider, playing in Ashley Young, but Newcastle keeper Shay Given was equal to the effort with a point-blank block.
Newcastle held on until half-time, with only midfielder Joey Barton testing Friedel in the Villa goal with a long-distance effort.
But Barton showcased both sides of his personality in a lively first-half display as he was spoken to by referee Steve Bennett for appearing to flick Agbonlahor in the face.
Newcastle improved after the break and after Barton was booked for a late challenge on Luke Young, the controversial midfielder created the opener.
Barton found Martins with an accurate long ball on the edge of the Villa box and the Nigerian superbly cut inside Laursen before rifling a low drive past Friedel.
Soon after, Butt came close to making it 2-0 with his glorious 20-yard free-kick curling against the post and rebounding away to safety.
But Newcastle continued to press and a second goal arrived with eight minutes remaining, again courtesy of Martins.
Gutierrez provided it after fine work down the left wing, beating the challenge of Nigel Reo-Coker before cutting the ball back to Martins, who made no mistake from close range.
Victory lifted Newcastle to 14th in the Premier League, while Villa remain in fifth place.
*Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill:*
“The first half was excellent and we deserved to go in front, but we are instead left to rue the chances we would normally take.
“They were big moments in the game, hitting the post and Gabriel Agbonlahor missing a chance he’d usually score.
“But when they scored, it became a fatal blow, not just a setback.”
*Newcastle first-team coach Chris Hughton:*
“They had the better of the early chances but we held on until half-time.
“But we are getting stronger and fitter and that helps and it showed tonight.