Game #4996
Aston Villa
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Lost
5th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Attendance: 36,672
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-2
Middlesbrough
Assist(s) | James Milner | 37' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa lose consecutive top flight games for the first time this season.
KEY MAN
Martin O'Neill reacts as Villa lose consecutive Premier League matches for the first time this season and miss out on the chance to climb into the top four, Sunday, 9 November 2008.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 9 November 2008
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Tuncay Şanlı
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-1, Steve Sidwell, Assist by James Milner
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Nicky Shorey, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🟨 | 71’ Booking, James Milner
🟨 | 75’ Booking, Ashley Young
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 1-2, (Middlesbrough), Tuncay Şanlı
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Middlesbrough
ON THIS DAY
There is no post Europe bounce this time as Villa suffer a self inflicted defeat to Middlesbrough to remain 5th in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Middlesbrough
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2003-04
FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Game | #12 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Sunday, 9 November 2008
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 104 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 34 🟥 29 | 1.51
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 May 08, Villa 0-2 Wigan (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Middlesbrough
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin Laursen, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gareth Barry, Brad Friedel and James Milner replace Brad Guzan, Moustapha Salifou, John Carew, Craig Gardner and Zat Knight.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.39 |
Oldest Player |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 29.19 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 21.96 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Gareth Southgate (ex) | 🏴 |
Middlesbrough
GK Ross Turnbull | 🏴 |
LB Andrew Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Chris Riggott | 🏴 |
CB Emanuel Pogatetz | 🇦🇹 |
RB Justin Hoyte | 🏴 |
M Gary O’Neil | 🏴 |
M Didier Digard | 🇫🇷 |
W Tuncay Şanlı | 🇹🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Stuart Downing | 🏴 |
CF Jérémie Aliadiére | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
CF Afonso Alves | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 70’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Afonso Alves | 🇧🇷 | (M Julio Arca | 🇦🇷 | 🟨 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Jones | 🇦🇺 |
CB David Wheater | 🏴 |
CB Jonathan Grounds | 🏴 |
M Josh Walker | 🏴 |
W Adam Johnson | 🏴 |
CF Marvin Emnes | 🇳🇱 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 4/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
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 | 50%
Possession A | 50%
Shots F | 17
Shots A | 16
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 8
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 8
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“The one towards the end of the game obviously gives us little time to try and fight back but we should never have been in that position.
“We didn’t play well today, we should have done better and we shouldn’t have lost the game.
“We had a number of chances in the second half and had we taken one of those it would have worked in our favour.”
Martin O'Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 9 November 2008
*Tuncay profited from two shocking defensive errors to give Middlesbrough victory at Aston Villa and send them up to eighth in the Premier League.*
He struck first after 34 minutes, lashing home from six yards after Nicky Shorey failed to clear a cross.
The hosts hit back within three minutes through a Steve Sidwell header.
But, after Afonso Alves had somehow missed for Boro from three yards, Sidwell’s dreadful back pass set up Tuncay to score an 88th-minute winner.
Villa went into the game with their eyes on moving into the Champions League places at the expense of Manchester United but ended with nothing after a game dominated by expensive mistakes.
The hosts were the first to show, with Ashley Young robbed as he was about to pull the trigger and Gabriel Agbonlahor having his follow-up shot blocked.
It took a loose pass, intercepted by Justin Hoyte, to get Boro on the front foot but when he was tackled and the ball fell to Stewart Downing, the England man shot wide.
Villa nearly broke the deadlock just before the half-hour mark when Young’s free-kick took a wicked deflection off the wall but Ross Turnbull did well to adjust his feet before tipping the ball over the bar.
And it was the visitors who went in front five minutes later after a moment to forget for Shorey.
The defender made a terrible mess of trying to chest away Downing’s diagonal cross into the area and Tuncay was on hand to belt the ball past the helpless Brad Friedel from six yards out.
But Boro were unable to protect their lead for long and after Young and Agbonlahor had shots blocked the ball fell to James Milner and his chipped cross was nodded in by Sidwell.
The visitors ended the half on top with Downing twice drawing saves from Friedel with long-range efforts, while Alves was narrowly wide from eight yards after some slick passing in the area initiated by a cute reverse ball from Boro’s England winger.
Presumably Villa boss Martin O’Neill was at his spiky best during the break because his side lifted the tempo straight from the restart.
Agbonlahor immediately burned Chris Riggott for pace on the outside but Turnbull stood up well to deny the flying Villa striker at the near post.
Soon after Sidwell headed over, while Milner was then denied by Turnbull’s legs from Barry’s cut back after Shorey’s precise pass had carved Boro open down the left.
With just under half an hour remaining O’Neill withdrew defender Shorey and brought on striker Marlon Harewood as he went in search of all three points.
But it was Boro who created the better chances with Young heading Riggott’s header off the line before Alves somehow missed from three yards after Friedel had palmed out Didier Digard’s skidding 25-yard drive.
It was a dreadful miss and the Brazilian - Boro’s record signing - was immediately hauled off to sit, head buried in hands, on the bench.
It looked as though the match was headed for a draw but with the final whistle looming Sidwell produced the last of the hat-trick of howlers and Tuncay was on hand to joyously rifle the ball past a stunned Friedel.
*Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neil:*
“The one towards the end of the game obviously gives us little time to try and fight back but we should never have been in that position.
“We didn’t play well today, we should have done better and we shouldn’t have lost the game.
“We had a number of chances in the second half and had we taken one of those it would have worked in our favour.”