Game #5008
Aston Villa
Saturday, 10 January 2009
Aston Villa
2-1
West Brom
Premier League
West Bromwich Albion
Villa Park
Attendance: 41,757
Won
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 18’ | 41’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Martin Laursen's final game for Villa as Albion are beaten to send Martin O'Neill's side third in the table after 21 of 38 Premier League games, Saturday, 10 January 2009.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 January 2009
⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, Curtis Davies, Assist by Gareth Barry
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 2-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 2-1, (West Bromwich Albion), James Morrison
🟨 | 74’ Booking, Martin Laursen
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Steve Sidwell, Sub on, Carlos Cuéllar
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
ON THIS DAY
Villa, unbeaten in nine, winning six, see off bottom club Albion to open the year with successive wins and remain 4th in the Premier League. Meanwhile, Martin Laursen made his final appearance for the club aged 31 before retiring from football due to injury. Laursen had proved a colossus at the back for Villa striking up an impressive partnership with fellow legend Olof Mellberg. Sadly Laursen suffered a number of spells on the sidelines through injury during his Villa career and so between 2004-05 and 2008-09 he made only 91 appearances - far less than his talent should have allowed. Laursen wasn’t just a defender however, he was a real goalscoring threat hitting 12 goals including 7 in one season. A special player with a special connection with the club and fans, Villa were lucky to have had him.
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 DETAILS
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Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Game | #21 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Saturday, 10 January 2009
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 12.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 116 | 🟩 | 48 🟨 | 37 🟥 31 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Matches Officiated: 28
🟩 : 11
🟨 : 7
🟥 : 10
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 15 Nov 08, Villa 2-0 Arsenal (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Mike Mullarkey, Dave Bryan
TEAM NEWS
Martin Laursen, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Gareth Barry and Luke Young replace Nathan Delfouneso, Nicky Shorey, Craig Gardner and Zat Knight.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.27 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.68 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 22.26 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W James Milner | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Tony Mowbray | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_65c08f3cdec4426cae862d210be37e9b~mv2.gif)
West Bromwich Albion
GK Scott Carson (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Paul Robinson | 🏴 |
CB Leon Barnett | 🏴 |
CB Jonas Olsson | 🇸🇪 |
RB Carl Hoefkens | 🇧🇪 |
M Robert Koren | 🇸🇮 |
M Jonathan Greening | 🏴 |
M James Morrison | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Borja Valero | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
F Luke Moore (ex) | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Jay Simpson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | for M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M James Morrison | 🏴 | (M Chris Brunt | 🇬🇧 |)
🔁 | M Borja Valero | 🇪🇸 | (M Do-heon Kim | 🇰🇷 |)
🔁 | F Luke Moore (ex) | 🏴 | (CF Roman Bednář | 🇨🇿 | 🟨 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Dean Kiely | 🇮🇪 |
LB Marek Cech | 🇸🇰 |
CB Ryan Donk | 🇸🇷 |
CF Craig Beattie | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/18
Homegrown: 4/18
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_65c08f3cdec4426cae862d210be37e9b~mv2.gif)
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
🔴 CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 2004-09 | 🕒 91 | 89 (2) | ⚽ 12 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 17 | #774 |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 47%
Possession A | 53%
Shots F | 22
Shots A | 14
Shots on Target F | 10
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 9
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 18
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 10 January 2009
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