Game #5035
Aston Villa
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Won
8th (+4)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Attendance: 32,917
Fulham
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Fulham
Assist(s) | James Milner | 59’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa put their European disappointment behind them to record successive Premier League victories following their opening day defeat.
KEY MAN
Gabby Agbonlahor celebrates putting Villa two up, Sunday, 30 August 2009.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 30 August 2009
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ciaran Clark
⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, John Pantsil
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by James Milner
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Nigel Reo-Coker, Sub on, John Carew
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Steve Sidwell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Fulham
ON THIS DAY
Villa make it three wins in a row for the first time since January and climb to 8th in the table as centre back Ciaran Clark, 19, make his debut after coming through the ranks as a schoolboy and signing professional forms with the club in July 2008.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Fulham
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Fulham
Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #3 |
Manager Game | #143 |
Sunday, 30 August 2009
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 143 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 | 45 🟥 41 | 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 Mar 09, Villa 1-2 Tottenham (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Martin Yerby, Mike Mullarkey
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Fulham
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill hands a debut to Ciaran Clark and recalls Brad Friedel, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Steve Sidwell as John Carew, Brad Guzan, Emile Heskey, Fabian Delph and Curtis Davies (injury) make way.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.31 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 38.31 |
Youngest Player |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 19.94 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Roy Hodgson | 🏴 |
Fulham
GK Mark Schwarzer | 🇦🇺 |
LB Paul Konchesky | 🏴 |
CB Aaron Hughes (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
CB Brede Hangeland | 🇳🇴 |
RB John Paintsil | 🇬🇭 |
M Dickson Etuhu | 🇳🇬 | 🟨 |
M Jonathan Greening | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 |
W Diomansy Kamara | 🇸🇳 |
CF Clint Dempsey | 🇺🇸 |
CF Erik Nevland | 🇳🇴 | (CF Andy Johnson | 🏴 |)
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | for M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 72’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Erik Nevland | 🇳🇴 | (CF Andy Johnson | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Pascal Zuberbühler | 🇨🇭 |
RB Stephen Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
CB Chris Smalling | 🏴 |
M Chris Baird | 🇬🇧 |
M Zoltán Gera | 🇭🇺 |
M Bjorn Helge Riise | 🇳🇴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 2/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
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
🟢 CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 43%
Possession A | 57%
Shots F | 9
Shots A | 6
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 9
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 9
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It’s pleasing to have won at home because our home form wasn’t fantastic last season." Martin O'Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 30 August 2009
*A brilliant strike from Gabriel Agbonlahor helped Aston Villa to a comfortable victory over Fulham.*
Villa took an early lead when John Pantsil headed into his own net after he was unable to cope with Ashley Young’s superb in-swinging corner.
They doubled their advantage after the break when Agbonlahor took the ball off Fulham debutant Jonathan Greening and fired in from 25 yards.
Fulham created little, with Clint Dempsey heading wide from half-chances.
Villa did not have to work hard for their win and the contest will not feature on any Premier League Classic DVD series, but for 19-year-old debutant Ciaran Clark the match will live long in his memory.
Clark, a product of the Villa academy, replaced injured centre-back Curtis Davies and put in a calm and steady performance.
He also proved a threat at the other end of the pitch when after 24 minutes he managed to get his 6ft 2in frame on the end of a Young corner but headed yards over - his reaction afterwards providing a picture of disgust.
Nevertheless, Clark ably carried out his primary duty of shutting the door on Fulham forwards Diomansy Kamara, Erik Nevland and Dempsey.
Villa’s attacking threat, meanwhile, was led, as per usual, by the precocious Young.
His outstanding in-swinging delivery from a left-wing corner after three minutes led to the first goal when Pantsil, under pressure from Agbonlahor, could only head past his own keeper Mark Schwarzer.
Steve Sidwell should have added a second shortly after but fired over from the edge of the area after picking up Agbonlahor’s chest-down.
Fulham were without the influential Danny Murphy in midfield and his absence was made more apparent by the west London’s side predictable forward play.
The two opportunities they had fell to Dempsey, but the American’s two headed attempts failed to panic keeper Brad Friedel.
It was not until the second half that the next big chance of the game came, and that resulted in Villa’s second goal.
Agbonlahor dispossessed Greening 40 yards from goal and charged forward before firing an unstoppable arrowed shot from 25 yards past Schwarzer’s outstretched left hand.
For an already deflated Fulham, that goal ended any thoughts of getting something out of the match.
From the very first minute, the Cottagers looked lethargic following their Europa League exploits in Russia on Thursday.
With more Thursday-Sunday fixture combinations to come, Roy Hodgson’s men will have to dig deep into their energy reserves or they could find themselves in trouble this season on the evidence of this performance.
*Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill:*
“It’s pleasing to have won at home because our home form wasn’t fantastic last season and certainly didn’t match our away form.
“I’m delighted we’ve won three games in a week.
“The team - other than injured Curtis Davies - who played so brilliantly at Anfield deserved a second crack.”