Game #5111
Aston Villa
Saturday, 22 January 2011
Won
13th (+4)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Manchester City
Attendance: 37,315
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
State of Abu Dhabi
Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 18’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Emile Heskey puts in a battling performance as Darren Bent scores a debut goal to make it four wins in seventeen Premier League games under Gérard Houllier, Saturday, 22 January 2011.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 January 2011
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Darren Bent
⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, Darren Bent, Assist by Ashley Young
🟨 | 25’ Booking, Ciaran Clark
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Nigel Reo-Coker
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
ON THIS DAY
Take a step back for a moment and consider this.
Villa had finished sixth for the third consecutive season, reached the League Cup final and FA Cup semi final and the manager was told there was no more money to spend.
Less than 8 months later, a new manager, who had taken the club into the relegation zone was gifted £20m to make the club’s record signing almost by a factor of two.
Now imagine having been told there was not only no money to spend on improving the squad but that the existing squad needed to be sold to raise funds.
He had his faults did Martin O’Neill but boy did he have a point about Lerner and the Villa hierarchy.
It wasn’t Darren Bent’s fault of course that he arrived in such circumstances and the £19,350,000 was money well spent within 18’ of debut but Villa never needed to be in this situation in the first place.
Meanwhile, four games after facing their first £200m opposition, Villa square off against Manchester City's £206m outfit and come out on top despite a £132m difference in transfer fee outlay.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Abu Dhabi: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2010-11 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Game | #23 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 22 January 2011
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | Thérouanne, 2010-2011
Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴 | Rotherham, 2000-2014
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 22 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 6 🟥 9 | 1.23
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴 | Rotherham, 2000-2014
Matches Officiated: 20
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 8
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 31 Oct 10, Villa 0-0 Birmingham (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Dave Bryan, Darren Cann
TEAM NEWS
Ashley Young, Carlos Cuéllar and Darren Bent (debut) replace Kyle Walker, Nigel Reo-Coker and John Carew.
Meanwhile Stephen Ireland is given day release from the purgatory of Gérard Houllier's infamous 'bomb squad' only to immediately join the injured list.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.77 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 39.71 |
Youngest Player |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 21.19 |
MANAGER
Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Roberto Mancini | 🇮🇹 |
Manchester City
GK Joe Hart | 🏴 |
LB Aleksander Kolarov | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Vincent Kompany | 🇧🇪 |
CB Jérôme Boateng | 🇩🇪 |
CB Kolo Touré | 🇨🇮 |
M Gareth Barry (ex) | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M David Silva | 🇪🇸 |
M Nigel de Jong | 🇳🇱 |
M Yaya Touré | 🇨🇮 |
CF Edin Džeko | 🇧🇦 |
CF Carlos Tévez | 🇦🇷 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 88’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Gareth Barry (ex) | 🏴 | (W Adam Johnson | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Andy Marshall | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
M Robert Pirès | 🇫🇷 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
RB Pablo Zabaleta | 🇦🇷 |
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴 |
M James Milner (ex) | 🏴 |
M Patrick Vieira | 🇫🇷 |
CF Jo | 🇧🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI: £74.43m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 7/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Team Cost: £206.22m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |
Bomb Squad | 3 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 4 |
CB Shane Lowry | 🇦🇺 | Sheffield United
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | Hull
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | Watford
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | Stoke
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
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
🟢 F Darren Bent | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 45%
Possession A | 55%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 24
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 14
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 13
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 11
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 22 January 2011