Game #5124
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Drew
13th (-4)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Attendance: 35,235
Stoke
Villa Park
Post Houllier life gets underway but Villa are held at home by Stoke to drop back into eleventh place in the table but maintain a comfortable seven point gap to the drop zone with four to play.
Aston Villa
1-1
Stoke City
Assist(s) | Kyle Walker | 43’ |
KEY MAN
Darren Bent heads Villa level for his fifth goal in sixth games as they start the post Houllier era with a draw, Saturday, 23 April 2011.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 April 2011
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Stoke City), Kenwyne Jones
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 1-1, Darren Bent, Assist by Kyle Walker
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Stoke City
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Stewart Downing, Sub on, Marc Albrighton
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, Gabriel Albrighton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Stoke City
ON THIS DAY
Villa draw caretaker Gary McAllister's first game in charge and fall back to 13th in the table, but remain seven points clear of the relegation places.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Stoke
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
FIXTURE HISTORY
Stoke
Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2010-11 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Game | #34 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 23 April 2011
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Gary McAllister (Caretaker) | 🏴 | Motherwell, 2011
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Gary McAllister | 🏴 | Caretaker
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 1 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 1 🟥 0 | 1.00
Career Form:
Relegation
Gary McAllister | 🏴 | Caretaker
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 Feb 11, Villa 1-3 United (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Bob Pollock, Trevor Massey
Chris Foy
CARDS
Villa
None
Stoke
🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Gary McAllister names an unchanged line up in his first game, something Gérard Houllier had only done once in his 34 match reign.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 29.44 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 39.96 |
Youngest Player |
RB Kyle Walker | 🏴 | 20.92 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Gary McAllister | 🏴 | Caretaker
Tony Pulis | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
RB Kyle Walker | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Stoke
GK Asmir Begović | 🇧🇦 | 🟨 |
CB Robert Huth | 🇩🇪 |
CB Marc Wilson | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Ryan Shawcross | 🏴 |
RB Andy Wilkinson | 🏴 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Rory Delap | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Matthew Etherington | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Jonathan Walters | 🇮🇪 |
W Jermaine Pennant | 🏴 |
CF Kenwyne Jones | 🇹🇹 | (⚽) 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | for W Stewart Downing | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | for CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Rory Delap | 🇮🇪 | (CF Ricardo Fuller | 🇯🇲 |)
🔁 | M Matthew Etherington | 🏴 | (M Dean Whitehead | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Kenwyne Jones | 🇹🇹 | (M Salif Diao | 🇸🇳 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Andy Marshall | 🏴 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
M Robert Pirès | 🇫🇷 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Thomas Sørensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Danny Collins | 🏴 |
CB Abdoulaye Faye | 🇸🇳 |
LB Danny Pugh | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI: £82.71m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 0/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Team Cost: £35.93m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Bomb Squad | 3 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 8 |
CB Shane Lowry | 🇦🇺 | Sheffield United
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | Hull
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | Watford
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | Stoke
M Jonathan Hogg | 🏴 | Portsmouth
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 | Newcastle
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 | Leeds
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | Burnley
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 50%
Possession A | 50%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 4
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 9
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Stand-in-boss Gary McAllister, in charge following manager Gerard Houllier’s midweek health scare would probably have been happy enough to be only one down after a tepid first half in which his side barely threatened."
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 23 April 2011
*Stoke City halted a dismal run of seven successive away defeats, denying Aston Villa and edging towards Premier League survival in a scrappy game.*
The Potters took the lead through a towering Kenywne Jones header following a trademark Rory Delap throw-in.
But an out-of-sorts Villa levelled when the in-form Darren Bent expertly headed home Kyle Walker’s cross.
Villa had the better of things after the interval but struggled to create clear chances and the visitors held on.
The result means Stoke are now five points clear of the drop zone, while Villa are seven points above the bottom three.
But the Potters, who have not lost any of the 12 league games this season in which they have gone ahead, seemed likely to take more than a point after an impressive first period.
The home side edged a gentle opening 10 minutes, probing and teasing the away defence but offering no goal threat.
Stoke looked compact, organised and comfortable and their power and discipline soon laid the platform for a serious spell of pressure which resulted in six corners and the first goal.
Villa keeper Brad Friedel was forced to pull off brilliant acrobatic stops to keep out Robert Huth’s rasping strike following a Delap throw-in, and a point-blank Jones header.
But the American could do nothing to prevent Jones from heading the Potters ahead when the striker out-jumped Richard Dunne and sent his effort into the far post from another fizzing Delap throw-in.
Visiting boss Tony Pulis was barking instructions to his players at every opportunity and urging them to capitalise on their dominance.
The Potters may have an FA Cup final date to think about but Pulis looked like a man desperate to ensure their Premier League survival before their Wembley date in May.
Certainly Stoke had the look of a team playing for the places against a Villa side who, despite their promising first five minutes, were unable to get either of their wingers, Ashley Young and Stewart Downing, on the ball.
Stand-in-boss Gary McAllister, in charge following manager Gerard Houllier’s midweek health scare would probably have been happy enough to be only one down after a tepid first half in which his side barely threatened.
Luke Young sent a low effort well wide after cutting in from left-back and Huth did superbly to stop Bent getting a shot away after a surging run from Stiliyan Petrov.
But that was as good as it got until a moment of inspiration from Bent drew Villa level two minutes before the break.
Stoke’s ploy of dropping deep and relying on Huth and skipper Ryan Shawcross to deal with Emile Heskey and nullify Bent’s pace seemed to be working a treat.
But the visitors backed off once too often and the excellent Walker was given bags of time to centre and Bent got in front of Shawcross to send a pinpoint header in off the post from just inside the 18-yard box.
That goal - Bent’s fifth in six games - revitalised Villa after the break and they dominated possession and territory as Stoke seemed to tire.
Young posed an increasing threat but the hosts did not have enough guile and could just not fashion any telling opportunities in the face of some dogged defending and clever delaying tactics.
There were a series of half-openings and plenty of decent approach play but no end product.
At the other end Jonathan Walters did almost nip in behind the home defence and substitute Ricardo Fuller - who was later carried off on a stretcher - had a goal correctly wiped out for offside.
The hosts seemed the more likely to find a winner but the sides had to settle for a point each.
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