Game #5131
Aston Villa

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
2nd Round
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
GK Brad Guzan | ๐บ๐ธ |
CB Richard Dunne | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CB Ciaran Clark | ๐ฎ๐ช |
RB Eric Lichaj | ๐บ๐ธ | ๐จ | โฝ |
M Stephen Ireland | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Jean Makoun | ๐จ๐ฒ | ๐ด |
M Barry Bannan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Chris Herd | ๐ฆ๐บ | ๐ |
W Charles NโZogbia | ๐ซ๐ท | ๐ |
W Marc Albrighton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
F Darren Bent | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Alex McLeish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 2011-2012

Substitutes
๐ F Nathan Delfouneso | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | for W Charles NโZogbia | ๐ซ๐ท | 58โ |
๐ F Andreas Weimann | ๐ฆ๐น | ๐ฅ | ๐จ | for F Darren Bent | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 72โ |
๐ RB Habib Bรจye | ๐ธ๐ณ | ๐ด | for M Chris Herd | ๐ฆ๐บ | 87โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Andy Marshall | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jonathan Hogg | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Shane Lowry | ๐ฆ๐บ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
๐จ Eric Lichaj (2)
๐จ Andreas Weimann (1)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
CB Carlos Cuรฉllar | ๐ช๐ธ |
Team News
Alex McLeish hands Brad Guzan his first start of the season and first appearance since September 2010 and recalled Stephen Ireland, Marc Albrighton, Jean Makoun, Ciaran Clark (first start of the season), Barry Bannan, Eric Lichaj (first start of the season) and Chris Herd (first start of the season). Luke Young, Stephen Warnock, James Collins, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Fabian Delph, Emile Heskey and Stiliyan Petrov drop out.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.06 |
Oldest Player |
CB Richard Dunne | ๐ฎ๐ช | 31.94 |
Youngest Player |
M Barry Bannan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 21.74 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
๐ด RB Habib Bรจye | ๐ธ๐ณ | 2009-11 ๐ 18 | 15 (3) | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 1 | ๐บ 45 | #817 |
๐ด M Jean Makoun | ๐จ๐ฒ | 2011 ๐ 8 | 8 (0) | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ 5 | #833 |
On This Day
A second string Villa side toils to an uninspired victory at home to League Two Hereford in the second round of the League Cup as Alex McLeish already faces loud demands to up the attacking tempo of his teams.
Eric Lichaj scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance (7 Starts) to make it W5 D2 L2, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Andreas Weimann makes his first appearance for a year due to injury to make it 3 substitute appearances, W2 D1 L0 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Chris Herd makes his first appearance for five months and first under Alex McLeish to make it 8 appearances in a Villa shirt (3 Starts), W3 D1 L4 so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Jean Makoun plays first game in 4 months and first under Alex McLeish in what is his 8th and final appearance for Villa aged 28 before moving on to Stade Rennais for a fee of ยฃ2,700,000 in July 2013. Former manager Gรฉrard Houllier had brought Makoun to the club just 7 months before his final game spending ยฃ5,580,000 on the player who frankly looked completely out of his depth in English football regardless of the standard of opposition, and whose sole contribution was the regularity with which he accumulated cards. Makoun would leave with a record of W3 D3 L2, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card.
Right back Habib Bรจye, makes his first appearance in 13 months, his first under Alex McLeish and his final in a Villa shirt. Bรจye, who was an eyebrow raising signing under Martin O'Neill had looked well below the necessary standard before being placed on Gรฉrard Houllier's infamous 'bomb squad' of first team players not to be considered for duty during 2010-11. Bรจye, 34, was released by Villa before subsequently joining Doncaster Rovers with whom he had spent a loan spell. Bรจye had been bought by Martin OโNeill for ยฃ2,610,000 in 2009. Bรจye left with a record of W8 D3 L7, 1 Assist, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card across his 3 seasons with the club and, despite having spent previous seasons in English football with Newcastle, never looked of sufficient standard to play in the top flight.
Marc Albrighton contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 26th start (44 Appearances) to make it W17 D11 L16, 6 Goals, 9 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Stephen Ireland makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt (10 Starts) and first under Alex McLeish having failed in his loan spell at Newcastle (where he was shipped just 6 months after his regretted arrival at the club) and even against League Two Hereford contributed precisely nothing, just as he had done throughout his 12 months with Villa. Ireland's record stands at W3 D4 L8, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Starting XI
Substitutes
None
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โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 4
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
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๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 5
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
Scorer(s) | Eric Lichaj | 80โ | Nathan Delfouneso | 88โ |
Assist(s) | Marc Albrighton | 80' | Andreas Weimann | 88' |
Match Timeline
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Hereford United
๐ | 58โ Sub off, Charles NโZogbia, Sub on, Nathan Delfouneso
๐จ | 70โ Booking, Eric Lichaj
๐ | 72โ Sub off, Darren Bent, Sub on, Andreas Weimann
๐จ | 77โ Booking, Andreas Weimann
