Game #5153
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Wolves
2-3
Aston Villa
Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Molineux
Attendance: 27,084
Won
11th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | Ciaran Clark | 51’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Darren Bent scored from the spot to put Villa ahead before Robbie Keane's brace gave Alex McLeish a sixth win in twenty two Premier League games, Saturday, 21 January 2012.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 January 2012
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Darren Bent (pen)
🥅 | 21’ Goal, 1-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Michael Kightly
🥅 | 31’ Goal, 1-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), David Edwards
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Stephen Warnock
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 2-2, Robbie Keane, Assist by Ciaran Clark
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 3-2, Robbie Keane
🟥 | 75’ Sending off, (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Gary Gardner, Sub on, Barry Bannan
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Robbie Keane, Sub on, Andreas Weimann
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Alex McLeish's Villa record their sixth win of the season as Robbie Keane scores a brace against his old club to send Villa up two places to 11th in the table.
In comparison Villa were languishing in 17th under Gérard Houllier at the same stage in 2010-11.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Wolverhampton Wanderers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2011-12 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Game | #21 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 21 January 2012
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Alex McLeish | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2011-2012
Referee: Michael Oliver | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2007-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex McLeish | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 25 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 9 🟥 8 | 1.32
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Michael Oliver | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2007-
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 25 Sep 11, Villa 1-1 QPR (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟨
Assistants: Jake Collin, Stephen Child
TEAM NEWS
Gary Gardner and Robbie Keane make their first starts for Villa in place of Stephen Ireland and Stephen Warnock.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.75 |
Oldest Player |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 | 35.78 |
Youngest Player |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | 19.58 |
MANAGER
Alex McLeish | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Mick McCarthy | 🇮🇪 |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
GK Wayne Hennessey | 🏴 |
LB Stephen Ward | 🇮🇪 |
CB Roger Johnson | 🏴 |
CB Christophe Berra | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Foley | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M David Edwards | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Karl Henry | 🏴 | 🟥 |
M Emmanuel Frimpong | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
W Michael Kightly | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
W Matt Jarvis | 🏴 |
CF Steven Fletcher | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 M Barry Bannan | 🏴 | for M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | 87’ |
🔁 F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | for F Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 | 90’+1 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | RB Kevin Foley | 🇮🇪 | (CF Sylvain Ebanks-Blake | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M David Edwards | 🏴 | (CB Richard Stearman | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Emmanuel Frimpong | 🇬🇭 | (M Nenad Milijaš | 🇷🇸 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Dorus De Vries | 🇳🇱 |
CB George Elokobi | 🇨🇲 |
M Stephen Hunt | 🇮🇪 |
CF Kevin Doyle | 🇮🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
1st XI: £55.13m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 8/18
SQUAD STATS
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Team Cost: £23.67m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 3 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
M Jermaine Jenas | 🏴 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 4 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | Olympiacos Piraeus
CB Shane Lowry | 🇦🇺 | Millwall
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | Leicester
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | Leeds
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_196cf0d9f41f4fb687678337fad0eaff~mv2.gif)
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 | 51%
Possession A | 49%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 9
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 12
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 11
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*The Guardian*
Saturday, 21 January 2012
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