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Game #5208

Aston Villa

7-9-14, 30 PTS

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Saturday, 16 March 2013

17th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015
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Substitutes

🔁 LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20’ |
🔁 W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | for M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | 58’ |
🔁 F Jordan Bowery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 84’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
M Samir Carruthers | 🇮🇪 |
W Brett Holman | 🇦🇺 |
F Simon Dawkins | 🇯🇲 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Yacouba Sylla (2)
🟨 Barry Bannan (9)
🟨 Andreas Weimann (5)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Injury | 6 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
CF Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 |

Illness | 1 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |

Suspension | 1 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bomb Squad | 1 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |

Out on Loan | 3 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | Stade Rennais
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Mallorca

Team News

Paul Lambert names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.08 |

Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 28.53 |

Youngest Player |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 21.63 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

On This Day
  • Villa secure successive wins for the first time under Paul Lambert as Christian Benteke's goals once again prove crucial in keeping Villa afloat above the relegation places.

  • Andreas Weimann contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 47th appearance (28 Starts) to make it W18 D14 L15, 13 Goals, 2 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Matt Lowton contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 37th appearance to make it W12 D9 L16, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Starting XI
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
🕒

59

57*

🔥

0

0

🟩

23*

🟨

13

🟥

23

14

🥅

87*

CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

35

32*

🔥

0

0

🟩

11*

🟨

7

🟥

17

CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

79

73*

🔥

7

3

🟩

26*

🟨

21

🟥

32

CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
🕒

23

23*

🔥

0

0

🟩

8*

🟨

6

🟥

9

RB Matt Lowton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

37

37*

🔥

1

1*

🟩

12*

🟨

9

🟥

16

M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 |
🕒

4

2*

🔥

0

0

🟩

3*

🟨

1

🟥

0

M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

23

21*

🔥

0

3

🟩

7*

🟨

6

🟥

10

M Barry Bannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

82

49*

🔥

2

5

🟩

24*

🟨

23

🟥

35

CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |
🕒

32

30*

🔥

17*

7

🟩

11*

🟨

8

🟥

13

F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 |
🕒

47

28*

🔥

13*

3*

🟩

18*

🟨

14

🟥

15

F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

279

250*

🔥

70*

33

🟩

104*

🟨

86

🟥

89

Substitutes
None
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

22

🔁

4*

🔥

0

2*

Sub 1

🟩

6*

🟨

5

🟥

11

W Charles N'Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
🕒

56

🔁

17*

🔥

4

10

Sub 2

🟩

17*

🟨

19

🟥

20

F Jordan Bowery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

🔁

7*

🔥

0

0

Sub 3

🟩

3*

🟨

1

🟥

5

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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Won

3-2

🟩 16 Mar 2013, Villa 3-2 QPR, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 45’ | Andreas Weimann | 59’ | Christian Benteke | 81’ |

Assist(s) | Matt Lowton | 45’ | Joe Bennett | 59’ | Andreas Weimann | 81’ |

Match Timeline

🔁 | 20’ Sub off, Nathan Baker, Sub on, Joe Bennett
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Jermaine Jenas
🟨 | 31’ Booking, Yacouba Sylla
🟨 | 42’ Booking, Barry Bannan
🟨 | 45’+1 Booking, Andreas Weimann
⚽ | 45’+3 Goal, 1-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Matt Lowton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Queens Park Rangers
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Yacouba Sylla, Sub on, Charles N’Zogbia
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-1, Andreas Weimann, Assist by Joe Bennett
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 2-2, (Queens Park Rangers), Andros Townsend
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 3-2, Christian Benteke, Assist by Andreas Weimann
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Andreas Weimann, Sub off, Jordan Bowery
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Queens Park Rangers

Season | 2012-13 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #30 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 16 March 2013

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Kevin Friend | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 2009-2019
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Kevin Friend | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 2009-2019
Assistants: Mick McDonough, Sian Massey-Ellis

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 52 | 🟩 W18 (35% ) | 🟨 D12 | 🇺(58% ) | 🟥 L22 (42% ) | ⚽ 67 | 🥅 68 | GD -1

Match Stats

Possession F | 58%
Possession A | 42%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 18
Shots on Target F | 6
Shots on Target A | 11
Corners F | 9
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 16
Fouls A | 10

Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

🕒 38 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 9 🟥 16 | 1.26

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

What they Said

“I have to give my team a lot of credit. I thought 1-0 down was a bit harsh on us at times. Brad [Guzan] kept us in it with some terrific saves in the first half and we got the goal right at the death of the first half which was a big goal for us.”

Paul Lambert, Saturday, 16 March 2013.

Aston Villa overcome relegation rivals Queens Park Rangers after a 3-2 home win

Christian Benteke’s late goal earned Aston Villa a priceless 3-2 win over fellow strugglers QPR at Villa Park.

QPR bossed the first half with Jermaine Jenas giving the visitors the lead only for Gabriel Agbonlahor to draw Villa level right on the stroke of half-time.

Andreas Weimann put Villa ahead just before the hour mark, but QPR hit back to level matters on 73 minutes through Andros Townsend.

However, Benteke had the final word when he scored nine minutes from time to move Villa six points clear of the drop zone and leave QPR rooted to the bottom of the table.

After a nervous start from both sides QPR went close to breaking the deadlock after ten minutes only to be denied by a stunning save from Brad Guzan. Chris Samba got on the end of a free-kick and his header looked destined for the far corner, only for Guzan to produce a flying save to claw the ball out from under his own crossbar.

Seconds later Samba was again denied by Guzan as the ball dropped to the big defender inside the box and he fired in a shot which the American keeper again did well to tip over the crossbar.

QPR hit the front on 23 minutes with Jenas coming back to haunt his old club with his second goal in a week. Joe Bennett gave the ball away to Jenas and he played in Bobby Zamora down the left and, after his shot was kept out by the feet of Guzan, Jenas was on hand to slide home the rebound.

QPR continued to call the shots and Zamora fizzed a free-kick from the edge of the box just wide before Loic Remy saw his curling effort tipped over the crossbar.

The visitors were inches away from doubling their lead right on the stroke of half-time when Jose Bosingwa saw his free-kick from the edge of the box come back off the post with Guzan well beaten.

Villa capitalised on the escape and equalised deep into stoppage-time at the end of the first half with Agbonlahor heading home Matt Lowton’s cross from inside the six-yard box with their only noteworthy effort of the opening 45 minutes.

Villa looked a different team after the break and they turned the game on its head just before the hour mark when Weimann drilled home from the edge of the box after QPR failed to clear their lines from a corner.

QPR hit back and drew level on 73 minutes when Townsend saw his deflected shot from the edge of the box find the bottom corner after he was teed up by Park Ji-sung.

Villa grabbed the winner nine minutes from time when the impressive Weimann got to the byline before Julio Cesar and cut the ball back to Benteke to smash the ball home into the unguarded net.

Premier League

Queens Park Rangers

4-11-14, 23 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 38,594

GK Júlio César | 🇧🇷 |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 |
CB Clint Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Boswinga | 🇵🇹 |
RB Fábio | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Ji-Sung Park | 🇰🇷 | 🔁 |
M Jermaine Jenas (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Andros Townsend | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Stéphane Mbia | 🇨🇲 | 🟨 |
CF Loïc Rémy | 🇫🇷 |
CF Bobby Zamora | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Harry Redknapp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | RB Fábio | 🇧🇷 | (M Adel Taarabt | 🇲🇦 |)
🔁 | M Ji-Sung Park | 🇰🇷 | (CF Jamie Mackie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Bobby Zamora | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Junior Hoilett | 🇨🇦 | 🟨 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Brian Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
CB Nedum Onuoha | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Esteban Granero | 🇪🇸 |
W Shaun Wright-Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Stéphane Mbia
🟨 Junior Hoilett

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Reported

League Table
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2012-13
Playing Squad
GK Andy Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | #813 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 | #836 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | #820 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Derrick Williams | 🇮🇪 | #853 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #833 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 | #846 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #838 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
LB Enda Stevens | 🇮🇪 | #847 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 | #827 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #851 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #845 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #849 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Barry Bannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #814 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | #829 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #818 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #840 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #866 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | #843 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Samir Carruthers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #842 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 | #828 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | #854 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Brett Holman | 🇦🇺 | #844 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Charles N'Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | #837 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #816 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | #825 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | #850 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Daniel Johnson | 🇯🇲 | Unused Sub |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #832 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #790 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Graham Burke | 🇮🇪 | #848 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Jordan Bowery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #852 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #810 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Simon Dawkins | 🇯🇲 | #855 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
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Trophies


🏆 European Cup Winners: (1) 1981-82

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Champions: (7) 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆  FA Cup Winners: (7) 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Cup Winners: (5) 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96

🏆 🏆 Second Division Champions: (2) 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆 Third Division Champions: (1) 1971-72

🏆 European Super Cup Winners: (1) 1982-83

🏆 Intertoto Cup Winners: (1) 2001-02

🏆 Peace Cup Winners: (1) 2009 (Friendly)

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 FA Youth Cup Winners: (5) 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 NextGen Series Winners: (1) 2012-13
🏆 Premier League Cup Winners: (1) 2017-18
🏆 u18s Premier League Champions (3): 2024-25, 2007-08, 2003-04
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: (20) 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Premier Reserve League Champions: (5) 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12
🏆 🏆 🏆 Central League Champions: (3) 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

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