Game #5211
Aston Villa
Saturday, 13 April 2013
Drew
17th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Attendance: 37,011
Fulham
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-1
Fulham
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa can't manage to extend their strongest run of the season under Paul Lambert to four wins in five games against clubs around them in the relegation zone as they are held to a home draw by Fulham to leave them still deep in trouble.
KEY MAN
Charles N'Zogbia celebrates putting Villa ahead on 55' but they are held at home to leave them still deep in relegation trouble with just five left to play, Saturday, 13 April 2013.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 13 April 2013
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Fulham
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 1-0, Charles N’Zogbia
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 1-1, (Fulham), Fabian Delph o.g.
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Charles N’Zogbia, Sub on, Yacouba Sylla
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Jordan Bowery, Sub on, Brett Holman
🟨 | 69’ Booking, Yacouba Sylla
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Andreas Weimann, Sub on, Darren Bent
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham
ON THIS DAY
Paul Lambert's Villa are now unbeaten in two but can't beat Fulham at Villa Park to leave them in 17th, three points clear of the relegation places, but having played two games more than their rivals immediately below them.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Fulham
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Fulham
Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2012-13 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Game | #33 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Saturday, 13 April 2013
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 41 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 10 🟥 17 | 1.27
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 22 Jan 13, Villa 2-1 Bradford (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Gary Beswick, Scott Ledger
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Fulham
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Charles N'Zogbia replaces Gabriel Agbonlahor.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.08 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 28.61 |
Youngest Player |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 21.70 |
MANAGER
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🔁 |
F Jordan Bowery | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Martin Jol | 🇳🇱 |
Fulham
GK Mark Schwarzer | 🇦🇺 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Philippe Senderos |🇨🇭|
CB Brede Hangeland | 🇳🇱 |
RB Sascha Riether | 🇩🇪 |
M Giorigios Karagounis | 🇬🇷 | 🔁 |
W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Urby Emanuelson | 🇳🇱 |
M Eyong Enoh | 🇨🇲 | 🟨 |
M Bryan Ruíz | 🇨🇷 |
CF Dimitar Berbatov | 🇧🇬 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | 🟨 | for W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | 68’ |
🔁 W Brett Holman | 🇦🇺 | for F Jordan Bowery | 🏴 | 69’ |
🔁 F Darren Bent | 🏴 | for F Andreas Weimann | 🏴 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 | (LB John Arne Riise | 🇳🇴 |)
🔁 | M Giorigios Karagounis | 🇬🇷 | (CF Mladen Petrić | 🇭🇷 |)
🔁 | W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 | (RB Stanislav Manolev | 🇧🇬 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 |
F Simon Dawkins | 🇯🇲 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Neil Etheridge | 🇵🇭 |
RB Aaron Hughes (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
M Emmanuel Frimpong | 🇬🇭 |
CF Hugo Rodallega | 🇨🇴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI: £61.06m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Team Cost: £25.49m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 1/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
Illness | 1 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
Bomb Squad | 1 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |
Out on Loan | 3 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | Stade Rennais
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | Blackpool
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | Mallorca
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 | 53%
Possession A | 47%
Shots F | 15
Shots A | 8
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 8
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 5
Fouls A | 15
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I thought we were great. We should have been a few goals up at half-time and their goalkeeper made some vital saves. I could not fault the lads for effort.
“[In terms of Fabian Delph’s own goal] you can never fault anyone for trying to do the right things.
“It [the point] keeps the momentum there. I played under a great manager once and he said if you can’t win a game then don’t lose it. I think you can sense in the stadium the fans are behind us.”
Paul Lambert, Saturday, 13 April 2013.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 13 April 2013
Aston Villa remain precariously placed in the battle against relegation after being held to a draw by Fulham.
Both teams had wasted chances before Charles N’Zogbia deservedly put Villa ahead when he curled in a shot.
But the home side’s Fabian Delph glanced Bryan Ruiz’s corner into his own net to gift Fulham an equaliser.
Delph had a chance to atone for his error only for the midfielder to sky a far-post shot after the visitors failed to clear an Andreas Weimann cross.
The anxious faces among the Villa crowd as the final whistle closed in were a sign of the trouble their side are in as they lie only three points above the drop zone.
Villa may feel they did enough to beat Fulham but had to settle for a draw ahead of testing games against league leaders Manchester United and fellow strugglers Sunderland.
The Cottagers reached the 40-point mark, which should be enough to secure their safety, after a game in which their keeper Mark Schwarzer stood out.
It had not started well for the home side as they suffered a setback prior to kick-off when striker Gabriel Agbonlahor, who had three goals in his last four games, was ruled out with a thigh injury.
But there was plenty of intent and industry from Villa early on, with their efforts finally culminating in a first real chance after nearly 25 minutes.
Weimann whipped in a cross for fellow striker Christian Benteke, who steered a side-footed volley narrowly wide.
During a spell of Villa pressure, N’Zogbia’s first-time shot from a Benteke cross was also palmed away by keeper Schwarzer.
The home side were showing plenty of ambition but the visitors almost took the lead on the counter-attack.
Midfielder Eyong Enoh left Jordan Bowery in his wake and pulled a ball back which Dimitar Berbatov drove wide from just inside the area.
However, Schwarzer was still the busier keeper and the Australian was again called upon when he palmed a long-range N’Zogbia strike over his goal.
The keeper again frustrated the Midlands side when he parried away a Weimann shot before, down the other end, Fulham’s Ruiz slid a piercing pass through to Berbatov.
But the Bulgarian striker, who only had Brad Guzan to beat, was denied by the outside of the home keeper’s post.
The miss was punished when N’Zogbia latched onto a poor Brede Hangeland clearance before bending a left-foot shot past Schwarzer.
However, the lead was short-lived as Delph - trying to clear Ruiz’s corner at the near post - inadvertently headed into his own net.
The midfielder could have salvaged his blushes late on but sent a far-post shot over from close range as the spoils were shared.