Game #5226
Aston Villa
Sunday, 20 October 2013
Lost
13th (-3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Attendance: 35,391
Tottenham Hotspur
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-2
Tottenham Hotspur
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa lose at home to Tottenham for the second time in four games as they are beaten for the first time in four to leave them with three wins in eight under Paul Lambert.
KEY MAN
Gabby Agbonlahor and Villa struggle to hold off Tottenham and they have now conceded six without reply to the North Londoners in two games, Sunday, 20 October 2013.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 20 October 2013
🟨 | 10’ Booking, Ashley Westwood
🥅 | 31’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Andros Townsend
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Libor Kozák, Sub on, Christian Benteke
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Roberto Soldado
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Karim El Ahmadi, Sub on, Yacouba Sylla
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Aleksandar Tonev
🟨 | 90’+2 Booking, Fabian Delph
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
ON THIS DAY
Paul Lambert’s Villa lose their fourth Premier League game of the season and suffer their second home reverse to Tottenham in four games after their Cup exit in late September. Villa, as a result, fall back to 13th in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Tottenham Hotspur
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2007-08
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2013-14 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Game | #8 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Sunday, 20 October 2013
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 56 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 | 12 🟥 24 | 1.29
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 12 Apr 13, Villa 1-1 Fulham (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Dave Bryan, Harry Lennard
Phil Dowd
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Tottenham Hotspur
🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Nathan Baker replaces Ciaran Clark (injury).
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.00 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 29.13 |
Youngest Player |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 22.18 |
MANAGER
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Antonio Luna | 🇪🇸 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 | 🔁 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
André Villas-Boas | 🇵🇹 |
Tottenham Hotspur
GK Hugo Lloris | 🇫🇷 |
RB Kyle Walker (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Jan Vertonghen | 🇧🇪 |
CB Vlad Chiricheş | 🇧🇪 |
CB Michael Dawson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Paulinho | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
M Lewis Holtby | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
W Andros Townsend | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gylfi Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
M Sandro | 🇧🇷 |
CF Roberto Soldado | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | for CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 | 61’ |
🔁 M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | for M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | 72’ |
🔁 W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 | for CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Lewis Holtby | 🇩🇪 | (M Mousa Dembélé | 🇧🇪 |)
🔁 | M Gylfi Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | (W Aaron Lennon | 🏴 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | CF Roberto Soldado | 🇪🇸 | (CF Jermaine Defoe | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 |
CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 |
F Jordan Bowery | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
RB Kyle Naughton | 🏴 |
M Christian Eriksen | 🇩🇰 |
W Érik Lamela | 🇦🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI: £39.51m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 2/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Team Cost: £140.02m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
Bomb Squad | 2 |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 5 |
M Samir Carruthers | 🏴 | MK Dons
F Darren Bent | 🏴 | Fulham
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | Blackpool
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 | Stoke
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Notts County
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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 | 37%
Possession A | 63%
Shots F | 15
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 13
Fouls A | 12
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It was pretty tight. We had chances and there wasn’t much in it. In the second half we came out and played really well.
“I thought they scored against the run of play in the second half. We were playing really well, with confidence and the crowd were really up for it.
“Starting with Christian Benteke was a big ask because he has only trained a couple of days in a month. He got 30 minutes and that will have done him the world of good.”
Paul Lambert, Sunday, 20 October 2013.
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 20 October 2013
*England’s man of the moment Andros Townsend helped Tottenham bounce back from their shock home loss to West Ham United with a convincing win at Aston Villa.*
Townsend, outstanding in England’s victories against Montenegro and Poland that secured their place at next summer’s World Cup in Brazil, broke the deadlock with a fortunate first-half goal as his cross floated beyond Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
Sadly the goal was overshadowed by an ugly incident as referee’s assistant David Bryan was struck by a smoking thrown by a celebrating Spurs fan - although he recovered to continue.
As Aston Villa struggled to make on impact on Spurs’ defence, manager Paul Lambert called on fit-again striker Christian Benteke as a substitute for the last 30 minutes but it was to no avail.
Roberto Soldado wrapped up the three points that takes Andre Villas-Boas’ side up to fifth place in the Premier League when he rounded off a sweet passing move with a clinical finish after 69 minutes.
There will, however, be focus on that incident in which the referee’s assistant could have been more seriously hurt - with the Football Association sure to want further details of events in the aftermath of Townsend’s goal.
In a largely undistinguished first half it was, almost inevitably, Townsend who made the first decisive contribution after 31 minutes with a goal that contained more than an element of good fortune as his whipped cross from the right flank eluded everyone, including Guzan, and crept in.
Townsend’s first Premier League goal for Spurs was followed by the incident in which the smoke bomb, hurled from among the visiting fans, struck the referee’s assistant on the back. He took a few moments to regain his composure after the understandable shock and was fortunately able to carry on.
Villa, who had lacked serious threat, apart from when Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris had to turn away Ashley Westwood’s free-kick, had another opportunity when Andreas Weimann fired a shot into the side-netting from the edge of the area.
Spurs ended the half on top and Guzan did well to turn away another Townsend effort - and repeated his heroics four minutes after the break from Paulinho.
Villa fans had been chanting for the introduction of Benteke from the opening moments of the second half and they got their wish on the hour when he replaced Libor Kozak.
And the powerful Belgian striker almost made his mark inside three minutes when he headed just over from Leandro Bacuna’s cross.
It was Spurs, however, who had the quality to put the game out of Villa’s reach with the slickest of goals that hinted at the quality in their squad.
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