Game #5254
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 April 2014
Lost
16th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Attendance: 20,701
Swansea City
Liberty Stadium
Villa plumb yet new depths under Paul Lambert as he masterminds another loss against a relegation threatened side and leaves Villa hanging by a thread above the trap door for a second successive season. That Lambert should not be in post is unquestionable, that he is underlines the shameful, abject and incompetent regime that has been running the club into the ground since the summer of 2010.
Swansea City
4-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Marc Albrighton | 22’ |
KEY MAN
Gabby Agbonlahor hit the equaliser but a side staring relegation in the face prove too strong for Paul Lambert as he presides over an eighteenth defeat in thirty five games, Saturday, 26 April 2014.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 April 2014
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Swansea City), Wilfried Bony
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Marc Albrighton
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 1-2, (Swansea City), Jonjo Shelvey
🕒 | HT Swansea City 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Leandro Bacuna, Sub on, Matt Lowton
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Andreas Weimann, Sub on, Callum Robinson
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 1-3, (Swansea City), Pablo Hernández
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Karim El Ahmadi, Sub on, Grant Holt 🔴
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Marc Albrighton
🟨 | 90’+2 Booking, Nathan Baker
🟨 | 90’+3 Booking, Ashley Westwood
🥅 | 90’+4 Goal, 1-4, (Swansea City, pen), Wilfried Bony
🕒 | FT Swansea City 4-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Paul Lambert’s Villa lose their eighteenth Premier League match in thirty five games to leave the club 16th in the table just three points off relegation with three to play. Meanwhile, centre forward Grant Holt made his final appearance for Villa of his loan spell from Championship side Wigan Athletic. Holt made 10 appearances, 7 as substitute and scored once.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Swansea City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2012-13
FIXTURE HISTORY
Swansea City
Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2013-14 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #84 |
Saturday, 26 April 2014
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴 | Durham, 2000-2017
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 84 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 19 🟥 39 | 1.15
Career Form:
Bottom 8
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴 | Durham, 2000-2017
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 Mar 14, Villa 1-4 Stoke (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Stuart Burt, Simon Beck
Mark Clattenburg
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Swansea City
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Paul Lambert names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.62 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 29.65 |
Youngest Player |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 22.70 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
Garry Monk | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Ryan Bertrand | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 🔁 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🔁 |
Swansea City
GK Michel Vorm | 🇳🇱 |
LB Ben Davies | 🏴 |
CB Jordi Amat | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Ashley Williams | 🏴 |
RB Àngel Rangel | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Leon Britton | 🏴 |
M Jonjo Shelvey | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Pablo Hernández | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |
M Jonathan de Guzmán | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
W Wayne Routledge (ex) | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Wilfried Bony | 🇨🇮 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 | for M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Callum Robinson | 🇮🇪 | for CF Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 67’ |
🔁 CF Grant Holt | 🏴 | 🔴 | for M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Àngel Rangel | 🇪🇸 | (LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Jonathan de Guzmán | 🇳🇱 | (M Jay Fulton | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Wayne Routledge (ex) | 🏴 | (CF Marvin Emnes | 🇳🇱 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 |
W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Gerhard Tremmel | 🇩🇪 |
CB Kyle Bartley | 🏴 |
F Nathan Dyer | 🏴 |
CF Alvaro Vazquez | 🇪🇸 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI: £22.28m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 6/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Team Cost: £35.10m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 9 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
F Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 |
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 |
Bomb Squad | 1 |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
Out on Loan | 5 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴 | Fulham
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Notts County
LB Enda Stevens | 🇮🇪 | Doncaster
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | Coventry
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | Bolton
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
🔴 CF Grant Holt | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 50%
Possession A | 50%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 6
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 9
Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 10
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I’m not going to stand here and criticise a guy [Brad Guzan] who has been fantastic for me for two years. He’ll be disappointed with himself, but he’ll get no criticism for me.
“It’s still in our own hands. In a nutshell, the Hull game next week is a cup final.”
Paul Lambert, Saturday, 26 April 2014.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 26 April 2014
*Jonjo Shelvey scored a wonder goal as Swansea all but guaranteed their Premier League status and left Aston Villa in danger of relegation.*
Wilfried Bony put Swansea ahead, slotting the ball past Brad Guzan.
Gabriel Agbonlahor converted Marc Albrighton’s cross to equalise before Shelvey volleyed home from the centre circle.
Pablo Hernandez curled in a third before Bony scored his second with an injury-time penalty.
The result leaves Villa just four points above the relegation zone with three games to go.
Swansea’s first back-to-back wins in the Premier League since December 2012 means they are 12th in the table, eight points clear of the bottom three.
Whilst Garry Monk’s men can potentially be caught by teams in the relegation zone, their goal difference - the best in the bottom half - is effectively worth an extra point.
Their impressive victory at a wet and windy Liberty Stadium means Paul Lambert’s visitors are far from safe.
The nature of their loss and poor run of form will be a cause for concern for the club.
They have now lost five of their last six matches. Two of their three remaining fixtures are away at Manchester City and Tottenham.
Villa were behind early on when Shelvey’s superb long pass put Bony clear and the Ivory Coast striker slotted the ball past the advancing Guzan.
The visitors pressed in a bid to get back into the game, crossing the ball into the box at every opportunity.
Karim El Ahmadi put Albrighton into space out wide and the winger’s cross was smashed into the net from inside the six yard area by Agbonlahor.
It was the England international’s first goal since the New Year’s Day win at Sunderland.
Villa’s revival was short lived and less than four minutes later Ron Vlaar’s poor clearance fell straight to Shelvey on the edge of the centre circle, just inside the Villa half.
The Swansea midfielder controlled the ball before volleying a dipping shot over Guzan into the top corner of the goal.
The strike seemed to take the momentum away from Villa as Swansea finished the half strongly.
Villa pressed after the break but created little of note to threaten Michel Vorm’s goal.
Shelvey’s low shot from just outside the area was tipped around the post by Guzan as Swansea pushed forward.
The killer blow was finally delivered by Hernandez. Shelvey’s cross found the Spaniard in space inside the area and the former Valencia winger curled the ball high into the corner of the net.
Late on Villa defender Nathan Baker was judged to have fouled Marvin Emnes inside the area whilst challenging for a ball in the air.
Bony fired home from the spot to send Swansea fans home happy while Villa were booed off the pitch by their travelling supporters.
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