Game #5257
Aston Villa

Sunday, 11 May 2014
15th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Ryan Bertrand | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 🔁 |
F Jordan Bowery | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
Paul Lambert | 🏴 | 2012-2015

Substitutes:
🔁 M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | 🔴 | for CF Jordan Bowery | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Callum Robinson | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 | for M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 83’ |
Unused Substitutes:
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
CF Grant Holt | 🏴 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 10 |
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 | 🏴 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 |
Bomb Squad | 1 |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
Out on Loan | 3 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴 | Fulham
LB Enda Stevens | 🇮🇪 | Doncaster
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | Coventry
Leandro Bacuna and Gabriel Agbonlahor replace Ciaran Clark and Karim El Ahmadi.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.12 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 29.69 |
Youngest Player |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 22.78 |
Villa end the season with a second successive thrashing as they are ripped apart at White Hart Lane.
Villa lose for the 20th time in 38 League games under Paul Lambert.
Villa have won just 10 League games in 38 under Paul Lambert.
Villa have a 53% loss rate in 2013-14 under Paul Lambert.
Villa have a 26% win rate in 2013-14 under Paul Lambert.
Villa failed to score in 17 of 38 Premier League fixtures in 2013-14 under Paul Lambert.
Villa failed to score in 45% of their League fixtures under Paul Lambert.
Villa have won just 6 home League matches of 19 under Paul Lambert in 2013-14.
Villa have a 31% win rate at home in 2013-14 under Paul Lambert.
Villa have now lost 42 of the 87 games under Paul Lambert - the worst performance of any Villa manager in history
Villa now have a 48% loss rate under Paul Lambert since his arrival in Summer 2012.
Villa scored just 43 goals at a rate of 1.05 per game under Paul Lambert in 2013-14.
Villa won consecutive games just once under Paul Lambert in 2013-14.
Villa finished on their lowest points total for nearly 30 years under Paul Lambert in 2013-14.
Not forgetting that in his first season Paul Lambert had presided over Villa’s biggest ever loss in the club’s 140 year existence.
Just one of these statistics was enough for Lambert’s removal. Yet for a second successive season Lambert was allowed to survive.
Unlike in 2012-13, however, the support had turned and saw the reality for what it was.
Needless to say Lambert’s reaction was to blame the support.
Already the squad looked like it would take years of investment to rebuild to anything resembling a side that could compete above the relegation places, Villa’s owner was playing with fire, it was just a matter of how big and how damaging the blaze would get.
That Paul Lambert was retained in post after recording Villa’s worst ever defeat just four months into the job had been astounding.
That he remained in place for the 2013-14 campaign and throughout its unfolding misery was a devastating indictment on the incompetence and ill will that had infected the club.
That he should be relieved of his duties at the season end was unquestionable.
Instead he was rewarded with a new contract.
Meanwhile, even Lambert’s signings were headed for the exit door.
A squad that Lambert built hadn’t survived even two seasons as Brett Holman, Antonio Luna and Aleksandar Tonev were gone, with Matt Lowton, Joe Bennett and Leandro Bacuna soon to be ostracised and Karim El Ahmadi and Jordan Bowery finished.
Midfielder Karim El Ahmadi makes his 56th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (43 Starts) aged 29 before returning to Feyenoord for a fee of £630,000 in September 2014. El Ahmadi had joined from Feyenoord for £2,520,000 2 years earlier subsequent to which he recorded W15 D13 L28, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 12 Bookings.
Forward Jordan Bowery makes his final appearance for Villa aged 22 before returning to lower league football with Rotherham United in July 2014 in return for £270,000. Villa had paid Rotherham £567,000 for his services 2 years earlier and had contributed W7 D4 L11, 0 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking.
Left back Ryan Bertrand makes the 16th and final appearance of his underwhelming loan spell before returning to parent club Chelsea to leave with a record of W3 D3 L10, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings.
Centre forward Callum Robinson makes his 5th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (0 Starts) before moving on to Preston in July 2016 with a record of W0 D1 L4, 0 Goals, 0 Assists.
*Tottenham beat Manchester United to a place in next season’s Europa League after an easy win over Aston Villa.*
Paulinho cut through the heart of the Villa defence to shoot past Brad Guzan to put Spurs in early control.
Nathan Baker headed Danny Rose’s cross past his own goalkeeper before Emmanuel Adebayor scored from the spot.
Spurs finished the season in sixth place, three points shy of their total last term, in what could be boss Tim Sherwood’s last game in charge.
Despite finishing five points clear of Manchester United, uncertainty surrounds Sherwood’s future as the club has been linked with several replacements for next season.
That search comes after Spurs failed to make the Champions League following huge investment last summer and a season where Sherwood appeared to occasionally fall out with his players.
Sherwood has likened his status to that of a “supply teacher”, enhanced by claims from midfielder Sandro this week that his manager would depart in the summer.
Yet with the Brazilian player in the starting line-up, Spurs did not look like a side with a lack of respect for their manager, as Sherwood had stated, and the game was as good as over by half-time with all the goals coming before the break.
The result did little to enhance the prospects of Villa manager Paul Lambert, who also faces uncertainty after another inconsistent season where his side finished 15th, five points above the drop zone.
Villa only secured their Premier League status with two games left and with American owner Randy Lerner set to make an announcement about his role in the club, both clubs could be set for a summer of upheaval.
It took 20 minutes before Villa threatened the hosts’ goal and by that stage they could have been three goals behind.
Harry Kane had twice gone close before Paulinho opened the scoring after 14 minutes. The Brazilian, who unlike compatriot Sandro has been selected in his national team’s World Cup squad, strode through the Villa defence and collected Gylfi Sigursson’s pass before beating Guzan at a second attempt.
Shorn of the injured Christian Benteke, Villa lacked any purpose going forward and they went further behind when Baker headed into his own net.
It got worse before the interval. After a corner was cleared, Sandro’s shot caught Gabriel Agbonlahor’s arm and referee Jonathan Moss had no hesitation in pointing to the spot.
Adebayor dispatched his kick from 12 yards for his 14th goal of the season.
The second half was a damp squib in comparison but in a rare moment of action Fabian Delph fired wide after 57 minutes following Villa’s best move of the match.
Sherwood and Sandro exchanged a friendly hug after the midfielder was substituted and there was a scare for American goalkeeper Guzan after a collision with Kane.
Whether Sherwood will be smiling when his future is discussed with chairman Daniel Levy remains to be seen.
*Tottenham head coach Tim Sherwood:*
“If it is to be my last game, life goes on. There were no tears shed out there on the lap of honour.
“This club means a lot to me but if I’m not to continue here as manager I’ll be somewhere else.
“I’ve got a 59 per cent win ratio in the Premier League and I think if I had started the season in charge we’d be in the Champions League,”

Lost
0-3
🟥 11 May 2014, Villa 0-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 14’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Paulinho
🥅 | 35’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Nathan Baker o.g.
🥅 | 38’ Goal, 0-3, (Tottenham Hotspur, pen), Emmanuel Adebayor
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Jordan Bowery, Sub on, Karim El Ahmadi 🔴
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Leandro Bacuna, Sub on, Callum Robinson
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Aston Villa
Season | 2013-14 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Game | #38 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Sunday, 11 May 2014

Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Jonathan Moss | 🏴 | West Riding, 2011-2022
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Referee: Jonathan Moss | 🏴 | West Riding, 2011-2022
Assistants: Simon Long, Lee Betts
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Total 🕒 159 | 🟩 55 | 🟨 36 | 🟥 68 | ⚽ 221 | 🥅 260 |
League 🕒 142 | 🟩 49 | 🟨 34 | 🟥 59 | ⚽ 206 | 🥅 234 |
FA Cup 🕒 11 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 12 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 77 | 🟩 30 | 🟨 21 | 🟥 26 | ⚽ 107 | 🥅 108 |
Away 🕒 80 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 41 | ⚽ 112 | 🥅 148 |
Neutral 🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 4 |
Possession F | 45%
Possession A | 55%
Shots F | 4
Shots A | 12
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 1
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 11
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
🔴 M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | 2012-14 🕒 56 | 43 (13) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 14 | #844 |
🔴 LB Ryan Bertrand | 🏴 | 2014 🕒 16 | 16 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #864 |
🔴 CF Callum Robinson | 🇮🇪 | 2013-15 🕒 5 | 0 (5) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 13 | #863 |
🔴 CF Jordan Bowery | 🏴 | 2012-14 🕒 22 | 6 (16) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 30 | #852 |
Paul Lambert | 🏴 | 2012-2015
🕒 87 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 19 🟥 41 | 1.15
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Referee:
Referee: Jonathan Moss | 🏴 | West Riding, 2011-2022
🕒 11 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 5 | 🆘 : 4
🕒 11 | 🟩 45% | 🟨 9% | 🟥 45% | 🆘 : 36%
Cards 🟨 22 | 🟥 1 | 2.09 |
Penalty ⚽ 1 | 🥅 5 |
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
VAR (from 2021)