Game #5276
Aston Villa
Friday, 26 December 2014
Lost
13th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Attendance: 20,683
Swansea City
Liberty Stadium
Villa lose for the second time in three as they are beaten at Swansea to leave them with two wins in fourteen under Paul Lambert.
Swansea City
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Christian Benteke and Villa battle in weather as miserable as life under Paul Lambert to lose for the second time in three and leave them with two wins in their last fourteen, Friday, 26 December 2014.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Friday, 26 December 2014
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Swansea City), Gylfi Sigurðsson
🟨 | 36’ Booking, Carlos Sánchez
🕒 | HT Swansea City 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Aly Cissokho, Sub on, Andreas Weimann
🟨 | 49’ Booking, Ciaran Clark
🟨 | 76’ Booking, Jores Okore
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Tom Cleverley, Sub on, Jack Grealish
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | FT Swansea City 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Paul Lambert’s Villa lose their eighth Premier League game in eighteen and fail to score for the ninth time as they fall to 13th in the table.
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 | 2014-15 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Friday, 26 December 2014
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Roger East | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2006-2019
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 106 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 24 🟥 50 | 1.13
Career Form:
Bottom 8
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger East | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2006-2019
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 Dec 13, Villa 1-1 Swansea (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Derek Eaton, Ron Ganfield
Roger East
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Swansea City
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Tom Cleverley and Alan Hutton replace Matt Lowton and Andreas Weimann.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.99 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 30.32 |
Youngest Player |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 | 22.39 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
Garry Monk | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | 🟨 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
M Tom Cleverley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |
Swansea City
GK Łukasz Fabiański | 🇵🇱 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Ashley Williams | 🏴 |
CB Federico Fernández | 🇦🇷 |
RB Àngel Rangel | 🇪🇸 |
M Sung-yeung Ki | 🇰🇷 |
M Jonjo Shelvey | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Gylfi Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Jefferson Montero | 🇪🇨 | 🔁 |
W Nathan Dyer | 🏴 |
CF Wilfried Bony | 🇨🇮 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | for RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | 46’ |
🔁 M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | for M Tom Cleverley | 🏴 | 77’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Jonjo Shelvey | 🏴 | (M Tom Carroll | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Gylfi Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ | (CF Marvin Emnes | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | W Jefferson Montero | 🇪🇨 | (W Wayne Routledge (ex) | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Gerhard Tremmel | 🇩🇪 |
CB Kyle Bartley | 🏴 |
M Jazz Richards | 🏴 |
CF Bafetimbi Gomis | 🇫🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI: £36.72m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
Homegrown: 5/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Team Cost: £58.73m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
CB Philippe Senderos | 🇨🇭 |
M Joe Cole | 🏴 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
Suspension | 1 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 11 |
CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 | Aalborg BK
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | Kayseri Erciyesspor
LB Antonio Luna | 🇪🇸 | Hellas Verona
W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 | Celtic
RB Janoi Donacien | 🇱🇨 | Tranmere
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 | Brighton
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Brighton
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Yeovil
LB Enda Stevens | 🇮🇪 | Doncaster
F Daniel Johnson | 🇯🇲 | Oldham
F Darren Bent | 🏴 | Brighton
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 | 53%
Possession A | 47%
Shots F | 4
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 0
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 16
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“We’re very pleased with how we played. I thought we were fantastic throughout the game. I thought we passed the ball excellently and the goalkeeper kept them in the game.
“If you ask the lads in the dressing room, they want the games to come quickly because they’re playing well.
“The way we’re playing is really pleasing. We’ve changed the way we’ve played over the last three to four weeks and the lads have been brilliant with it.”
Paul Lambert, Friday, 26 December 2014.
*The Guardian*
Friday, 26 December 2014
A match that started with Gylfi Sigurdsson demonstrating why he is such a class act when it comes to the art of taking free-kicks ended with Lukasz Fabianski, another of Swansea City’s excellent summer signings, enhancing his status as one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League.
With Aston Villa pressing for the equaliser they deserved, Fabianski produced an outstanding one-handed save to repel Christian Benteke’s far-post header in injury time. Both sets of supporters were still catching their breath when opportunity knocked for Gabriel Agbonlahor, only for Fabianski instinctively to stick out a boot.
It was that sort of game for Villa who had the majority of possession (57%), 14 attempts on goal to Swansea’s nine, but once again failed to score. As much as Paul Lambert’s new philosophy has made them easier on the eye, the absence of a goal threat continues to handicap them. Villa have scored only 11 times in 18 league games this season.
“We’re proud of [the players] for the way we played,” the Villa manager said. “We probably did to Swansea what they do to most teams coming here. I thought we outpassed them and hemmed them in. I go away from here disappointed to lose but delighted with the way we’re playing at the minute.”
Swansea had no reason to feel guilty about hanging on for three points. A couple of weeks ago they were on the receiving end of an injustice here when Tottenham Hotspur pilfered a late winner. Back-to-back 1-0 victories have softened that blow and lifted the Welsh club to within four points of Southampton in fourth place. Garry Monk, who felt that Swansea “created enough chances to get that second goal and make it more comfortable”, refused to get carried away with the performance of Fabianski, who has kept eight clean sheets in the league.
“It was a good save [from Benteke] at the end but that’s his job,” the Swansea manager said. “I don’t think he had too much to do throughout the game but at that critical moment right at the end, that’s what you need him for, so the concentration level shows what a good professional he is.”
Sigurdsson’s goal was out of keeping with the miserable conditions as rain lashed down from start to finish. Striking the ball with his right boot from 20 yards out and slightly to the left, the Icelander found the top corner. Brad Guzan, however, was covering that side of the goal. “I think Brad will probably be disappointed,” Lambert said.
Without Jefferson Montero, who limped off with a hamstring problem midway through the first half, Swansea no longer carried the same threat going forward. Villa got better and better as Lambert switched from 5-3-2 in the first half to 4-3-3 after the break.
Andreas Weimann got in a couple of promising positions and failed to make the most of them before Ki Sung-yueng squandered a chance to double Swansea’s lead following a superb flick from Sigurdsson. Then Fabianski thwarted Benteke and Agbonlahor in the frantic finale.
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