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Game #5282

Sunday, 25 January 2015

Attendance: 27,415

Won

FA Cup 4th Round

4th Round

AFC Bournemouth

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Villa Park

Villa beat Championship side Bournemouth's second string in the 4th round of the FA Cup to provide respite from their League struggles under Paul Lambert.

Aston Villa

2-1

AFC Bournemouth

Assist(s) | Leandro Bacuna | 51' | Alan Hutton | 71' |

KEY MAN

Carles Gil wins it for Villa on his full debut as Paul Lambert's side narrowly beat Championship Bournemouth in the 4th round of the FA Cup, Sunday, 25 January 2015.

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 AFC Bournemouth
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 1-0, Carles Gil, Assist by Leandro Bacuna
🟨 | 62’ Booking, Alan Hutton
🟨 | 62’ Booking, Jores Okore
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 2-0, Andreas Weimann, Assist by Alan Hutton
🟨 | 83’ Booking, Leandro Bacuna
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Carles Gil, Sub on, Ashley Westwood
🥅 | 90’+3 Goal, 2-1, (AFC Bournemouth), Callum Wilson
🔁 | 90’+5 Sub off, Leandro Bacuna, Sub on, Jack Grealish
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 AFC Bournemouth

ON THIS DAY

Paul Lambert’s Villa seek respite from three years of League woes under Lambert in the FA Cup and see off a much changed Championship side Bournemouth to reach the fifth round.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

AFC Bournemouth

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Bournemouth: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 2014-15 |
Matchday | #25 |
Manager Game | #112 |
Sunday, 25 January 2015

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 13 Dec 14, Villa 0-1 Albion (a) 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Adam Nunn, Scott Oldham

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨 🟨

AFC Bournemouth

None

TEAM NEWS

Shay Given, Leandro Bacuna, Ciaran Clark, Andreas Weimann, Kieran Richardson and Carles Gil replace Brad Guzan, Nathan Baker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Ashley Westwood, Fabian Delph and Aly Cissokho.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.80 |

Oldest Player |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 | 38.79 |

Youngest Player |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | 22.19 |

MANAGER

Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Eddie Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔥 |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 |
M Tom Cleverley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 🔥 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | ⚽ |

AFC Bournemouth

GK Lee Camp | 🇬🇧 |
LB Ian Harte | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Adam Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Harry Arter | 🇮🇪 |
M Shaun MacDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Eunan O’Kane | 🇮🇪 |
W Ryan Fraser | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Junior Stanislas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Yann Kermorgant | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | 87’ |
🔁 M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 90’+5 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Ian Harte | 🇮🇪 | (RB Simon Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Junior Stanislas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Matt Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Yann Kermorgant | 🇫🇷 | (CF Callum Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (⚽ |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
F Graham Burke | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Artur Boruc | 🇵🇱 |
CB Elliott Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andrew Surman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brett Pitman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: 2/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 5/18

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/18

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 6 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
CB Philippe Senderos | 🇨🇭 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 10 |
CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 | Aalborg BK
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | Kayseri Erciyesspor
LB Antonio Luna | 🇪🇸 | Hellas Verona
W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 | Celtic
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Brighton
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Yeovil
LB Enda Stevens | 🇮🇪 | Doncaster
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Forest
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | Wigan

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Possession F | 48%
Possession A | 52%
Shots F | 5
Shots A | 5
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 8

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“We needed to try to get through. All credit to the team. I thought we deserved the win.

“Gil is lighting the place up and it was a world class goal. Being a foreign player you can take time to adapt or hit the ground running and he has done the latter. He does the same in training. In training you can’t get the ball from him as he has a low centre of gravity. I’m delighted to get through. It is a big win.

“The supporters went through a hard time just like the players. The win today will certainly help us. We took a lot of knocks but all credit to the lad they never let their heads down, even in training.”

Paul Lambert, Sunday, 25 January 2015.

*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 25 January 2015

*Carles Gil’s stunning goal helped Aston Villa avoid another FA Cup fourth-round giant-killing and see off the challenge of Championship leaders Bournemouth at Villa Park.*

Cherries boss Eddie Howe reduced their chances of following in the footsteps of Bradford City and Middlesbrough - who won at Chelsea and Manchester City respectively - by making wholesale changes to his side.

Villa’s abysmal goal record has seen them score only once since drawing with Manchester United at Villa Park on 20 December, but the shackles were lifted by a brilliant long-range finish from new signing Gil early in the second half.

And with the rising tension around Villa Park eased following a sequence that also included five scoreless Premier League games, Andreas Weimann added the second to secure their place in the fifth round.

Bournemouth substitute Callum Wilson offered them a moment of hope when he pulled a goal back in stoppage time but Villa survived without further alarms.

The result will come as a huge relief to Villa manager Paul Lambert, who was also lifted by the news that coveted England midfield man Fabian Delph signed a new four and a half deal before kick-off.

After a weekend that saw the tally of Premier League casualties in the FA Cup rise to 10, Villa’s meeting with the Cherries carried all the appearance of another potential upset - but once Gil had broken through it was a relatively comfortable win for Lambert’s side.

Despite making eight changes from the line-up that lost at Leeds United, Bournemouth showed quality and were the better side before the break but after this defeat manager Howe can concentrate all his efforts on his aim to take them into the top flight.

Villa went quickly in search of that elusive goal and almost claimed it inside the first 10 minutes when Weimann met Alan Hutton’s cross with a firm header, only to direct it inches wide with Bournemouth keeper Lee Camp struggling.

Bournemouth were playing with composure, despite the unfamiliar appearance of their team, and it needed a scrambling goal-line clearance from Kieran Richardson to stop them taking the lead after Shaun MacDonald rounded Villa keeper Shay Given.

And as Bournemouth established a measure of control, the veteran Given needed to dive sharply to his left to save from Eunan O’Kane, who was heavily bandaged to protect a head wound sustained earlier.

Villa needed a touch of class to exert some superiority and Gil - already a crowd favourite - provided it after 51 minutes, showing clever sleight of foot before curling a magnificent 25-yard finish high past Camp. It was their first goal for 233 minutes, the last coming with Christian Benteke’s 88th minute winner here in the FA Cup third round on 4 January.

The second came 19 minutes before the end, Leandro Bacuna releasing Hutton in the area, the Scot’s pass finding Weimann, who swept a low side-footed effort past Camp.

Wilson was on target for Bournemouth deep into stoppage time - but there was to be no late Villa Park drama to add to what had already gone before in this FA Cup fourth round.