Game #5287
Aston Villa
5-7-14, 22 PTS
Saturday, 21 February 2015
19th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | 🟨 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
W Scott Sinclair | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | 2015
Substitutes
🔁 RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | for LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 | 42’ |
🔁 F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | for W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | 58’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
M Tom Cleverley | 🏴 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Ron Vlaar (8)
🟨 Ron Vlaar (9)
🟨 Carlos Sánchez (5)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
🟥 Ron Vlaar (1)
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 4 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
CB Philippe Senderos | 🇨🇭 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
Out on Loan | 8 |
CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 | Aalborg BK
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | Kayseri Erciyesspor
W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 | Celtic
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 | Brighton
LB Enda Stevens | 🇮🇪 | Doncaster
F Darren Bent | 🏴 | Derby
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Forest
LB Antonio Luna | 🇪🇸 | Spezia Calcio
Team News
In Tim Sherwood’s first game in charge he drops Leandro Bacuna, Tom Cleverley, Andreas Weimann Aly Cissokho and Ashley Westwood and recalls Carles Gil, Carlos Sánchez, Kieran Richardson, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Scott Sinclair.
Sherwood also recalls Brad Guzan in place of Shay Given.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.43 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 30.47 |
Youngest Player |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | 22.26 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | Scott Sinclair | 20’ |
Assist(s) | Fabian Delph | 20’ |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-0, Scott Sinclair, Assist by Fabian Delph
🔁 | 42’ Sub off, Kieran Richardson, Sub on, Aly Cissokho
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 1-1, (Stoke City), Mame Diouf
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Stoke City
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Carles Gil, Sub on, Andreas Weimann
🟨 | 59’ Booking, Carlos Sánchez
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Ron Vlaar
💥 | 90’+2 Blatant dive by Victor Moses sees Referee Roger East award a penalty and send off Vlaar for second bookable offence in 2’
🟨 | 90’+2 Booking, Ron Vlaar
🟥 | 90’+2 Sending off, Ron Vlaar
🥅 | 90’+3 Goal, 1-2, (Stoke City, pen), Victor Moses
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Stoke City
Season | 2014-15 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Game | #26 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 21 February 2015
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | Borehamwood, 2015
Referee: Roger East | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2012-2018
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: Roger East | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2012-2018
Assistants: Richard West, Mark Scholes
Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 113 | 🟩 W51 (45% ) | 🟨 D30 | 🇺(72% ) | 🟥 L32 (28% ) | ⚽ 198 | 🥅 136 | GD 62
Match Stats
Possession F | 57%
Possession A | 43%
Shots F | 1
Shots A | 4
Shots on Target F | 0
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 11
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 14
Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | 2015
🕒 1 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 0 🟥 1 | 0.00
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Premier League
Stoke
10-6-10, 36 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 31,880
GK Asmir Begović | 🇧🇦 |
LB Erik Pieters | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CB Marc Wilson | 🇮🇪 |
CB Philipp Wollscheid | 🇩🇪 |
RB Phil Bardsley (ex) | 🏴 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Stephen Ireland (ex) | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Steven N’Zonzi | 🇫🇷 |
W Jon Walters | 🇮🇪 |
W Victor Moses | 🇳🇬 | ⚽ |
CF Mame Diouf | 🇸🇳 | ⚽ |
Mark Hughes | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | LB Erik Pieters | 🇳🇱 | (CB Dionatan Teixeira | 🇸🇰 |)
🔁 | M Stephen Ireland (ex) | 🇮🇪 | (M Steve Sidwell (ex) | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Jack Butland | 🏴 |
M Charlie Adam | 🏴 |
M Ollie Shenton | 🏴 |
F Marko Arnautović | 🇦🇹 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨
🟨
🟨
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
🟥 Ron Vlaar (1)
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Tim Sherwood’s first game in charge ends in defeat after a 93’ penalty won by a scandalous dive.
Villa are now without a win in 11 Premier League matches.
Villa are the only team in the division to have yet to win in 2015.
Villa have now lost 6 league games in a row for the second time in 2014-15.
Ron Vlaar is sent off on his 79th appearance in a Villa shirt on his (78 Starts) to make it W25 D20 L34, 2 Goals, 3 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card.
Ron Vlaar’s 92’ red card was Villa’s sixth of the season, more than any other team.
Brad Guzan makes his 100th consecutive Premier League appearance for Villa.
Brad Guzan loses for the 60th time in a Villa shirt on his 131st appearance (129 Starts) to make it W41 D30 L60, 1 Assist, 197 Goals Conceded, 30 Clean Sheets, 1.58 Goals per League Game and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Kieran Richardson loses for the 10th time in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W6 D3 L10, 1 Assist, 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
What they Said
”You can’t take any positives. It is bitterly disappointing to lose the game in the manner we did, right at the death. Both teams were very poor, but I didn’t care as long as we won.
“There is no point in me getting a big stick out and banging the players on the head with it. It is about me getting the best out of them for the remaining games.
“There is a lot of work to be done but we will improve because we need to keep this great club in the Premier League. We are not thinking about going down.”
Tim Sherwood, Saturday, 21 February 2015.
*New Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood’s reign began with a stoppage-time defeat by Stoke, the club’s sixth straight league loss leaving them second bottom.*
In the dugout for the first time since replacing the sacked Paul Lambert, Sherwood saw on-loan winger Scott Sinclair head in Fabian Delph’s cross.
Mame Diouf beat Brad Guzan from six yards to level before the break.
And Victor Moses’s 91st-minute penalty won it - with Villa’s Ron Vlaar shown a red card for bringing down the winger.
It meant a disappointing start for Sherwood, who was taking charge of his first Premier League game since May 2014 when, as Tottenham boss, Spurs beat Villa 3-0 at White Hart Lane.
Sherwood was dismissed by Spurs despite boasting the best top-flight win percentage (59%) of any Tottenham boss in Premier League history but his 11-month exile from the game ended when he was appointed Villa boss.
And for long periods, Villa did not look the side that had dropped into the bottom three after losing to Hull on 10 February.
However, Mark Hughes’s mid-table Stoke side had a point to prove after successive 4-1 defeats, against Blackburn in the FA Cup and at home to Manchester City in the league.
It looked as if the Potters’ troubles would continue when Villa took the lead courtesy of a powerful header by Sinclair, on loan from Manchester City.
After tangling with Phil Bardsley in the penalty area, Sinclair jumped to his feet and was perfectly placed to meet Delph’s left-wing cross and beat Asmir Begovic from eight yards.
The winger’s celebrations were nothing compared with his manager’s - Sherwood leaping around ecstatically on the touchline.
But Stoke levelled before the break when Diouf headed in Stephen Ireland’s centre for his seventh goal of the season. Guzan, making his 100th successive Premier League start, had no chance.
The visitors always looked the better side from then on and moments after Villa’s Ciaran Clark headed narrowly over, the away side won a stoppage-time penalty when Vlaar bought down Moses.
After the Villa captain was shown a second yellow card, Moses confidently converted from the spot to ruin Sherwood’s big day and ensure Villa stay in deep trouble.