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Game #5322

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 19 December 2015

20th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 |
M Idrissa Gueye | 🇸🇳 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 🟨 |
W Scott Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 | 2015-2016
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Substitutes:

🔁 CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | for W Scott Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 60’ |

Unused Substitutes:

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Adama Traoré | 🇪🇸 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Leandro Bacuna
🟨 Jordan Ayew
🟨 Ashley Westwood

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

Matchday Squad:

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | £0.90m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £4.05m |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.68m |

CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 | £4.23m |
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1.26m |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | Youth |

M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 | £9.00m |
M Idrissa Gueye | 🇸🇳 | £8.10m |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | £5.40m |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £2.25m |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | £1.26m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

W Adama Traoré | 🇪🇸 | £9.00m |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | £3.78m |
W Scott Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3.15m |

F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | £10.80m |
CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | £7.65m |

Injury | 2 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 7 |
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | Porto
F Callum Robinson | 🇮🇪 | Bristol City
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bournemouth
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol City
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Huddersfield
RB Janoi Donacien | 🇱🇨 | Newport
M Joe Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Coventry

Ashley Westwood replaces Rudy Gestede.

Starting XI Average Age: | 27.20 |
Oldest Player: CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.36 |
Youngest Player: M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 | 22.82 |

  • Villa record their third draw in 6 games under Rémi Garde.

  • Rémi Garde’s Villa have now gone 16 Premier League games without a win, losing 12. 

  • Villa extend the longest run without a victory in their league history to remain bottom of the top tier at Christmas for only the third time in their history. Villa were relegated on both previous occasions in 1935-36 and 1958-59.

  • Joleon Lescott avoids defeat for only the second time in ten league games in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance for the club to make it W1 D2 L8 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

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Drew

1-1

🟨 19 Dec 2015, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
Scorer(s) | Jordan Ayew | 61’ |

Assist(s) | Jordan Veretout | 61’ |

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 38’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Fabricio Coloccini
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Scott Sinclair, Sub on, Rudy Gestede
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-1, Jordan Ayew, Assist by Jordan Veretout
🟨 | 77’ Booking, Leandro Bacuna
🟨 | 79’ Booking, Jordan Ayew
🟨 | 84’ Booking, Ashley Westwood
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa

Season | 2015-16 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Game | #17 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Saturday, 19 December 2015

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Manager: Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 | L'Arbresle, 2015-2016
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Riding, 2006-2021
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Riding, 2006-2021
Assistants: Mike Mullarkey, Stephen Child

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

League 🕒 153 | 🟩 51 | 🟨 34 | 🟥 68 | ⚽ 225 | 🥅 241 |
FA Cup 🕒 7 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 18 | 🥅 8 |
Away 🕒 79 | 🟩 14 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 49 | ⚽ 93 | 🥅 165 |

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Possession F | 53%
Possession A | 47%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 8
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 14
Fouls A | 9

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 | 2015-2016

🕒 6 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 0.50

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
158
🟩
46
🟨
9
156*
🟨
35*
🟥
0
0
🟥
77
1
🥅
35
242*
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
35
🟩
11
🟨
7
32*
🟨
7*
🟥
0
1
🟥
17
0
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
11
🟩
1
🟨
0
11*
🟨
2*
🟥
0
1
🟥
8
0
M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
13
🟩
3
🟨
0
11*
🟨
3*
🟥
0
0
🟥
7
3*
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
85
🟩
18
🟨
20
79*
🟨
23*
🟥
1
1
🟥
44
4
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
49
🟩
13
🟨
8
36*
🟨
12*
🟥
1
1
🟥
24
1
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
78
🟩
25
🟨
12*
58*
🟨
16*
🟥
0
5
🟥
37
6
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
16
🟩
3
🟨
4*
11*
🟨
3*
🟥
0
4*
🟥
10
0
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
117
🟩
34
🟨
19*
111*
🟨
23*
🟥
0
3
🟥
60
10
M Idrissa Gueye | 🇸🇳 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
14
🟩
1
🟨
2
14*
🟨
4*
🟥
0
0
🟥
9
0
W Scott Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
28
🟩
7
🟨
0
21*
🟨
4*
🟥
0
9
🟥
17
0
CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
19
🟩
2
🟨
1
9*
🟨
4*
🟥
0
4
🟥
13
0
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Premier League

Newcastle United

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St James' Park

Attendance: 48,234

GK Rob Elliot | 🇮🇪 |
LB Paul Dummett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Fabricio Coloccini | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ |
CB Chancel Mbemba | 🇨🇩 |
RB Daryl Janmaat | 🇳🇱 |
M Jack Colback | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Georginio Wijnaldum | 🇳🇱 |
M Moussa Sissoko | 🇫🇷 |
M Vurnon Anita | 🇨🇼 | 🔁 |
M Siem de Jong | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Papiss Demba Cissé | 🇸🇳 | 🔁 |

Steve McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | CF Aleksandar Mitrović | 🇷🇸 | for CF Papiss Demba Cissé | 🇸🇳 | 33’ |
🔁 | W Ayoze Pérez | 🇪🇸 | for M Siem de Jong | 🇳🇱 | 59’ |
🔁 | W Florian Thauvin | 🇫🇷 | for M Vurnon Anita | 🇨🇼 | 71’ |

Unused Substitutes:

GK Karl Darlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Mbabu | 🇨🇭 |
M Cheick Tioté | 🇨🇮 |
W Yoan Gouffran | 🇫🇷 |

🟨 Paul Dummett

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

Matchday Squad:

GK Karl Darlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £4.50m |
GK Rob Elliot | 🇮🇪 | £0.13m |

RB Daryl Janmaat | 🇳🇱 | £5.19m |
RB Kevin Mbabu | 🇨🇭 | £0.85m |
LB Paul Dummett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Youth |

CB Fabricio Coloccini | 🇦🇷 | £11.09m |
CB Chancel Mbemba | 🇨🇩 | £10.38m |

M Georginio Wijnaldum | 🇳🇱 | £17.30m |
M Siem de Jong | 🇳🇱 | £7.52m |
M Vurnon Anita | 🇨🇼 | £7.35m |
M Cheick Tioté | 🇨🇮 | £3.71m |
M Moussa Sissoko | 🇫🇷 | £1.73m |
M Jack Colback | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

W Florian Thauvin | 🇫🇷 | £15.66m |
W Ayoze Pérez | 🇪🇸 | £1.72m |
W Yoan Gouffran | 🇫🇷 | £1.71m |

CF Aleksandar Mitrović | 🇷🇸 | £15.93m |
CF Papiss Demba Cissé | 🇸🇳 | £10.38m |

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

”We didn’t play well at all in the first 45 minutes. We were out of the game in terms of impact and intensity. If you are in the position we are in it’s difficult for the player to get in the game straight away.

“There’s a lack of confidence. It’s better to react late then not to react. The fact we got back in the game could be very important. Newcastle have won the last two games, but in the second half we showed we are not far away from this type of team.”

Rémi Garde, Saturday, 19 December 2015.

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*Jordan Ayew’s superb second-half goal earned Premier League bottom club Aston Villa a point at Newcastle.*

Ayew drove into the top corner from inside the area to cancel out Fabricio Coloccini’s close-range opener.

Both sides had chances to win in the closing stages, with Newcastle striker Georginio Wijnaldum and Villa’s Rudy Gestede having shots saved.

Villa, without a Premier League win since the opening game of the season, remain 10 points from safety.

Until recently, Newcastle boss Steve McCLaren had looked in danger of losing his job after failing oversee a win any of his first eight Premier League games.

However, back-to-back victories against Liverpool and Tottenham lifted Newcastle out of the relegation zone and three points on Saturday would have moved them five points clear of danger.

Key to Newcastle’s upturn in form has been a switch to a more counterattacking style of football, but a sodden pitch, coupled with Aston Villa’s defensive approach, meant was ineffective against Aston Villa.

They struggled to break Villa down for long periods, with their opener coming from a defensive lapse in concentration from a corner, as Coloccini was left unmarked.

However, when Villa pushed forward after equalising, it played to Newcastle’s strengths and they twice went close to snatching victory on the break, with Wijnaldum’s and Ayoze Perez’s finishing letting them down.

Newcastle remain one place above the relegation zone, but the draw means they are three points clear of Swansea in 18th.

No Premier League team with as few points as Aston Villa at this stage of the season have stayed up, and they would certainly need an impressive upturn in form to rescue their situation.

Villa have kept just two clean sheets in their 17 league games this season and the ease with which Newcastle scored, with Siem De Jong’s corner cutting through the defence, will be of concern for manager Remi Garde.

However, their second half performance will give the Frenchman some hope.

In Ayew, they have a striker who is finding his form in the Premier League. He had gone seven games without scoring at the start of the season but, having been employed in a more central role recently, he has scored four goals in his last eight games.

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