Game #5341
Saturday, 9 April 2016
Attendance: 31,057
Lost
Premier League
20th (-)
AFC Bournemouth
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Villa Park
Villa lose for the twenty third time in thirty three Premier League games.
Aston Villa
1-2
AFC Bournemouth
Assist(s) | Idrissa Gueye | 86’ |
KEY MAN
"No Fight, No Pride, No Effort" read the banner as Villa lose for the twenty third time in thirty three Premier League games, Saturday, 9 April 2016.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🟨 | 36’ Booking, Idrissa Gueye
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 0-1, (AFC Bournemouth), Steve Cook
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 AFC Bournemouth
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Jordan Lyden, Sub on, Rudy Gestede
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Scott Sinclair, Sub on, Adama Traoré
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 0-2, (AFC Bournemouth), Joshua King
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Kieran Richardson, Sub on, Jack Grealish
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 1-2, Jordan Ayew, Assist by Idrissa Gueye
🟨 | 90’+2 Booking, Jordan Ayew
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 AFC Bournemouth
ON THIS DAY
Eric Black loses his second game in charge as caretaker manager and Villa make it eight consecutive defeats, their twenty fourth loss in thirty nine games this season. Villa are effectively relegated with five to play as they sit fifteen points behind fourth from bottom Norwich with a goal difference of -41 compared to Norwich's -22.
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
AFC Bournemouth
Previous 5 vs. Bournemouth: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2015-16 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Game | #33 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Saturday, 9 April 2016
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Black (Caretaker) | 🏴 | Bellshill, 2016
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 Feb 16, Villa 2-0 Norwich (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Mike Mullarkey, Stephen Child
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Jordan Lyden (first start in 12), Kieran Richardson (first start in 12), Scott Sinclair (first start in 10), Ciaran Clark and Leandro Bacuna (first start in 5) replace Rudy Gestede, Carles Gil, Carlos Sánchez, Micah Richards and Alan Hutton (suspension). Meanwhile, Jores Okore is missing after the troubled centre back refuses to play for Villa again.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.37 |
Oldest Player: CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴 | 33.67 |
Youngest Player: M Jordan Lyden | 🇦🇺 | 20.21 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Black | 🏴 | Caretaker
Eddie Howe | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴 |
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
M Jordan Lyden | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
M Idrissa Gueye | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
W Scott Sinclair | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 🟨 |
AFC Bournemouth
GK Artur Boruc | 🇵🇱 |
LB Charlie Daniels | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Cook | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
RB Simon Francis | 🏴 |
M Dan Gosling | 🏴 |
M Andrew Surman | 🏴 |
W Max Gradel | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |
W Matt Ritchie | 🏴 |
F Joshua King | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | for M Jordan Lyden | 🇦🇺 | 46’ |
🔁 W Adama Traoré | 🇪🇸 | for W Scott Sinclair | 🏴 | 71’ |
🔁 M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | for LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 | 84’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Marc Pugh | 🏴 | for W Max Gradel | 🇨🇮 | 58’ |
🔁 | M Shaun MacDonald | 🏴 | for CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | 87’ |
🔁 | CF Callum Wilson | 🏴 | for F Joshua King | 🇳🇴 | 89’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 |
CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Adam Federici | 🇦🇺 |
LB Rhoys Wiggins | 🏴 |
M Eunan O'Kane | 🇮🇪 |
W Juan Iturbe | 🇵🇾 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £30.65m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £16.65m
Team Cost: £47.30m
Squad Cost: £52.70m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 4/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | £0.90m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
LB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | £2.25m |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 | £0.68m |
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴 | £1.26m |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | Youth |
CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 | Youth |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 | Free |
M Idrissa Gueye | 🇸🇳 | £8.10m |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | £5.40m |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 | £2.25m |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | £1.26m |
M Jordan Lyden | 🇦🇺 | Youth |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Adama Traoré | 🇪🇸 | £9.00m |
W Scott Sinclair | 🏴 | £3.15m |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | £10.80m |
CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | £7.65m |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £18.03m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £3.30m
Team Cost: £21.33m
Squad Cost: £21.55m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: ⭕/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Artur Boruc | 🇵🇱 | Free |
GK Adam Federici | 🇦🇺 | Free |
LB Rhoys Wiggins | 🏴 | £0.22m |
LB Charlie Daniels | 🏴 | £0.19m |
RB Simon Francis | 🏴 | Free |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | £0.21m |
CB Steve Cook | 🏴 | £0.14m |
M Andrew Surman | 🏴 | £0.54m |
M Shaun MacDonald | 🏴 | £0.14m |
M Dan Gosling | 🏴 | Free |
M Eunan O'Kane | 🇮🇪 | Free |
W Max Gradel | 🇨🇮 | £8.55m |
W Matt Ritchie | 🏴 | £0.40m |
W Marc Pugh | 🏴 | Free |
W Juan Iturbe | 🇵🇾 | Loan |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | £8.00m |
CF Callum Wilson | 🏴 | £3.16m |
F Joshua King | 🇳🇴 | Free |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
Suspension | 1 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 8 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | Bristol City
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Huddersfield
RB Janoi Donacien | 🇱🇨 | Newport
F Callum Robinson | 🇮🇪 | Preston
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Forest
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 | Wednesday
FB José Ángel Crespo | 🇪🇸 | Vallecano
F Jerell Sellars | 🏴 | Wycombe
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 | 41%
Possession A | 59%
Shots F | 6
Shots A | 12
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 13
Fouls A | 11
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“Not going down today is a small consolation. We’ve conceded poor goals, but we have to remain professional until the end.
“We didn’t create as many chances as we would have liked. Ultimately, if you concede poor goals it will be hard to score.
“I’m sure it’s not easy to play in that atmosphere, but there have only been two or three victories here this season so I won’t be criticising the supporters.
“They turned out again today, which I find remarkable. This is certainly not down to the supporters.”
Eric Black, Saturday, 9 April 2016.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 9 April 2016
*Aston Villa are all but relegated after a defeat by Bournemouth - their eighth in a row - left them 15 points from safety with five games left.*
Steve Cook’s close-range finish set the visitors on their way before Joshua King scored after a defensive mix-up.
Jordan Ayew reduced the deficit with a powerful shot beyond Artur Boruc.
Villa need to win their remaining five games to have any chance of staying up, but could be down before they play at Manchester United on 16 April.
The Birmingham side could be relegated on Sunday - for the first time in 29 years - if Sunderland beat league leaders Leicester.
Alternatively, Norwich, who are 17th in the Premier League table - 15 points clear of Villa - entertain fellow strugglers Sunderland at
12:45 BST on 16 April.
If the Canaries avoid defeat in that game, Villa will be relegated.
*White handkerchiefs as Villa get it wrong again*
For 23 minutes on Saturday Villa were down before Jason Puncheon’s 68th-minute winner for Crystal Palace against Norwich earned the Premier League’s bottom club a temporary stay of execution.
Fans were in an unforgiving mood as the fractured relationship between home players and supporters continued.
There were thousands of empty seats at kick-off as some supporters chose to miss the first seven minutes in protest - seven being the number of times Villa have been champions of England.
Towards the end, other home fans were spotted waving white handkerchiefs - a sign of surrender - after another poor, careless performance.
Villa, who desperately needed a positive display to appease their disgruntled fans, set up to contain the Cherries yet were picked off at ease.
*Bournemouth pass 40 points*
Villa gave a full Premier League debut to 20-year-old midfielder Jordan Lyden - though he lasted only 45 minutes before being replaced at the start of the second half.
By then the match was already as good as over for Villa following another performance in which they lacked leadership, character, fight and had only one shot on target.
In contrast, Bournemouth, who welcomed back forward Callum Wilson after a serious knee injury, were bright and breezy.
Lewis Grabban forced a full-length save from Brad Guzan before Cook’s finish from a short corner on the stroke of half-time gave them the lead.
The Cherries doubled their lead when Ciaran Clark was robbed by King, who went on to finish smartly - and although Villa went on to score a first goal in over seven and a half hours, the visitors held on comfortably.
Bournemouth were tipped for relegation at the start of the season yet they are challenging for a top-half finish after reaching 41 points with five games left.