Game #5349
Aston Villa
1-0-1, 3 PTS
Saturday, 13 August 2016
11th (+8)
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
GK Pierluigi Gollini | ๐ฎ๐น |
LB Aly Cissokho | ๐ซ๐ท | ๐ฅ |
CB Tommy Elphick | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB James Chester | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | ๐ข |
M Aaron Tshibola | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jack Grealish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐จ | ๐ |
M Ashley Westwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Leandro Bacuna | ๐จ๐ผ |
F Jordan Ayew | ๐ฌ๐ญ | ๐จ | ๐ |
F Ross McCormack | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐จ | ๐ฅ | ๐ |
F Rudy Gestede | ๐ง๐ฏ | โฝ | ๐จ | โฝ | ๐ฅ |
Roberto Di Matteo | ๐ฎ๐น | 2016
Substitutes
๐ W Adama Traorรฉ | ๐ช๐ธ | ๐ด | for F Jordan Ayew | ๐ฌ๐ญ | 74โ |
๐ M Gary Gardner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for F Ross McCormack | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 85โ |
๐ W Andrรฉ Green | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Jack Grealish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 90โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Mark Bunn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Micah Richards | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Alan Hutton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
LB Jordan Amavi | ๐ซ๐ท |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
๐จ Jordan Ayew (9)
๐จ Ross McCormack (2)
๐จ Rudy Gestede (3)
๐จ Jack Grealish (4)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad
GK Pierluigi Gollini | ๐ฎ๐น | ยฃ4.50m |
GK Mark Bunn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
LB Jordan Amavi | ๐ซ๐ท | ยฃ9.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ยฃ4.05m |
LB Aly Cissokho | ๐ซ๐ท | ยฃ2.25m |
CB James Chester | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | ยฃ8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ3.51m |
CB Micah Richards | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
M Aaron Tshibola | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ5.31m |
M Ashley Westwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ2.25m |
M Leandro Bacuna | ๐จ๐ผ | ยฃ1.26m |
M Jack Grealish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |
M Gary Gardner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |
W Adama Traorรฉ | ๐ช๐ธ | ยฃ9.00m |
W Andrรฉ Green | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |
F Ross McCormack | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ยฃ12.87m |
F Jordan Ayew | ๐ฌ๐ญ | ยฃ10.80m |
CF Rudy Gestede | ๐ง๐ฏ | ยฃ7.65m |
Unavailable
Out on Loan | 5 |
LB Riccardo Calder | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Doncaster
W Carles Gil | ๐ช๐ธ | Deportivo
CB Easah Suliman | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Cheltenham
RB Niall Mason | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Doncaster
M Carlos Sรกnchez | ๐จ๐ด | Fiorentina
Team News
Only Jack Grealish, Ross McCormack, Aaron Tshibola and Jordan Ayew survive from the controversial League Cup loss to Luton.
Unsurprisingly Jores Okore is nowhere to be seen.
New defensive signing James Chester makes his debut but the remnants of relegation remain with Ashley Westwood, Aly Cissokho and Rudy Gestede returning.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age: | 25.79 |
Oldest Player: F Ross McCormack | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 30.01 |
Youngest Player: M Jack Grealish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 20.94 |
Debut Appearances
๐ข CB James Chester | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | #893 | ยฃ8,370,000 signing from Albion
Final Appearances
๐ด W Adama Traorรฉ | ๐ช๐ธ | 2015-16 ๐ 12 | 1 (11) | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ 1 | ๐บ 4 | #882 |
On This Day
Villa secure their first second tier win since beating Bradford City 1-0 on Monday, 2 May 1988.
Centre back James Chester makes his debut for Villa aged 27 after joining from West Bromwich Albion for a fee of ยฃ8,370,000 earlier his month to become the 893rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Jack Grealish scores his 2nd goal in a Villa shirt on his 49th appearance (24 Starts) to make it W16 D4 L29, 2 Goals, 5 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Pierluigi Gollini keeps his first clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance to make it W1 D0 L1, 1 Goal Conceded, 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.
Winger Adama Traorรฉ made his final appearance for Villa aged 20 before moving on to Middlesbrough for a fee of ยฃ7,430,000 later this month. Traorรฉ made 1 start, 11 substitute appearances and scored once. Villa had paid Barcelona a scarcely believable ยฃ9,000,000 for Traorรฉโs services a year earlier in August 2015. Villa wouldnโt be the last club to spend big on this most ineffective and disruptive of players who left with a record of W2 D1 L9, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking.
Ross McCormackโs first three games following his ยฃ12,870,000 move have now contributed no goals, one assist, two bookings and a half time hook to leave a record of W1 D0 L2 so far in his Villa career.
Aly Cissokho contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 48th appearance (47 Starts) to make it W10 D9 L29, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Starting XI
Substitutes
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 4
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 5
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
Scorer(s) | Rudy Gestede | 21โ | 45โ+4 | Jack Grealish | 84โ |
Assist(s) | Aly Cissokho | 21โ | Ross McCormack | 45โ+4 | Rudy Gestede | 84โ |
Match Timeline
๐ข | 1โ Debut, James Chester
โฝ | 21โ Goal, 1-0, Rudy Gestede, Assist by Aly Cissokho
๐จ | 27โ Booking, Jordan Ayew
๐จ | 36โ Booking, Ross McCormack
๐จ | 38โ Booking, Rudy Gestede
โฝ | 45โ+4 Goal, 2-0, Rudy Gestede, Assist by Ross McCormack
๐ | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Rotherham United
๐ | 74โ Sub off, Jordan Ayew, Sub on, Adama Traorรฉ ๐ด
โฝ | 84โ Goal, 3-0, Jack Grealish, Assist by Rudy Gestede
๐จ | 84โ Booking, Jack Grealish
๐ | 85โ Sub off, Ross McCormack, Sub on, Gary Gardner
๐ | 90โ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Andrรฉ Green
๐ | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Rotherham United
Season 2016-17
Matchday | #3 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 13 August 2016
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Roberto Di Matteo | ๐ฎ๐น | Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 2016
Referee: Keith Stroud | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Hampshire, 2007-2019
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-0
FT Score: ๐ฉ 3-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Keith Stroud | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Hampshire, 2007-2019
Assistants: Nicholas Greenhalgh, James Mainwaring
Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Head to Head
Total ๐ 15 | ๐ฉ W10 (67% ) | ๐จ D1 | ๐บ(73% ) | ๐ฅ L4 (27% ) | โฝ 28 | ๐ฅ 11 | GD 17
Match Stats
Possession F | 49%
Possession A | 51%
Shots F | 16
Shots A | 10
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 17
Fouls A | 13
Roberto Di Matteo | ๐ฎ๐น | 2016
๐ 3 | ๐ฉ | 1 ๐จ | 0 ๐ฅ 2 | 1.00
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
What they Said
*Villa boss Roberto Di Matteo*
โI am not relieved, I am pleased because I could see some positive signs despite the fact we lost the first game. I could see we are improving and we will keep improving. Results like this will help.
โMany of our players havenโt had that feeling for a long time, so to have that feeling is very important for the players and the fans.
โWe wanted to win our first home game and make Villa Park a difficult place for teams to come. It was important to have a team performance overall and it resulted in a good win.
โYou can do everything right on the training pitch but the best recipe for confidence is the result at the end of the week. One result will give us a lot of confidence, so this is the importance of this win.โ
*Rudy Gestedeโs brace helped Aston Villa comfortably beat Rotherham to claim their first win in over six months.*
Villa took the lead midway through the first half when the former Blackburn striker headed in Aly Cissokhoโs cross.
Gestede made it 2-0 just before the break, chipping Lee Camp after being set up by Ross McCormack.
Jack Grealish added a third late on by rounding Camp and tapping in to seal Villaโs first win since beating Norwich in the Premier League on 6 February.
Having started the season with two defeats, against Sheffield Wednesday in the league and Luton in the EFL Cup, Villa finally claimed a competitive victory after 15 failed attempts.
The hosts went close to opening the scoring early on when Cissokho forced a save from Camp with a powerful strike before Stephen Kelly headed over from a corner at the other end.
Gestedeโs opening goal rounded off a stylish move as Aaron Tshibola stole the ball in midfield before laying it off to Grealish, who fed Cissokho and the defenderโs pinpoint cross then teed up the Benin international to head home.
The second was of similar quality as Jordan Ayew broke through the middle before feeding the ball to McCormack on the edge of the box who, with one touch, set up Gestede to lift the ball over Camp.
Grealish completed the scoring by rounding off his solo run with a neat finish from a tight angle.
*Aston Villa manager Roberto Di Matteo:*
โI am not relieved, I am pleased because I could see some positive signs despite the fact we lost the first game. I could see we are improving and we will keep improving. Results like this will help.
โMany of our players havenโt had that feeling for a long time, so to have that feeling is very important for the players and the fans.
โWe wanted to win our first home game and make Villa Park a difficult place for teams to come. It was important to have a team performance overall and it resulted in a good win.
โYou can do everything right on the training pitch but the best recipe for confidence is the result at the end of the week. One result will give us a lot of confidence, so this is the importance of this win.โ
Championship
Rotherham United
0-1-1, 1 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,286
GK Lee Camp | ๐ฌ๐ง |
LB Joe Mattock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ | ๐ |
CB Richard Wood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Stephen Kelly | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Dominic Ball | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Will Vaulks | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Anthony Forde | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Jon Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Richard Smallwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jake Forster-Caskey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CF Danny Ward | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Alan Stubbs | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
๐ | CF Jerry Yates | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Jake Forster-Caskey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 59โ |
๐ | RB Darnell Fisher | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ | for LB Joe Mattock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 71โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Lewis Price | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
CB Kelvin Wilson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Tom Thorpe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Mason Warren | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Scott Allen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
๐จ Joe Mattock
๐จ Darnell Fisher
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: โ
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
League Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Opposition Matchday Squad
GK Lee Camp | ๐ฌ๐ง | Free |
GK Lewis Price | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Free |
LB Joe Mattock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
RB Stephen Kelly | ๐ฎ๐ช | Free |
RB Darnell Fisher | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
CB Richard Wood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
CB Kelvin Wilson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
CB Tom Thorpe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
M Jon Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ0.51m |
M Will Vaulks | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | ยฃ0.40m |
M Richard Smallwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ0.19m |
M Mason Warren | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |
M Dominic Ball | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
M Anthony Forde | ๐ฎ๐ช | Free |
M Jake Forster-Caskey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Loan |
M Scott Allen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Loan |
CF Danny Ward | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ0.41m |
CF Jerry Yates | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
2016-17
Playing Squad
GK Jed Steer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #861 |
GK Mark Bunn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #883 |
GK Matija ล arkiฤ | ๐ฒ๐ช | Unused Sub |
GK Pierluigi Gollini | ๐ฎ๐น | #890 |
GK Sam Johnstone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #899 |
CB James Chester | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | #893 |
CB Jores Okore | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | #858 |
CB Micah Richards | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #879 |
CB Nathan Baker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #833 |
CB Tommy Elphick | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #889 |
RB Alan Hutton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | #838 |
RB Aly Cissokho | ๐ซ๐ท | #867 |
RB James Bree | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #903 |
LB Jordan Amavi | ๐ซ๐ท | #876 |
LB Neil Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | #905 |
RB Ritchie De Laet | ๐ง๐ช | #894 |
M Aaron Tshibola | ๐จ๐ฉ | #892 |
M Ashley Westwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #849 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | ๐ฎ๐ธ | #902 |
M Conor Hourihane | ๐ฎ๐ช | #901 |
M Gary Gardner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #840 |
M Henri Lansbury | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #900 |
M Jack Grealish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #866 |
M Jordan Lyden | ๐ฆ๐บ | #886 |
M Leandro Bacuna | ๐จ๐ผ | #857 |
M Mile Jedinak | ๐ฆ๐บ | #895 |
W Adama Traorรฉ | ๐ช๐ธ | #882 |
W Albert Adomah | ๐ฌ๐ญ | #897 |
W Andrรฉ Green | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #887 |
W Corey Blackett-Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #906 |
F Callum O'Hare | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #912 |
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #790 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | ๐จ๐ฎ | #896 |
CF Jordan Ayew | ๐ฌ๐ญ | #877 |
CF Keinan Davis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #898 |
CF Libor Kozรกk | ๐จ๐ฟ | #862 |
CF Ross McCormack | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | #891 |
CF Rudy Gestede | ๐ง๐ฏ | #881 |
CF Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #875 |
F Scott Hogan | ๐ฎ๐ช | #904 |
