Game #5365
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 November 2016
Won
11th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Championship
Cardiff City
Attendance: 31,484
Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-1
Cardiff City
Assist(s) | Jordan Amavi | 21’ | Albert Adomah | 39’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa record their fourth win in seven unbeaten games under Steve Bruce to climb to eleventh in the Championship table after the terrible start under Roberto Di Matteo.
KEY MAN
Jonathan Kodjia celebrates putting Villa 2-1 up, and his sixth in seven games under Steve Bruce, Saturday, 26 November 2016.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 November 2016
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 1-0, Albert Adomah, Assist by Jordan Amavi
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 1-1, (Cardiff City), Rickie Lambert
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 2-1, Jonathan Kodjia, Assist by Albert Adomah
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Cardiff City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Nathan Baker, Sub on, Tommy Elphick
🟨 | 59’ Booking, Jordan Amavi
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Jordan Ayew, Sub on, Gabby Agbonlahor
🟨 | 63’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Albert Adomah, Sub on, Rudy Gestede
🟥 | 84’ Sending off, (Cardiff City), Lee Peltier
🟨 | 86’ Booking, Rudy Gestede
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 3-1, Rudy Gestede (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Cardiff City
ON THIS DAY
Steve Bruce's Villa continue their excellent early form and are now unbeaten in six and Villa have now lost just one game in the last thirteen as they beat Cardiff to climb to 11th in the Championship table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Cardiff City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1926-27
FIXTURE HISTORY
Cardiff City
Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2016-17 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 26 November 2016
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Geoff Eltringham | 🏴 | County Durham, 2009-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 7 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 3 🟥 0 | 2.14
Villa Career Form:
Champions
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Geoff Eltringham | 🏴 | County Durham, 2009-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: James Mainwaring, Nicholas Greenhalgh
TEAM NEWS
Jordan Ayew and Jack Grealish replace Gary Gardner and Gabriel Agbonlahor.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.50 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 32.34 |
Youngest Player: M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 21.23 |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | ⚽ |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 |
MANAGER
Neil Warnock | 🏴 |
Cardiff City
GK Ben Amos | 🏴 |
LB Joe Bennett (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Sean Morrison | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Sol Bamba | 🇨🇮 |
RB Lee Peltier | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Joe Ralls | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Aron Gunnarsson | 🇮🇸 | 🟨 |
W Anthony Pilkington | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Junior Hoilett | 🇨🇦 |
W Peter Whittingham (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Rickie Lambert | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | for CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🟨 | for F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 63’ |
🔁 CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | 🟨 | for W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Craig Noone | 🏴 | for CF Rickie Lambert | 🏴 | 74’ |
🔁 | CF Frédéric Gounongbe | 🇧🇯 | for W Anthony Pilkington | 🇮🇪 | 74’ |
🔁 | LB Kieran Richardson (ex) | 🏴 | for M Joe Ralls | 🏴 | 81’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
LB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Ben Wilson | 🏴 |
CB Matthew Connolly | 🏴 |
M Stuart O'Keefe | 🏴 |
W Kadeem Harris | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £58.77m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £11.16m
Team Cost: £69.93m
Squad Cost: £73.44m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 4/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | £4.50m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | £9.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
LB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | £2.25m |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | £3.51m |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | Youth |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 | £2.25m |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | £1.26m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Youth |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | £10.80m |
CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | £7.65m |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | Youth |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £6.47m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £1.08m
Team Cost: £7.55m
Squad Cost: £9.18m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 1/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Ben Wilson | 🏴 | Free |
GK Ben Amos | 🏴 | Loan |
LB Joe Bennett (ex) | 🏴 | Free |
RB Lee Peltier | 🏴 | Free |
LB Kieran Richardson (ex) | 🏴 | Free |
CB Sean Morrison | 🏴 | £3.22m |
CB Matthew Connolly | 🏴 | £0.55m |
CB Sol Bamba | 🇨🇮 | Free |
M Stuart O'Keefe | 🏴 | £0.93m |
M Peter Whittingham (ex) | 🏴 | £0.45m |
M Joe Ralls | 🏴 | Youth |
M Aron Gunnarsson | 🇮🇸 | Free |
W Craig Noone | 🏴 | £1.08m |
W Anthony Pilkington | 🇮🇪 | £1.08m |
W Kadeem Harris | 🏴 | £0.15m |
W Junior Hoilett | 🇨🇦 | Free |
CF Rickie Lambert | 🏴 | £1.72m |
CF Frédéric Gounongbe | 🇧🇯 | Free |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 8 |
LB Riccardo Calder | 🏴 | Doncaster
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴 | Cheltenham
RB Niall Mason | 🏴 | Doncaster
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | Fiorentina
M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 | Saint-Étienne
CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 | Walsall
F Harry McKirdy | 🏴 | Stevenage
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 57%
Possession A | 43%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 8
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 21
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“This is is only the first shoots of a recovery. We are hopefully heading in the right direction because a club like Aston Villa needs to be at the top end of the division.
“Cardiff are difficult. They are right in your face and, if we hadn’t shown the resistance we displayed, it could have been a difficult afternoon.
“You have to be brave facing a side like Cardiff. It was a typical performance from a Neil Warnock side.”
Steve Bruce, Saturday, 26 November 2016.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 26 November 2016
Steve Bruce’s unbeaten reign as Aston Villa manager was extended to seven games with victory over Cardiff City.
The hosts took the lead when Jordan Amavi crossed for Albert Adomah to tuck home his first Villa goal.
Rickie Lambert’s calm finish when one-on-one levelled the score, but Jonathan Kodjia’s header restored Villa’s lead.
Cardiff dominated the second half, but saw Lee Peltier sent off for a second yellow, before Rudy Gestede netted a penalty after Jack Grealish was fouled.
The victory enabled Villa to break into the top half of the Championship table, while the Welsh side slipped into the bottom three after Blackburn’s surprise win at Newcastle.
But Neil Warnock’s side will feel aggrieved not to have taken something from the match, having carved out the better of the chances in the second half.
Sean Morrison headed over the bar when well-placed on the hour mark, before substitute Frederic Gounongbe was guilty of heading straight at Pierluigi Gollini.
Peltier’s second booking, for a late foul, plus Gestede’s penalty eased the pressure for the hosts, who maintained the division’s only unbeaten home record.