Aston Villa

5-10-3, 25 PTS

Saturday, 26 November 2016

2016-17

11th (+2)

Won

3-1

Cardiff City

5-3-10, 18 PTS

Championship

Villa Park

Attendance: 31,484

On This Day

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Saturday, 26 November 2016

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🟩 26 Nov 2016, Villa 3-1 Cardiff, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Albert Adomah | 24’ | Jonathan Kodjia | 39’ | Rudy Gestede | 90’ (pen) |

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

🕒 7 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 3 🟥 0 | 2.14

Villa Career Form:

Champions

Game #5365

Match Record

Season | 2016-17 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 26 November 2016

Game Record

Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Geoff Eltringham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 2016-2019
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Total 🕒 51 | 🟩 W26 (51% ) | 🟨 D6 | 🇺(63% ) | 🟥 L19 (37% ) | ⚽ 76 | 🥅 55 | GD 21

Villa Trophy Cabinet

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

Head to Head

Opposition Trophy Cabinet

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1926-27

Team News

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

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

Jordan Ayew and Jack Grealish replace Gary Gardner and Gabriel Agbonlahor.

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

Line Up & Subs

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

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 | 🇬🇭 |

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’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Neil Warnock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |

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 Ben Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Matthew Connolly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart O'Keefe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Kadeem Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Officials

Referee: Geoff Eltringham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 2016-2019
Assistants: James Mainwaring, Nicholas Greenhalgh

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

🟨 Jordan Amavi (5)
🟨 Gabriel Agbonlahor (47)
🟨 Rudy Gestede (4)

Opposition Bookings

🟨 Lee Peltier
🟨 Lee Peltier
🟨 Sean Morrison
🟨 Aron Gunnarsson
🟨 Anthony Pilkington
🟨 Rickie Lambert

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Sendings Off

🟥 Lee Peltier

Matchday Squads

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 |

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 |

Match Stats

Match Media

What they Said

“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.

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.

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 |

🕒

✅

17*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

16*

Defenders

LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 |

🕒

✅

19*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

109

✅

100*

⚽

🔥

🟩

22*

🟨

🟥

CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

91*

⚽

🔥

🟩

31*

🟨

🟥

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

🕒

✅

17*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Midfielders

M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |

🕒

✅

13*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

156

✅

146*

⚽

🔥

🟩

41*

🟨

🟥

M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

34*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Forwards

CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |

🕒

✅

13*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 |

🕒

✅

45*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

🔁

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

375

🔁

41*

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

130*

🟨

104

🟥

141

CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 |

🕒

🔁

25*

⚽

🔥

10*

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

2016-17

First Team Squad

GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #861 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Peterborough United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | #890 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

AS Roma 🇮🇹

CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 | #858 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Boldklubben af 1893 🇩🇰 Retired

CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #889 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Retired

RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #903 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | #894 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Royal Antwerp 🇧🇪 Retired

M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | #902 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Brescia Calcio 🇮🇹 Retired

M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #900 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Luton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | #857 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Igdir FK 🇹🇷

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | #897 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

F Callum O'Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #912 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CF Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | #877 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CF Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #891 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Doncaster City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | #904 |

Forward

Where are they now?

MK Dons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #883 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #899 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Wolverhampton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB Micah Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #879 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #838 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | #876 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

M Aaron Tshibola | 🇨🇩 | #892 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

APO Levadiakos 🇬🇷

AM Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | #901 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Barnsley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manager

AM Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #866 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Everton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

DM Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | #895 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

W André Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #887 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Panserraikos 🇬🇷

CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #790 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #898 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Udinese Calcio 🇮🇹

CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | #881 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Esteghlal FC 🇮🇷 Retired

GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Unused Sub |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Millwall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #893 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Salford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #833 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Bristol City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | #867 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Lamphun Warriors 🇹🇭

LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #905 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #849 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Charlotte FC 🇺🇸

M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #840 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

M Jordan Lyden | 🇦🇺 | #886 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Bromsgrove Sporting 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

W Adama Traoré | 🇪🇸 | #882 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Fulham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

W Corey Blackett-Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #906 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Derby County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | #896 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 | #862 |

Centre Forward

Where are they now?

Slezsky FC Opava 🇨🇿 Retired

CF Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #875 |

Forward

Where are they now?

MK Dons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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