Game #5378
Aston Villa
8-12-10, 36 PTS

Saturday, 11 February 2017
16th (-2)
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
GK Sam Johnstone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Neil Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | ๐ข | ๐ |
CB Tommy Elphick | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CB Nathan Baker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB James Chester | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
RB Alan Hutton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ |
M Henri Lansbury | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Birkir Bjarnason | ๐ฎ๐ธ |
M Conor Hourihane | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | ๐จ๐ฎ |
F Scott Hogan | ๐ฎ๐ช |
Steve Bruce | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2016-2018

Substitutes
๐ W Albert Adomah | ๐ฌ๐ญ | for RB Alan Hutton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 67โ |
๐ W Andrรฉ Green | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for LB Neil Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | 77โ |
๐ M Leandro Bacuna | ๐จ๐ผ | for CB Tommy Elphick | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 89โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Mark Bunn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Jordan Amavi | ๐ซ๐ท |
M Gary Gardner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Keinan Davis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
UEFA Cup / Europa League: โ
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad
GK Mark Bunn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
GK Sam Johnstone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Loan |
LB Jordan Amavi | ๐ซ๐ท | ยฃ9.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ยฃ4.05m |
LB Neil Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Exchange |
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 Nathan Baker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |
M Conor Hourihane | ๐ฎ๐ช | ยฃ3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ3.06m |
M Birkir Bjarnason | ๐ฎ๐ธ | ยฃ1.80m |
M Leandro Bacuna | ๐จ๐ผ | ยฃ1.26m |
M Gary Gardner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |
W Albert Adomah | ๐ฌ๐ญ | ยฃ3.15m |
W Andrรฉ Green | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | ๐จ๐ฎ | ยฃ11.61m |
F Scott Hogan | ๐ฎ๐ช | ยฃ9.45m |
CF Keinan Davis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
Unavailable
Suspension | 1 |
M Jack Grealish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Out on Loan | 9 |
W Carles Gil | ๐ช๐ธ | Deportivo
RB Niall Mason | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Doncaster
M Carlos Sรกnchez | ๐จ๐ด | Fiorentina
M Jordan Veretout | ๐ซ๐ท | Saint-รtienne
GK Pierluigi Gollini | ๐ฎ๐น | Atalanta
RB Aly Cissokho | ๐ซ๐ท | Olympiacos
M Aaron Tshibola | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Forest
CB Kevin Toner | ๐ฎ๐ช | Bradford
CF Ross McCormack | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Forest
Team News
Neil Taylor (debut) and Alan Hutton replace James Bree and Jack Grealish (suspension).
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.35 |
Oldest Player: RB Alan Hutton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 32.22 |
Youngest Player: GK Sam Johnstone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 23.90 |
Debut Appearances
๐ข LB Neil Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | #905 | Free transfer from Swansea
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Steve Bruceโs Villa lose for the sixth time in seven games in 2017 and in so doing extend their worst run of the season. As a result Villa drop to 16th and a second successive relegation is not impossible to imagine, neither is a third manager of the season as Bruce clearly begins to struggle with the scale of the job.
In truth it already looks like it will require a very quick gelling of the recently and expensively recruited players, rather than anything from the bench, that will stop the rot.
Left back Neil Taylor made his Villa debut aged 28 after joining from Swansea City in exchange for Jordan Ayew in January 2017 to become the 905th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
James Chester makes his 30th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D12 L10 and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Leandro Bacuna suffers his 60th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 121st appearance (93 Starts) to make it W33 D28 L60, 7 Goals, 7 Assists and 25 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Nathan Baker makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt on his (108 Appearances) to make it W33 D23 L52, 1 Goal, 13 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) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ข | 1โ Debut, Neil Taylor
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Ipswich Town
๐ | 67โ Sub off, Alan Hutton, Sub on, Albert Adomah
๐ | 77โ Sub off, Neil Taylor, Sub on, Andrรฉ Green
๐ฅ
| 83โ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Emyr Huws
๐ | 89โ Sub off, Tommy Elphick, Sub on, Leandro Bacuna
๐ | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Ipswich Town
Season | 2016-17 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Game | #30 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Saturday, 11 February 2017
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Steve Bruce | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Tim Robinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sussex, 2016-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: Tim Robinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sussex, 2016-
Assistants: Jonathan Hunt, Mark Jones
Referee: Tim Robinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sussex, 2016-
๐ 2 | ๐ฉ 0 | ๐จ 0 | ๐ฅ 2 | ๐ : 0
๐ 2 | ๐ฉ 0% | ๐จ 0% | ๐ฅ 100% | ๐ : 0%
Cards ๐จ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | 0.00 |
Penalty โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ
0 |
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Match Stats
Possession F | 52%
Possession A | 48%
Shots F | 22
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 9
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 9
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 13
Steve Bruce | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2016-2018
๐ 20 | ๐ฉ | 7 ๐จ | 5 ๐ฅ 8 | 1.30
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
What they Said
โItโs tough at the minute. We certainly didnโt deserve to lose. We had some really good opportunities and didnโt take them.
โOnce again we made one mistake and we were punished. Hopefully we have fallen as far as we can because the next few games are going to be important.
โIt is time to batten down the hatches and face the flak. But we need to take some of the chances we are creating.
โThe Ipswich goal was an individual mistake. Unfortunately every time we make a mistake we are punished. We now have to find some form to get a win to restore the confidence in the team.โ
Steve Bruce, Saturday, 11 February 2017.
Emyr Huws scored a late winning goal as Ipswich Town ended their five-match winless run in the Championship with a dramatic victory at Aston Villa.*
The on-loan Cardiff City midfielder turned home David McGoldrickโs cross for his first goal for Town, to leave Steve Bruceโs Villa winless in eight.
Huwsโ effort came moments after McGoldrick had cleared a header from Villa forward Scott Hogan off the line.
Birkir Bjarnason had earlier gone even closer for Villa, hitting the bar.
On a day when Neil Taylor made his debut, and fellow January signings Conor Hourihane, Hogan and Bjarnason made their home debut, Villaโs first home defeat of the season sent them slipping to 16th in the table, seven points clear of safety.
Ipswich climbed above Villa to 13th after their first league victory over Villa since March 1994.
After Hourihane had tested Ipswich keeper Bartosz Bialkowski early on, Bjarnason then lashed his shot against the angle of bar and post.
But after a goalless first half, Ipswich improved, Jordan Spence going just wide from a set-piece before McGoldrick cut in from the left to slide a low ball into the middle which former Birmingham City loan man Huws finished off.
McGoldrick tried to double the away sideโs lead, but his ambitious curling effort went just over the bar.
Championship
Ipswich Town
10-9-12, 39 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 30,796
GK Bartosz Biaลkowski | ๐ต๐ฑ |
LB Jonas Knudsen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | ๐จ |
CB Steven Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CB Luke Chambers | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Christophe Berra | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ |
RB Josh Emmanuel | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Emyr Huws | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ |
M Tuomanu Diagouraga | ๐ซ๐ท | ๐จ |
M Grant Ward | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Tom Lawrence | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
CF David McGoldrick | ๐ฎ๐ช |
Mick McCarthy | ๐ฎ๐ช |
Substitutes
๐ | LB Myles Kenlock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CB Steven Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 26โ |
๐ | RB Jordan Spence | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CB Christophe Berra | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 48โ |
๐ | M Kรฉvin Bru | ๐ฒ๐บ | for M Emyr Huws | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | 88โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Dean Gerken | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Freddie Sears | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Kieffer Moore | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
CF Brett Pitman | ๐ฏ๐ช |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
๐จ Jonas Knudsen
๐จ Tuomanu Diagouraga
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: โ
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ๐
League Champions: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐
League Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Opposition Matchday Squad
GK Bartosz Biaลkowski | ๐ต๐ฑ | Free |
GK Dean Gerken | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
LB Jonas Knudsen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | ยฃ0.43m |
RB Josh Emmanuel | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |
LB Myles Kenlock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |
RB Jordan Spence | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
CB Steven Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
CB Luke Chambers | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
CB Christophe Berra | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Free |
M Grant Ward | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ0.61m |
M Kรฉvin Bru | ๐ฒ๐บ | Free |
M Emyr Huws | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Loan |
M Tuomanu Diagouraga | ๐ซ๐ท | Loan |
W Tom Lawrence | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Loan |
F Freddie Sears | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ0.11m |
CF Kieffer Moore | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | ยฃ0.01m |
CF Brett Pitman | ๐ฏ๐ช | Free |
CF David McGoldrick | ๐ฎ๐ช | Free |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
2016-17
Playing Squad









































