Game #5382
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Attendance: 28,119
Won
Championship
15th (+2)
Bristol City
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Villa Park
Villa win consecutive games as form slowly begins to re-emerge after a torrid six weeks.
Aston Villa
2-0
Bristol City
Assist(s) | Albert Adomah | 54’ | 59’ |
KEY MAN
Jonathan Kodjia celebrates scoring against his old club as Villa make it consecutive wins for the first time since December, Tuesday, 28 February 2017.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🔁 | 38’ Sub off, Gary Gardner, Sub on, Conor Hourihane
🟨 | 43’ Booking, Alan Hutton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Bristol City
⚽ | 54’ Goal, Jonathan Kodjia, Assist by, Albert Adomah
⚽ | 59’ Goal, Conor Hourihane, Assist by, Albert Adomah
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Albert Adomah, Sub on, James Bree
🟨 | 82’ Booking, André Green
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, André Green, Sub on, Birkir Bjarnason
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Bristol City
ON THIS DAY
Steve Bruce's Villa win successive games for the first time since December and rise to 15th in the Championship table as a result.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Bristol City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2016-17 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Game | #34 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 Sep 16, Villa 2-2 Forest (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Chris Akers, Philip Dermott
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Bristol City
🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Gary Gardner replaces Leandro Bacuna (suspension).
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.02 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 32.59 |
Youngest Player: W André Green | 🏴 | 18.61 |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Lee Johnson | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W André Green | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | ⚽ |
Bristol City
GK Fabian Giefer | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 |
LB Joe Bryan | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Aden Flint | 🏴 |
CB Zak Vyner | 🏴 |
CB Bailey Wright | 🇦🇺 | 🟨 |
M Gary O’Neil | 🏴 |
M Korey Smith | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Callum O’Dowda | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Bobby De Cordova-Reid | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W David Cotterill | 🏴 |
CF Aaron Wilbraham | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | for M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | 38’ |
🔁 RB James Bree | 🏴 | W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 77’ |
🔁 M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | for W André Green | 🏴 | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Matty Taylor | 🏴 | for M Korey Smith | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 | F Jamie Paterson | 🏴 | for M Callum O’Dowda | 🇮🇪 | 67’ |
🔁 | F Lee Tomlin | 🏴 | for CF Aaron Wilbraham | 🏴 | 77’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Frank Fielding | 🏴 |
CB Hörður Magnússon | 🇮🇸 |
M Marlon Pack | 🏴 |
M Jens Hegeler | 🇩🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £34.38m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Subs Cost: £8.10m
Team Cost: £42.48m
Squad Cost: £55.89m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 4/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | Loan |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | £9.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB James Bree | 🏴 | £3.15m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | £3.51m |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | Youth |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | £3.06m |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | £1.80m |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Youth |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W André Green | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £1.33m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Subs Cost: £3.31m
Team Cost: £4.64m
Squad Cost: £6.81m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Frank Fielding | 🏴 | Free |
GK Fabian Giefer | 🇩🇪 | Loan |
LB Joe Bryan | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Hörður Magnússon | 🇮🇸 | £1.81m |
CB Aden Flint | 🏴 | £0.30m |
CB Zak Vyner | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Bailey Wright | 🇦🇺 | Free |
M Callum O’Dowda | 🇮🇪 | £1.03m |
M Jens Hegeler | 🇩🇪 | £0.26m |
M Marlon Pack | 🏴 | £0.10m |
M Gary O'Neil | 🏴 | Free |
M Korey Smith | 🏴 | Free |
M Bobby De Cordova-Reid | 🏴 | Youth |
W David Cotterill | 🏴 | Loan |
F Lee Tomlin | 🏴 | £3.01m |
CF Matty Taylor | 🏴 | £0.30m |
CF Aaron Wilbraham | 🏴 | Free |
F Jamie Paterson | 🏴 | Free |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |
Suspension | 1 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
Out on Loan | 9 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
RB Niall Mason | 🏴 | Doncaster
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | Fiorentina
M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 | Saint-Étienne
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | Atalanta
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | Olympiacos
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | Forest
CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 | Bradford
CF Ross McCormack | 🏴 | Forest
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 | 51%
Possession A | 49%
Shots F | 19
Shots A | 14
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 5
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 15
Fouls A | 13
TABLE
PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“We’ve played far better than that and lost but what we have seen in the last few days is the resilience, two clean sheets.
“He [Jonathan Kodjia] can drive us all mad at times, there’s no question about that. But when you look at his goals - that’s his 12th in what, 24 games, that’s not bad at all so fair play to him.
“He was devastated at half-time but he’s come back. He’s got us a good goal again.”
Steve Bruce, Tuesday, 28 February 2017.
*BBC Sport*
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
*Jonathan Kodjia scored against his former club as Aston Villa beat Bristol City to record back-to-back wins for only the third time this season.*
Kodjia, who joined Villa in August in a reported £11m deal, endured a torrid first half, blasting a penalty over the bar after Gary Gardner was fouled.
But the 27-year-old’s superb header put the hosts ahead after the break.
Conor Hourihane tapped home his first Villa goal after Albert Adomah’s shot was blocked to seal victory.
Kodjia, whose every touch was booed by the travelling supporters, was also instrumental in the build-up to Hourihane’s strike, superbly dispossessing Bailey Wright moments earlier.
Aston Villa had not won a game in 2017 prior to Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Derby County, but now move up to 15th in the Championship table, nine points clear of the relegation places.
However, defeat at Villa Park increases the pressure on Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson, with his side only out of the bottom three on goal difference and having lost 11 of their past 14 league matches.
They did twice strike the woodwork against Villa, in the first half through Wright’s header and then at 1-0 down via winger Calum O’Dowda.
Andre Green also hit the post with a brilliant long-range effort for the hosts, who have now kept clean sheets in two successive league matches for the first time since March 2015.