Game #5384
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Attendance: 20,584
Lost
Championship
15th (-2)
Huddersfield Town
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
John Smith's Stadium
Villa lose for the first time in four as they are beaten by promotion chasing Huddersfield.
Huddersfield Town
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Henri Lansbury and Villa can't hold off Premier League bound Huddersfield, Tuesday, 7 March 2017.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🟨 | 29’ Booking, Mile Jedinak
🕒 | HT Huddersfield Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 64’ Booking, Neil Taylor
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 0-1, (Huddersfield Town), Tommy Smith
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Jordan Amavi, Sub on, Keinan Davis
🟨 | 83’ Booking, Nathan Baker
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Jonathan Kodjia
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Neil Taylor, Sub on, Corey Blackett-Taylor 🟢
🕒 | FT Huddersfield Town 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Steve Bruce's Villa lose for the first time in four matches but now have nine defeats in thirteen games in 2017 as they fall back to 15th in the Championship table. Meanwhile, youth team winger Corey Blackett-Taylor makes his Villa debut.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Huddersfield Town
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2016-17 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Darren Bond | 🏴 | Lancashire, 2013-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Darren Bond | 🏴 | Lancashire, 2013-
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Billy Smallwood, Matt McGrath
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
James Bree and Jordan Amavi replace Birkir Bjarnason and Alan Hutton.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.38 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 32.61 |
Youngest Player: RB James Bree | 🏴 | 19.25 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
David Wagner | 🇺🇸 | 🇩🇪 |
Aston Villa
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | 🔁
RB James Bree | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 🟨 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 🟨 |
Huddersfield Town
GK Joel Coleman | 🏴 |
LB Chris Löwe | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Christopher Schindler | 🇩🇪 |
CB Michael Hefele | 🇩🇪 |
RB Tommy Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Jonathan Hogg (ex) | 🏴 |
M Aaron Mooy | 🇦🇺 | 🟨 |
W Rajiv van La Parra | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
W Elias Kachunga | 🇨🇩 |
W Izzy Brown | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Collin Quaner | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | for LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | 81’ |
🔁 W Corey Blackett-Taylor | 🏴 | 🟢 | for LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Nakhi Wells | 🇧🇲 | for W Izzy Brown | 🏴 | 68’ |
🔁 | CB Martin Cranie | 🏴 | for W Rajiv van La Parra | 🇳🇱 | 84’ |
🔁 | M Philip Billing | 🇩🇰 | for CF Collin Quaner | 🇩🇪 | 88’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Luke Coddington | 🏴 |
M Jack Payne | 🏴 |
M Jon Gorenc Stankovic | 🇸🇮 |
W Joe Lolley | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £46.53m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £46.53m
Squad Cost: £50.04m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 4/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | Loan |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | £9.90m |
RB James Bree | 🏴 | £3.15m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | £3.51m |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 | Free |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | £3.06m |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Youth |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W Corey Blackett-Taylor | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £3.09m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £1.55m
Team Cost: £4.64m
Squad Cost: £5.47m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: ⭕/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Joel Coleman | 🏴 | Free |
GK Luke Coddington | 🏴 | Free |
LB Chris Löwe | 🇩🇪 | Free |
RB Tommy Smith | 🏴 | Free |
CB Christopher Schindler | 🇩🇪 | £1.89m |
CB Michael Hefele | 🇩🇪 | Free |
CB Martin Cranie | 🏴 | Free |
M Jon Gorenc Stankovic | 🇸🇮 | £0.52m |
M Philip Billing | 🇩🇰 | Free |
M Jonathan Hogg (ex) | 🏴 | Free |
M Jack Payne | 🏴 | Free |
M Aaron Mooy | 🇦🇺 | Loan |
W Rajiv van La Parra | 🇳🇱 | £0.77m |
W Joe Lolley | 🏴 | £0.31m |
W Elias Kachunga | 🇨🇩 | Loan |
W Izzy Brown | 🏴 | Loan |
CF Nakhi Wells | 🇧🇲 | £1.55m |
CF Collin Quaner | 🇩🇪 | £0.43m |
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
W Corey Blackett-Taylor | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 49%
Possession A | 51%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 5
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 2
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 14
TABLE
PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I can’t fault the endeavour and effort of the players and because of that we should have won the game.
“We looked a very decent team and deserved more for that display. Our Achilles heel was that we didn’t take our chances.”
Steve Bruce, Tuesday, 7 March 2017.
*Sky Sports*
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Huddersfield kept their hopes of automatic promotion from the Sky Bet Championship alive with a narrow 1-0 victory over Aston Villa at the John Smith’s Stadium on Tuesday night.
Captain Tommy Smith’s drilled effort midway through the second half was enough to keep Huddersfield third, and they have a game in hand on second-placed Brighton who are six points ahead.
Henri Lansbury had gone close for Villa in the first half but the midfielder saw his powerful volley crash off the bar.
The defeat ends Villa’s run of three league wins in a row, and Steve Bruce’s side move down to 15th as a result.
In an even first half, it was Villa who had the better of the chances - and James Bree forced Joel Coleman into an early save with an effort from the edge of the area.
Conor Hourihane then sent a gilt-edged chance over the bar from 10 yards out after being played through by Jonathan Kodjia.
Although Huddersfield had more than their fair share of possession, it was Villa again who almost broke the deadlock, but Lansbury’s volley cannoned off bar after Kodjia held off three defenders and burst into the box.
A second half of few opportunities eventually led to Huddersfield breaking the deadlock in the 69th minute when Smith received Aaron Moor’s low corner and drilled a low effort across goal.
Villa failed to record a shot on target after the break and their misery was compounded when Kodjia was booked for simulation in search for a penalty.