Game #5391
Aston Villa
Monday, 17 April 2017
Lost
12th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Championship
Attendance: 23,891
Fulham
Craven Cottage
As Steve Bruce tinkers with the side with nothing left to play for Villa suffer a second successive defeat after leading scorer Jonathan Kodjia is shown an early red after an incident with the reckless Ryan Fredericks.
Fulham
3-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Scott Hogan | 50’ |
KEY MAN
Ten man Villa celebrate Jack Grealish's equaliser after Jonathan Kodjia is sent off on 22', Monday, 17 April 2017.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 17 April 2017
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Ryan Sessegnon
🟥 | 22’ Sending off, Jonathan Kodjia
🟨 | 26’ Booking, Jordan Amavi
🕒 | HT Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-1, Jack Grealish, Assist by Scott Hogan
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Gary Gardner
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 1-2, (Fulham), Sone Aluko
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Scott Hogan
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, James Bree, Sub on, Alan Hutton
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Jordan Amavi, Sub on, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 1-3, (Fulham), Neeskens Kebano
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Scott Hogan, Sub on, Conor Hourihane
🕒 | FT Fulham 3-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Steve Bruce's Villa lose a second successive game for the first time since February as Bruce once again makes a raft of seemingly destabilising changes, none of which appear to be fitness or injury related.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Fulham
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Fulham
Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2016-17 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Game | #43 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Monday, 17 April 2017
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: David Coote | 🏴 | Nottinghamshire, 2010-
Kick off: 2.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 33 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 6 🟥 13 | 1.45
Career Form:
Top 8
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Coote | 🏴 | Nottinghamshire, 2010- 🆘
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 31 Jan 17, Villa 0-3 Brentford (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Ian Cooper, Nigel Lugg
David Coote
CARDS
Villa
🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
Fulham
None
TEAM NEWS
Jack Grealish, Alan Hutton, James Bree, Tommy Elphick and Scott Hogan replace Albert Adomah, Gary Gardner, Henri Lansbury, Leandro Bacuna and Conor Hourihane.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 25.65 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 32.73 |
Youngest Player: RB James Bree | 🏴 | 19.36 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
Slaviša Jokanović | 🇷🇸 |
Aston Villa
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 |
RB James Bree | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 🟥 |
Fulham
GK Marcus Bettinelli | 🏴 |
LB Scott Malone | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Tim Ream | 🇺🇸 |
CB Tomáš Kalas | 🇨🇿 |
RB Ryan Fredericks | 🏴 |
M Kevin McDonald | 🏴 |
M Tom Cairney | 🏴 |
M Stefan Johansen | 🇳🇴 |
W Floyd Ayité | 🇹🇬 |
W Ryan Sessegnon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | for RB James Bree | 🏴 | 70’ |
🔁 F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | for LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | 78’ |
🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | for F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | 81’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Neeskens Kebano | 🇨🇩 | ⚽ | for LB Scott Malone | 🏴 | 55’ |
🔁 | M Lucas Piazón | 🇧🇷 | for F Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | 86’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK David Button | 🏴 |
CB Michael Madl | 🇦🇹 |
CB Ragnar Sigurdsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Scott Parker | 🏴 |
W Cyriac | 🇨🇮 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £50.13m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Subs Cost: £7.20m
Team Cost: £57.33m
Squad Cost: £64.80m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
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 |
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 Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | £1.26m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Youth |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | Youth |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £10.27m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £3.83m
Team Cost: £14.10m
Squad Cost: £25.12m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 2/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK David Button | 🏴 | £1.98m |
GK Marcus Bettinelli | 🏴 | Youth |
RB Ryan Fredericks | 🏴 | £0.21m |
LB Scott Malone | 🏴 | Free |
CB Ragnar Sigurdsson | 🇮🇸 | £4.05m |
CB Michael Madl | 🇦🇹 | £1.29m |
CB Tim Ream | 🇺🇸 | £1.46m |
CB Tomáš Kalas | 🇨🇿 | Loan |
M Scott Parker | 🏴 | £3.70m |
M Tom Cairney | 🏴 | £3.61m |
M Stefan Johansen | 🇳🇴 | £1.98m |
M Kevin McDonald | 🏴 | £1.29m |
M Lucas Piazón | 🇧🇷 | Loan |
W Neeskens Kebano | 🇨🇩 | £3.83m |
W Floyd Ayité | 🇹🇬 | £1.72m |
W Ryan Sessegnon | 🏴 | Youth |
W Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | Free |
W Cyriac | 🇨🇮 | Loan |
UNAVAILABLE
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 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 | 34%
Possession A | 66%
Shots F | 5
Shots A | 8
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 5
Corners A | 10
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 13
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“The fourth official asked me four times to step inside my technical area within the first 12 minutes. It was him who gave the decision for Kodjia, and he’s missed the first kick at him by the full-back. And that’s provoked him.
“We have 3,500 people spending their hard-earned money, it’s live on the telly and you never want to see it. They want to see the players perform. It cannot be deemed as violent conduct, surely. I hope the referee looks at it, because the referee didn’t give it - the fourth official did.”
Steve Bruce, Monday, 17 April 2017.
*Sky Sports*
Monday, 17 April 2017
Fulham have entered the play-off places after comfortably beating 10-man Aston Villa 3-1 at Craven Cottage.
A first-half goal from 16-year-old Ryan Sessegnon helped Fulham on their way to securing all three points against Villa.
Jack Grealish equalised for the visitors shortly after the break, but Fulham took advantage of having an extra man following Jonathan Kodjia’s red card (22) through goals from Sone Aluko and substitute Neeskens Kebalo
Leeds’ 1-0 defeat to Wolves means the Cottagers enter sixth spot in the Championship, a place above the Garry Monk’s team on goal difference on 73 points. Aston Villa sit in 12th.
Fulham were without talismanic striker Chris Martin for the fixture, meaning Aluko was the man to lead the line against Villa’s back five. Scott Hogan partnered Kodjia up front, but was then forced to lead the attack on his own following the Ivorian’s dismissal.
Fulham began the half quickly and were keen to get the ball down the channels as quickly as possible. The Cottagers were able to capitalise on their early spell of possession by scoring the game’s opening goal.
A lofted ball into the box by Ryan Fredericks from the right flank landed at the feet of Fulham’s highly-rated Sessegnon, who volleyed a shot which smacked off the crossbar before smashing in the rebound to score his seventh goal of the season.
And with Villa’s defence looking increasingly shaky, it was not long before they were down to ten men as Kodjia kicked out at
Fredericks in the 21st minute, resulting in a straight red card after the referee consulted with his linesman.
Fredericks was lucky to also remain on the pitch, as he appeared to kick at Kodjia before falling to the ground beforehand.
Fulham continued to try and make the most of their extra man by playing the ball out wide to stretch Aston Villa’s five-man defence, with a long-range strike from Fredericks and a reactive effort from Tim Ream in the box going wide of the mark.
Despite Fulham’s impressive start, it would be Villa who would find a surprise equaliser early in the second half. Grealish picked the ball up on the left edge of the box, before chopping inside to evade Fredericks and created just enough space to curl a shot into the top right corner.
With Villa looking like they might find another goal after enjoying a spell of possession, Fulham would take the lead again through Aluko. A neat one-two between Sessegnon and Stefan Johansen saw the 16-year-old peg the ball back for Aluko to hit a shot on the volley, from close-range, which deflected off Nathan Baker into the bottom left corner.
Fulham then secured a two-goal cushion with a third goal just over ten minutes from time. Johansen made a strong run through the middle, with no Villa player committing to a challenge. The former Celtic midfielder then stroked a pass to substitute Kebano, who was free on the right-hand side in the box, and he slotted the ball into the bottom left-hand corner.
Despite Villa attempting to get back into the game, they failed to create any dangerous goalscoring opportunities, meaning Fulham now have a play-off spot to try and hold on to for the rest of the season.
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