Game #5404
Aston Villa
Saturday, 16 September 2017
Won
14th (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Championship
Attendance: 14,633
Barnsley
Oakwell
Barnsley
0-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | James Chester | 19’ | Ahmed Elmohamady | 55’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
With the axe about to fall, Albert Adomah saves Steve Bruce's job as Villa win for just the second time in eight Championship games.
KEY MAN
Albert Adomah saves Steve Bruce's job, 16 September 2017
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 September 2017
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-0, Albert Adomah, Assist by James Chester
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, Albert Adomah (pen)
🕒 | HT Barnsley 0-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 3-0, Keinan Davis, Assist by Ahmed Elmohamady
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Jonathan Kodjia, Sub on, Josh Onomah
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Keinan Davis, Sub on, Scott Hogan
🟨 | 76’ Booking, Glenn Whelan
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Robert Snodgrass, Sub on, Birkir Bjarnason
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Conor Hourihane
🕒 | FT Barnsley 0-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
The game where Albert Adomah saved Steve Bruce’s job.
With the axe about to fall on Bruce’s underwhelming reign, Albert Adomah - a player regularly discarded at the first opportunity by Bruce - came into the side and effectively saved the Villa boss’s job with a first half brace which set Villa on the way to scoring three goals away from home for the first time under Bruce and the first time since March 2015.
Centre forward Keinan Davis scored his first goal for Villa aged 19.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Barnsley
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1911-12
FIXTURE HISTORY
Barnsley
Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Game | #8 |
Manager Game | #46 |
Saturday, 16 September 2017
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 46 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 11 🟥 16 | 1.48
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 23 Apr 17, Villa 1-0 Birmingham (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Akil Howson, Adam Crysell
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Barnsley
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Steve Bruce makes 3 changes from the side that secured a second successive home goalless draw in the previous game. Albert Adomah, Jonathan Kodjia and Glenn Whelan replaced Mile Jedinak (injury), Henri Lansbury and Birkir Bjarnason.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 28.76 |
Oldest Player: CB John Terry | 🏴 | 36.80 |
Youngest Player: CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | 19.60 |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 🔥 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Paul Heckingbottom | 🏴 |
Barnsley
GK Adam Davies | 🏴 |
CB Liam Lindsay | 🏴 |
CB Adam Jackson | 🏴 |
CB Matty Pearson | 🏴 |
RB Jason McCarthy | 🏴 |
M Joe Williams | 🏴 |
M George Moncur | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Brad Potts | 🏴 |
W Harvey Barnes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Adam Hammill | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Tom Bradshaw | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Josh Onomah | 🏴 | for CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 61’ |
🔁 F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | for CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | for W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Ryan Hedges | 🏴 | for M George Moncur | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | CF Iké Ugbo | 🇨🇦 | for W Harvey Barnes | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | CF Mamadou Thiam | 🇸🇳 | for CF Tom Bradshaw | 🏴 | 70’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nick Townsend | 🏴 |
LB Zeki Fryers | 🏴 |
CB Ethan Pinnock | 🇯🇲 |
M Cameron McGeehan | 🇬🇧 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £28.80m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £11.25m
Team Cost: £40.05m
Squad Cost: £47.65m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: ⭕/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | £0.49m |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | Loan |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB John Terry | 🏴 | Free |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 | Free |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | £3.06m |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | £1.80m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴 | Loan |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | Loan |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £2.96m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £0.86m
Team Cost: £3.82m
Squad Cost: £5.26m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/18
Homegrown: ⭕/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Nick Townsend | 🏴 | Free |
GK Adam Davies | 🏴 | Free |
RB Jason McCarthy | 🏴 | £0.19m |
LB Zeki Fryers | 🏴 | Free |
CB Ethan Pinnock | 🇯🇲 | £0.49m |
CB Matty Pearson | 🏴 | £0.48m |
CB Liam Lindsay | 🏴 | £0.34m |
CB Adam Jackson | 🏴 | Free |
M Cameron McGeehan | 🇬🇧 | £0.95m |
M Brad Potts | 🏴 | £0.72m |
M George Moncur | 🏴 | £0.56m |
M Joe Williams | 🏴 | Loan |
W Harvey Barnes | 🏴 | Loan |
W Adam Hammill | 🏴 | Free |
W Ryan Hedges | 🏴 | Free |
CF Mamadou Thiam | 🇸🇳 | £0.86m |
CF Tom Bradshaw | 🏴 | £0.67m |
CF Iké Ugbo | 🇨🇦 | Loan |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
Out on Loan | 7 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | Atalanta
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | MK Dons
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | Marseille
CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 | Stevenage
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Barnsley
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Wigan
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 | 41%
Possession A | 59%
Shots F | 6
Shots A | 5
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 1
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 7
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Villa boss Steve Bruce*
“We’ve been threatening but we just haven’t been getting the results. You hope that this will be the lift off - I’ve been saying that we are a decent side but patience is needed sometimes and obviously a result like that helps the cause.
“Fair play to Keinan Davis, I thought he led the line fantastically well. You sometimes need luck and we’ve had none of it, but that’s us unbeaten in six and three clean sheets on the spin, so lets hope that shuts a few people up, for a little while anyway.”
*Sky Sports*
Saturday, 16 September 2017
Aston Villa scored three goals in an away game for the first time in over two years as they eased to a 3-0 Sky Bet Championship win over Barnsley at Oakwell on Saturday evening.
Albert Adomah seized on two defensive efforts in the first half, while Keinan Davis headed his first goal for the Villans in the second half to match the feat last achieved in a 4-0 win against Sunderland in March 2015.
The first came after 19 minutes when a swift break saw Adomah force Tykes stopper Adam Davies into a mistake as he bore down on goal, with Davis the architect of the second when he was felled by Adam Jackson.
Despite Oakwell’s vocal opposition to the decision, a penalty kick was the decision and Adomah got his second goal when he smashed his shot to the left of Davies (44).
Davis made it three when he headed in Ahmed Elmohamady’s cross early in the second half (55).
A clash of heads between Davis and Jackson immediately following kick-off delayed the start, but the opening exchanges between the two sides were relatively even, with plenty of exciting forays forward.
A perfect example of how to transform defence into attack soon followed; in a few swift seconds, the ball was out of Sam Johnstone’s hands and at the feet of Adomah, who slotted home after a defensive mix-up between Jason McCarthy and Davies.
The Tykes continued to look the superior side and found vast swathes of space in which to create chances, but John Terry and James Chester stood strong to nullify several crosses from Brad Potts and McCarthy.
It was another error of judgement that led to Adomah making it 2-0. Davis raced onto a loose ball but was swiftly grounded by Jackson’s lunge. Adomah made no mistake from the spot - Oakwell was incensed.
If Tykes fans felt the first two goals were unfair, the third was anything but. As Villa grew in stature, they carved a meaningful chance of their own and youngster Davis headed a well-deserved third 11 minutes after the restart.
Adomah went close to a hat-trick on more than one occasion, but during the last, he squared for Robert Snodgrass following superb chasing of a lost cause from Scott Hogan, but the Scot’s curling effort dropped wide of the mark.
Villa stopper Johnstone was pelted with plastic bottles and other objects, but unfortunately for Paul Heckingbottom’s men, they could not significantly test the keeper, managing only two shots on target in the match.
Barnsley’s influence ebbed away towards the end with the result all-but secured, meaning Steve Bruce’s men registered a third clean sheet in succession.
Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom: “Lots of things we were really good at but the main issue for us was scoring goals. I though Villa picked our pockets in the first half, scoring two goals arguably against the run of play but we didn’t deserve anything ourselves because we didn’t look like scoring.
“We’ve seen before in this league how tough it is to come from a goal behind, and a team like Villa were resolute today and defended very well. We haven’t taken points from the game but we’ve taken things to get better at.”
Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce:
“We’ve been threatening but we just haven’t been getting the results. You hope that this will be the lift off - I’ve been saying that we are a decent side but patience is needed sometimes and obviously a result like that helps the cause.
“Fair play to Keinan Davis, I thought he led the line fantastically well. You sometimes need luck and we’ve had none of it, but that’s us unbeaten in six and three clean sheets on the spin, so lets hope that shuts a few people up, for a little while anyway.”
Man of the match: Keinan Davis