Aston Villa

5-4-2, 19 PTS

Saturday, 30 September 2017

2017-18

8th (-)

Won

1-0

Bolton Wanderers

0-2-9, 2 PTS

Championship

Villa Park

Attendance: 31,451

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🟩 30 Sep 2017, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Jonathan Kodjia | 39’ (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

🕒 50 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 11 🟥 17 | 1.54

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Game #5408

Match Record

Season | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Game | #11 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Saturday, 30 September 2017

Game Record

Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Jeremy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancashire, 2016-2018
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Total 🕒 162 | 🟩 W63 (39% ) | 🟨 D40 | 🇺(64% ) | 🟥 L59 (36% ) | ⚽ 254 | 🥅 251 | GD 3

Villa Trophy Cabinet

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Head to Head

Opposition Trophy Cabinet

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58

Team News

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |

Out on Loan | 8 |
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
CF Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Melbourne

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

Steve Bruce names an unchanged line up for the third consecutive game.

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

Line Up & Subs

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟥 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | for CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 72’ |
🔁 M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 73’ |
🔁 CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 | for W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 89’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Phil Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK Mark Howard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Andrew Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Mark Beevers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB David Wheater | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Mark Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jem Karacan | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
M Darren Pratley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Karl Henry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Sammy Ameobi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Gary Madine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Adam Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Craig Noone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Sammy Ameobi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63’ |
🔁 | CF Adam Le Fondre | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Jem Karacan | 🇹🇷 | 69’ |
🔁 | LB Antonee Robinson | 🇺🇸 | for LB Andrew Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 85’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Jake Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Reece Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Josh Cullen | 🇮🇪 |
M Jeff King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Officials

Referee: Jeremy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancashire, 2016-2018
Assistants: Adam Matthews, Mike George

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

🟨 Glenn Whelan (3)

Opposition Bookings

🟨 Mark Beevers
🟨 David Wheater
🟨 Karl Henry

Villa Sendings Off

🟥 Neil Taylor (1)

Opposition Sendings Off

None

Matchday Squads

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 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 |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

Match Stats

Match Media

What they Said

*Villa boss Steve Bruce*

”It was a difficult afternoon. Bolton have good experience and of course they have had a difficult start and are fighting for their lives.

“I thought Karl Henry and Darren Pratley were diligent for Bolton. They tried to stop the supply and made it what it was basically in the end which was ugly.

“My experience with the Championship is that there are going to be lots of occasions like this game. Whoever we play it is not going to be easy particularly at Villa Park.”

*Jonathan Kodjia’s first goal of 2017-18 saw Aston Villa beat Bolton and secure their fourth-straight league win.*

Kodjia scored the only goal of the game from the spot after being brought down in the box by Mark Beevers.

Kodjia then headed over soon after while Bolton went close to equalising late on when Glenn Whelan cleared Gary Madine’s header off the line.

Villa’s Neil Taylor was sent off for a foul on Adam Le Fondre late on, while Bolton are winless in 11 games.

The victory means seventh-placed Villa are now unbeaten in their last eight league games.

Bolton, who were promoted from League One last season, have now lost eight consecutive games in the Championship having failed to score in their last seven. It is in fact Wanderers’ worst start to a season in 115 years.

After a quiet first half an hour from the hosts, Kodjia wasted a clear chance to open the scoring when he fired wide with only the keeper to beat.

But he made amends soon after by firing past Mark Howard after being awarded a penalty.

John Terry went close to making the result more comfortable for the hosts but failed to properly connect with Robert Snodgrass’s free-kick.

*Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce:*”It was a difficult afternoon. Bolton have good experience and of course they have had a difficult start and are fighting for their lives.

“I thought Karl Henry and Darren Pratley were diligent for Bolton. They tried to stop the supply and made it what it was basically in the end which was ugly.

“My experience with the Championship is that there are going to be lots of occasions like this game. Whoever we play it is not going to be easy particularly at Villa Park.”

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

33*

⚽

🔥

🟩

13*

🟨

🟥

⛔

13*

🥅

Defenders

LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

🕒

✅

25*

⚽

🔥

🟩

13*

🟨

🟥

RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |

🕒

✅

10*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

🕒

✅

58*

⚽

🔥

🟩

22*

🟨

🟥

CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

11*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Midfielders

M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

✅

10*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

✅

23*

⚽

🔥

🟩

12*

🟨

🟥

W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |

🕒

✅

37*

⚽

🔥

🟩

21*

🟨

🟥

Forwards

CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |

🕒

✅

40*

⚽

🔥

20*

🟩

18*

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

🔁

11*

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

10*

🟨

🟥

M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 |

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

2017-18

First Team Squad

GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #861 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Peterborough United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #899 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Wolverhampton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB Easah Suliman | 🇵🇰 | #915 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sumqayit PFC 🇦🇿

CB Micah Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #879 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #838 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #905 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Aaron Tshibola | 🇨🇩 | #892 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

APO Levadiakos 🇬🇷

M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #840 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

AM Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #866 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Everton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

M Jordan Lyden | 🇦🇺 | #886 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Bromsgrove Sporting 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | #857 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Igdir FK 🇹🇷

W André Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #887 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Panserraikos 🇬🇷

F Callum O'Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #912 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #898 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Udinese Calcio 🇮🇹

CF Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #875 |

Forward

Where are they now?

MK Dons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

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Centre Back

Where are they now?

Burnley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Centre Back

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Salford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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Centre Back

Where are they now?

Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Retired

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Full Back

Where are they now?

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Full Back

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | #902 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Brescia Calcio 🇮🇹 Retired

DM Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | #909 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Bristol Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 | #914 |

Midfielder

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Midfielder

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

DM Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | #895 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

W Corey Blackett-Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #906 |

Winger

Where are they now?

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Forward

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | #918 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Al-Ahli SFC 🇸🇦 Retired

F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | #904 |

Forward

Where are they now?

MK Dons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Millwall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 | #911 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #908 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | #907 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Mitch Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #913 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | #894 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Royal Antwerp 🇧🇪 Retired

AM Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | #901 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

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Midfielder

Where are they now?

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M Jordan Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2019

M Khalid Abdo | 🇸🇪 | Unused Sub |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2024

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | #897 |

Winger

Where are they now?

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W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #916 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Hearts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Retired

CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | #896 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

CF Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #891 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Doncaster City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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