Aston Villa

10-7-5, 37 PTS

Saturday, 16 December 2017

2017-18

5th (-)

Lost

0-2

Derby County

12-5-5, 41 PTS

Championship

Pride Park

Attendance: 28,118

On This Day

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Saturday, 16 December 2017

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🟥 16 Dec 2017, Villa 0-2 Derby, Pride Park

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

🕒 61 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 14 🟥 20 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Game #5419

Match Record

Season | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Game | #22 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Saturday, 16 December 2017

Game Record

Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Lee Probert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wiltshire, 2007-2017
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Total 🕒 137 | 🟩 W69 (50% ) | 🟨 D24 | 🇺(68% ) | 🟥 L44 (32% ) | ⚽ 270 | 🥅 191 | GD 79

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: 1974-75

Team News

Unavailable

Injury | 3 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 6 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | Atalanta
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | Marseille
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Wigan
CF Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Melbourne

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

Jack Grealish comes in for his first start of the season alongside Conor Hourihane, Ahmed Elmohamady and Mile Jedinak.

Christopher Samba, Henri Lansbury, Alan Hutton and Keinan Davis drop out.

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

Line Up & Subs

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |

Substitutes

🔁 F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | for M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 65’ |
🔁 F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 83’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |

Gary Rowett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK Scott Carson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Craig Forsyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Richard Keogh | 🇮🇪 |
CB Curtis Davies (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Baird | 🇬🇧 |
M Bradley Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Ledley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tom Huddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andreas Weimann (ex) | 🇦🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Matěj Vydra | 🇨🇿 | 🔁 |
CF David Nugent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Johnny Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | for CF Andreas Weimann (ex) | 🇦🇹 | 57’ |
🔁 | CF Chris Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CF David Nugent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72’ |
🔁 | M George Thorne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Matěj Vydra | 🇨🇿 | 86’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Jonathan Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Andre Wisdom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alex Pearce | 🇮🇪 |
CF Sam Winnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Officials

Referee: Lee Probert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wiltshire, 2007-2017

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

None

Opposition Bookings

None

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

Matchday Squads

GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.49m |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £4.05m |
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | £2.07m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Exchange |

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3.51m |

M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | £1.80m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Loan |

F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

GK Scott Carson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
GK Jonathan Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

RB Andre Wisdom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1.97m |
LB Craig Forsyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £0.15m |

CB Richard Keogh | 🇮🇪 | £1.10m |
CB Curtis Davies (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.49m |
CB Alex Pearce | 🇮🇪 | Free |

M Bradley Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £6.94m |
M George Thorne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1.98m |
M Tom Huddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1.89m |
M Chris Baird | 🇬🇧 | Free |
M Joe Ledley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Free |

W Johnny Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £0.76m |

CF Matěj Vydra | 🇨🇿 | £8.09m |
CF Andreas Weimann (ex) | 🇦🇹 | £3.27m |
CF David Nugent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £2.50m |
CF Chris Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Free |
CF Sam Winnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

Match Stats

Match Media

What they Said

*Villa boss Steve Bruce:*

“From the very first minute, we put them through and didn’t really recover. We made far too many mistakes and when we really analyse it we’ll look and think, for all that we huffed and puffed, we’ve gifted them the game.

“In a big game of this magnitude, the disappointing thing for me was the number of mistakes we made. We made so many it was scary and we made too many to win a football match.

“Second half, I was pleased with how we played. We had enough possession but not enough shots on target: we’ve had 12 or 13 attempts but only two on target.”

*In-form Derby County boosted their promotion hopes with a win over play-off rivals Aston Villa.*

The Rams took the lead when Glenn Whelan’s blind backpass was picked up by Matej Vydra and he teed up former Villa man Andreas Weimann.

Robert Snodgrass nearly levelled at the start of the second half but Richard Keogh cleared his effort off the line.
Substitute Johnny Russell secured the victory in the last minute after a good ball from Keogh.

Steve Bruce’s side started the match without a recognised striker after Keinan Davis was ruled out with illness and they struggled to create throughout.

The Rams, who would have scored inside the opening minute but for a superb last-ditch tackle from Neil Taylor on David Nugent, could have won by more had it not been for some fine saves from Sam Johnstone to deny Keogh and Bradley Johnson.

Gary Rowett’s men, who remain fourth, have now won five of their past six games and are six points off second-placed Cardiff City.

Villa remain fifth after defeat at Pride Park but are now winless in three games and just one point clear of seventh-placed Leeds.

*Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce:*

“From the very first minute, we put them through and didn’t really recover. We made far too many mistakes and when we really analyse it we’ll look and think, for all that we huffed and puffed, we’ve gifted them the game.

“In a big game of this magnitude, the disappointing thing for me was the number of mistakes we made. We made so many it was scary and we made too many to win a football match.

“Second half, I was pleased with how we played. We had enough possession but not enough shots on target: we’ve had 12 or 13 attempts but only two on target.”

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

44*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

16*

⛔

🥅

46*

Defenders

LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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✅

31*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

🕒

✅

69*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

21*

RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |

🕒

✅

16*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

✅

21*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Midfielders

M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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✅

16*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

✅

33*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

14*

M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |

🕒

✅

37*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

11*

M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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✅

45*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

44*

Forwards

W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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✅

16*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |

🕒

✅

48*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

19*

Substitutes

None

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🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

🔁

15*

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

13*

F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

390

🔁

50*

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

133

🟨

107

🟥

150*

None

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🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

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⚽

🔥

Sub 4

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🟥

None

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #883 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #917 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Burnley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #893 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Salford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #889 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Retired

RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #903 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

LB Oscar Borg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

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

Where are they now?

Exeter City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #910 |

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?

Derby County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #790 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Unused Sub |

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?

Barnsley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manager

M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #900 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Luton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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?

Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #916 |

Winger

Where are they now?

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CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | #896 |

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Without Club since 2025

CF Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #891 |

Forward

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Doncaster City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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