Game #5430
Aston Villa
Saturday, 17 February 2018
Lost
3rd (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Championship
Attendance: 24,547
Fulham
Craven Cottage
Villa lose for the first time in eight Championship games as they are beaten by the League's 'other' form team, Fulham.
Fulham
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Scott Hogan can't add to his recent goal tally, 17 February 2018
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 February 2018
🕒 | HT Fulham 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ahmed Elmohamady, Sub on, Josh Onomah
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Ryan Sessegnon
🟨 | 59’ Booking, Mile Jedinak
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Mile Jedinak, Sub on, Lewis Grabban
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 0-2, (Fulham), Floyd Ayité
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Robert Snodgrass, Sub on, Keinan Davis
🕒 | FT Fulham 2-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa lose out to a resurgent Fulham to end their 7 game winning run.
Future Villa full back Matt Targett lined up for Fulham.
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 | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Game | #32 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Saturday, 17 February 2018
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Tony Harrington | 🏴 | Cleveland, 2016-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 72 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 | 15 🟥 23 | 1.63
Career Form:
Top 6
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tony Harrington | 🏴 | Cleveland, 2016-
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 Nov 17, Villa 2-0 Ipswich (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Geoff Russell, Mike George
Tony Harrington
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Fulham
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Jack Grealish and Albert Adomah are missing due to injury with Birkir Bjarnason and Axel Tuanzebe coming in (full debut).
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 29.26 |
Oldest Player: CB John Terry | 🏴 | 37.22 |
Youngest Player: CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 20.27 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
Slaviša Jokanović | 🇷🇸 |
Aston Villa
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 🔁 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |
Fulham
GK Marcus Bettinelli | 🏴 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 |
CB Tim Ream | 🇺🇸 |
CB Tomáš Kalas | 🇨🇿 |
RB Ryan Fredericks | 🏴 |
M Kevin McDonald | 🏴 |
M Stefan Johansen | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Tom Cairney | 🏴 |
W Ryan Sessegnon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Floyd Ayité | 🇹🇬 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Aleksandar Mitrović | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Josh Onomah | 🏴 | for RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | for M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 67’ |
🔁 CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | for W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | 88’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Aboubakar Kamara | 🇲🇷 | for CF Aleksandar Mitrović | 🇷🇸 | 79’ |
🔁 | M Lucas Piazon | 🇧🇷 | for W Floyd Ayité | 🇹🇬 | 88’ |
🔁 | RB Denis Odoi | 🇬🇭 | for M Stefan Johansen | 🇳🇴 | 89’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK David Button | 🏴 |
RB Cyrus Christie | 🇮🇪 |
M Oliver Norwood | 🇬🇧 |
W Neeskens Kebano | 🇨🇩 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £31.95m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £31.95m
Squad Cost: £36.54m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: ⭕/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
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 Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | Loan |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
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 Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | Loan |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | Loan |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £31.53m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £6.02m
Team Cost: £37.55m
Squad Cost: £46.29m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 2/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK David Button | 🏴 | £1.98m |
GK Marcus Bettinelli | 🏴 | Youth |
RB Cyrus Christie | 🇮🇪 | £2.93m |
RB Denis Odoi | 🇬🇭 | £0.86m |
RB Ryan Fredericks | 🏴 | £0.21m |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | Loan |
CB Tim Ream | 🇺🇸 | £1.46m |
CB Tomáš Kalas | 🇨🇿 | Loan |
M Tom Cairney | 🏴 | £3.61m |
M Stefan Johansen | 🇳🇴 | £1.98m |
M Kevin McDonald | 🏴 | £1.29m |
M Lucas Piazon | 🇧🇷 | Loan |
M Oliver Norwood | 🇬🇧 | Loan |
W Neeskens Kebano | 🇨🇩 | £3.83m |
W Floyd Ayité | 🇹🇬 | £1.72m |
W Ryan Sessegnon | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Aleksandar Mitrović | 🇷🇸 | £21.26m |
CF Aboubakar Kamara | 🇲🇷 | £5.16m |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
Out on Loan | 7 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | Atalanta
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | Marseille
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Barnsley
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | Reading
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | Antwerp
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴 | Grimsby
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 | 37%
Possession A | 63%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 0
Corners A | 1
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 7
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Villa boss Steve Bruce*
”Losing Ahmed was a cruel blow, as well as losing Albert and Jack. They give us the penetration and the forward threat.
“Those two have been the catalyst for me for what we’ve achieved, especially Grealish in the middle of the pitch.
“We lacked that creativity today, which we’ve had in abundance in the last few weeks.”
*Sky Sports*
Saturday, 17 February 2018
Fulham put an end to Aston Villa’s winning run - and boosted their own chances of a push for automatic Sky Bet Championship promotion - with a 2-0 win at Craven Cottage.
Second-half goals from Ryan Sessegnon and Floyd Ayite proved to be the difference, with the west London side pulling themselves within four points of their opponents.
Villa manager Steve Bruce was forced to make two changes, with Albert Adomah and Jack Grealish missing. Birkir Bjarnason and Axel Tuanzebe took their places.
Matt Targett, who scored his first professional goal against Bolton last week, had the first opportunity after just two minutes for the hosts when he flashed his effort wide of the left-hand post of Villa goalkeeper Sam Johnstone.
Aleksandar Mitrovic headed wide two minutes later for Fulham, who started the game with a clear attacking intent.
The visitors earned their first effort of the game after eight minutes when after good work by Bjarnason, Scott Hogan fired wide from just outside the edge of the box.
The Iceland international almost turned goalscorer himself after 15 minutes, as he was able to make his way into the box and shoot off-target.
The game settled down into a holding pattern, with neither side making a serious threat on the opposition goal.
Bruce made a change for the visitors just before the restart, with Josh Onomah replacing Ahmed Elmohamady.
Hogan tested goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli four minutes after the restart when his looping header was collected after it broke loose during a scramble in the box.
The deadlock was finally broken in the 51st minute by the home side. Ryan Fredericks was able to find space down the right-hand flank and squared into the box for Sessegnon - who calmly connected first time to drill past the outstretched Johnstone.
Villa made their second substitution of the afternoon on 66 minutes when Mile Jedinak made way for Lewis Grabban.
However, an eighth straight victory looked out of reach for them after 71 minutes when Fulham doubled their lead - albeit with an awful mistake.
Johnstone was guilty of an appalling kick out which fell straight to Ayite just inside his own half, and he was able to direct his shot straight into an empty net.
Aboubakar Kamara replaced Mitrovic, while goalscorer Ayite was substituted for Lucas Piazon.
Keinan Davis came on for Robert Snodgrass late on, although the visitors left London without any points.
*Villa boss Steve Bruce*
”Losing Ahmed was a cruel blow, as well as losing Albert and Jack. They give us the penetration and the forward threat.
“Those two have been the catalyst for me for what we’ve achieved, especially Grealish in the middle of the pitch.
“We lacked that creativity today, which we’ve had in abundance in the last few weeks.”
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