Game #5446
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Drew
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
Play Off Semi Final
Attendance: 40,505
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Villa are held to a goalless draw but their first leg win at the Riverside proves enough to see them qualify for the first Play Off final.
Aston Villa
0-0
Middlesbrough
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Conor Hourihane battles in midfield as an excellent defensive performance over two legs sees Villa qualify for their first ever Play off final, 15 May 2018
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
🟨 | 34’ Booking, Robert Snodgrass
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Lewis Grabban, Sub on, Jonathan Kodjia
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Conor Hourihane, Sub on, Glenn Whelan
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Albert Adomah, Sub on, Birkir Bjarnason
🟨 | 45’ Booking, Alan Hutton
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Jack Grealish
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Sam Johnstone
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough
ON THIS DAY
Villa keep it tight to make it to their first ever Play off Final where they’ll face Championship form team Fulham.
Former Villa winger Adama Traoré…. still does nothing.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Middlesbrough
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2003-04
FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #52 |
Manager Game | #88 |
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Aggregate Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 88 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 | 19 🟥 27 | 1.65
Career Form:
Top 6
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 8 Jan 17, Villa 0-2 Spurs (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Simon Long, Mark Scholes
Mike Dean
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Middlesbrough
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Steve Bruce replaces the injured Ahmed Elmohamady with James Bree.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 29.20 |
Oldest Player: CB John Terry | 🏴 | 37.46 |
Youngest Player: RB James Bree | 🏴 | 20.44 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
Tony Pulis | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB James Bree | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | 🔁 |
Middlesbrough
GK Darren Randolph | 🇮🇪 |
LB George Friend | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Ryan Shotton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ben Gibson | 🏴 |
CB Dael Fry | 🏴 |
M Adam Clayton | 🏴 |
M Jonny Howson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Muhamed Bešić | 🇧🇦 | 🟨 |
W Stewart Downing (ex) | 🏴 |
W Adama Traoré (ex) | 🇪🇸 |
CF Britt Assombalonga | 🇨🇩 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | for CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | 79’ |
🔁 M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | for M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 85’ |
🔁 M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | for W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 90’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Patrick Bamford | 🏴 | for CF Britt Assombalonga | 🇨🇩 | 68’ |
🔁 | CF Rudy Gestede (ex) | 🇧🇯 | for M Jonny Howson | 🏴 | 73’ |
🔁 | RB Fábio | 🇧🇷 | for CB Ryan Shotton | 🏴 | 82’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 🇬🇷 |
CB Martin Cranie | 🏴 |
M Grant Leadbitter | 🏴 |
W Jack Harrison | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £26.01m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £14.94m
Team Cost: £40.95m
Squad Cost: £50.40m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 1/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | Loan |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB James Bree | 🏴 | £3.15m |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB John Terry | 🏴 | Free |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 | Free |
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 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | Loan |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £43.07m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £13.31m
Team Cost: £56.38m
Squad Cost: £56.38m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 2/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Darren Randolph | 🇮🇪 | £4.80m |
GK Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 🇬🇷 | Free |
RB Fábio | 🇧🇷 | £1.98m |
LB George Friend | 🏴 | £0.55m |
CB Ryan Shotton | 🏴 | £2.75m |
CB Ben Gibson | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Dael Fry | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Martin Cranie | 🏴 | Free |
M Jonny Howson | 🏴 | £4.84m |
M Adam Clayton | 🏴 | £1.60m |
M Grant Leadbitter | 🏴 | Free |
M Muhamed Bešić | 🇧🇦 | Loan |
W Adama Traoré (ex) | 🇪🇸 | £7.10m |
W Stewart Downing (ex) | 🏴 | £6.77m |
W Jack Harrison | 🏴 | Free |
CF Britt Assombalonga | 🇨🇩 | £14.66m |
CF Rudy Gestede (ex) | 🇧🇯 | £6.11m |
CF Patrick Bamford | 🏴 | £5.22m |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
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
🔴 CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 | Final Squad Appearance |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 45%
Possession A | 55%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 3
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 16
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Villa boss Steve Bruce*
”We’ve just shaded it over the two games. We’ve got a goal from a set-piece which has won two games, basically. There’s not much in the teams but I don’t think they’ve had a shot on target in the two games. That stood us in good stead, obviously.”
*Sky Sports*
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Aston Villa are through to the Sky Bet Championship play-off final after holding off Middlesbrough at Villa Park on Tuesday night.
Mile Jedinak’s header had given Villa the advantage to take into the second leg, and a nervy goalless draw was enough for Steve Bruce’s side to ensure their passage to Wembley.
Boro, in truth, rarely threatened on the night and struggled to get their key threat in Adama Traore into the game. Villa, meanwhile, will now face Fulham for a place in the Premier League.
The only real opening in the first half fell Villa’s way after 39 minutes as the ball ricocheted its way to James Chester in the box, but he could only pull his effort wide of the target.
Villa would have the next big chance of the game as well just before the hour mark. Albert Adomah, up against his old club, raced down the left and found Lewis Grabban in the middle, but Darren Randolph got off his line quickly to deny the striker from close range.
Bruce’s side were working hard to put the tie to bed, and went close again with 15 minutes to go as Jack Grealish worked himself some space to shoot from the edge of the area, but Randolph was there again to deny Villa with a flying save.
And there was controversy late on as Boro pushed desperately forward for a goal. Traore found his way through and tried to lift the ball over Sam Johnstone, who handballed outside the area to give away a free-kick, but referee Mike Dean saw fit to only book the goalkeeper, while Stewart Downing would rattle the crossbar with the resulting set-piece that would turn out to be their final chance.
Man of the match - Mile Jedinak
Jedinak produced a massive performance in the centre of Villa’s midfield. He covered every blade of grass of the Villa Park pitch to his back four, winning headers, tackles and second balls to help his side get over the line. Let’s also not forget he scored the crucial goal in the first leg that proved to be the difference between the two sides in the end.
*Villa boss Steve Bruce*
”We’ve just shaded it over the two games. We’ve got a goal from a set-piece which has won two games, basically. There’s not much in the teams but I don’t think they’ve had a shot on target in the two games. That stood us in good stead, obviously.”
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