Game #5447
Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 May 2018
Final
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | 🔴 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 🔁 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 | 🔴 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | 🔴 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | 🔴 |
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018

Substitutes:
🔁 M Josh Onomah | 🏴 | 🔴 | for M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 77’ |
🔁 CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | for RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 77’ |
🔁 F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | for M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 82’ |
Unused Substitutes:
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
RB James Bree | 🏴 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
🟨 James Chester
🟨 Jack Grealish
🟨 Mile Jedinak
🟨 Alan Hutton
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad:
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | Loan |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB James Bree | 🏴 | £3.15m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB John Terry | 🏴 | 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 |
Injury | 1 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
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
Ahmed Elmohamady returns from injury to replace James Bree.
Starting XI Average Age: | 30.16 |
Oldest Player: CB John Terry | 🏴 | 37.49 |
Youngest Player: M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 22.72 |
Villa end an excellent campaign in severe disappointment as they lose in a highly controversial play off final only to face a fight for their very existence just days after.
Villa saved what was arguably their poorest performance of the season for the biggest game of an entertaining campaign.
Although Fulham were a popular team with the pundits, in truth they were fortunate to win the game in an evenly matched contest and were additionally fortunate not to have seen players sent off early in the game for some abysmal tackles.
For Villa’s part it was almost as if the players had a hangover and looked a shadow of their best form with no spearhead in attack and seemingly treading water in midfield.
Jack Grealish shone, despite Fulham’s assaults, and was involved in the best moves of the match however a solitary Fulham goal was enough for them to triumph and lap up the pundit plaudits.
For Villa the explanation of the seemingly distracted performance became clearer when it was revealed - through boardroom acrimony - that Villa were on the brink financially and in danger of going out of business.
The new owner had gambled the house on promotion and coming away losers signalled impending disaster. The immediate fallout was the loss of players who had contributed so much but who Villa simply couldn’t afford to keep in their now revealed straightened circumstances.
Alan Hutton suffers his 80th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 168th appearance (154 Starts) to make it W49 D39 L80, 1 Goal, 7 Assists, 34 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone makes his 70th and final appearance in a Villa shirt aged 25 before returning to Manchester United at the end of his season and a half long loan to leave with a record of W33 D15 L22, 1 Assist, 68 Goals Conceded and 30 Clean Sheets.
Winger Robert Snodgrass makes his 43rd and final appearance for Villa (41 Starts) aged 30 before returning to West Ham United at the end of his season long loan. In his short time with Villa Snodgrass had become a cult hero as he played an instrumental role in driving Villa up the Championship table. Snodgrass left the club with a record of W23 D10 L10 7 Goals, 14 Assists and 11 Bookings.
Midfielder Josh Onomah makes his 37th and final appearance for Villa (23 Starts) aged 21 before returning to Tottenham Hotspur at the end of his season long loan. Onomah had made 37 appearances, 14 as substitute and scored 4 goals in his stop start season with Villa to leave with a record of W19 D8 L10, 4 Goals, 3 Assists and 4 Bookings.
Centre back John Terry makes his 36th and final appearance for Villa aged 37 before retiring from football. Terry returned to Villa as assistant manager in 2018-19 but left with a playing record of W17 D9 L10, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings.
Centre Forward Lewis Grabban makes his 18th and final appearance of his loan spell from Bournemouth to leave with a record of W8 D4 L6, 8 Goals and 1 Assist.
Future Villa right back Matt Targett lines up for Fulham.
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🟨 | 8’ Booking, James Chester
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Tom Cairney
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Fulham
🟨 | 63’ Booking, Jack Grealish
🟥 | 70’ Sending off, (Fulham), Denis Odoi
🟨 | 76’ Booking, Mile Jedinak
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Mile Jedinak, Sub on, Josh Onomah 🔴
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Ahmed Elmohamady, Sub on, Jonathan Kodjia
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Conor Hourihane, Sub on, Scott Hogan
🟨 | 86’ Booking, Alan Hutton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Fulham
Season | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #53 |
Manager Game | #89 |
Saturday, 26 May 2018

Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴 | Wythenshaw, 2009-
Kick off: 5.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴 | Wythenshaw, 2009-
Assistants: Gary Beswick, Daniel Cook
Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Total 🕒 69 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 22 | 🟥 24 | ⚽ 95 | 🥅 92 |
League 🕒 65 | 🟩 21 | 🟨 21 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 87 | 🥅 87 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 2 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 1 |
Home 🕒 35 | 🟩 19 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 59 | 🥅 32 |
Away 🕒 33 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 17 | ⚽ 35 | 🥅 57 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Possession F | 49%
Possession A | 51%
Shots F | 12
Shots A | 15
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 0
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 14
Fouls A | 15
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
🔴 GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | 2017-18 🕒 70 | 70 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 | #899 |
🔴 CB John Terry | 🏴 | 2017-18 🕒 36 | 36 (0) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 1 | #910 |
🔴 W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | 2017-18 🕒 43 | 41 (2) | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 14 | 🇺 1 | #916 |
🔴 CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | 2018 🕒 18 | 13 (5) | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 1 | #918 |
🔴 M Josh Onomah | 🏴 | 2017-18 🕒 37 | 23 (14) | ⚽ 4 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 11 | #909 |
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018
🕒 89 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 | 19 🟥 28 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴 | Wythenshaw, 2009-
🕒 19 | 🟩 7 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 9 | 🆘 : 3
🕒 19 | 🟩 37% | 🟨 16% | 🟥 47% | 🆘 : 16%
Cards 🟨 35 | 🟥 2 | 1.95 |
Penalty ⚽ 2 | 🥅 1 |
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
VAR (from 2021)