Game #5469
Aston Villa
Saturday, 1 December 2018
Won
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Championship
Attendance: 23,424
Middlesbrough
Riverside Stadium
Villa win again, their fourth victory in five unbeaten games as they make it seventeen goals in their last five.
Middlesbrough
0-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Yannick Bolasie | 64’ | Conor Hourihane | 83’ |
KEY MAN
Glenn Whelan celebrates his strike as rampant Villa win again, 1 December 2018
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 December 2018
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-0 James Chester
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 2-0 Tammy Abraham, Assist by Yannick Bolasie
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Yannick Bolasie, Sub on, Jonathan Kodija
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Glenn Whelan
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Tammy Abraham, Sub on, Scott Hogan
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 3-0 Glenn Whelan, Assist by Conor Hourihane
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Another high-scoring win as Dean Smith has Villa purring, yet because of Villa’s poor start to the campaign under Steve Bruce they remaining 8th place outside the play-off places and well short of the top two automatic promotion spots.
Dean Smith had now delivered 5 wins in 8 league games scoring 18 goals compared to Steve Bruce’s record of 1 win in the 8 league games prior to Smith’s arrival.
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
Seasons | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Game | #20 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Saturday, 1 December 2018
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Andy Davies | 🏴 | Hampshire, 2012-
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 8 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 1 🟥 2 | 2.00
Career Form:
Top 4
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy Davies | 🏴 | Hampshire, 2012-
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 18 Sep 18, Villa 2-0 Rotherham (h)
Incidents: 🟨
Assistants: Paul Hodskinson, James Wilson
Andy Davies
CARDS
Villa
None
Middlesbrough
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Anwar El Ghazi returns for his first start under Dean Smith alongside Ahmed Elmohamady whilst Alan Hutton and Jonathan Kodjia drop out. Dominic Revan makes his first squad appearance of the season.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.35 |
Oldest Player: RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 31.25 |
Youngest Player: CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 21.05 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
Tony Pulis | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
Middlesbrough
GK Darren Randolph | 🇮🇪 |
LB George Friend | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Danny Baath | 🏴 |
CB Dael Fry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Aden Flint | 🏴 |
M Adam Clayton | 🏴 |
M Jonny Howson | 🏴 |
M Marcus Tavernier | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Muhamed Bešić | 🇧🇦 | 🔁 |
W Stewart Downing (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Jordan Hugill | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 | for W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | 73’ |
🔁 M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | for M John McGinn | 🏴 | 82’ |
🔁 F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | for CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Paddy McNair | 🇬🇧 | for CB Dael Fry | 🏴 | 59’ |
🔁 | CF Britt Assombalonga | 🇨🇩 | for M Muhamed Bešić | 🇧🇦 | 62’ |
🔁 | CF Martin Braithwaite | 🇩🇰 | for M Marcus Tavernier | 🏴 | 62’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
CB Dominic Revan | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 🇬🇷 |
CB Daniel Ayala | 🇪🇸 |
M George Saville | 🇬🇧 |
M Lewis Wing | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £26.10m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £22.59m
Team Cost: £48.69m
Squad Cost: £52.83m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Dominic Revan | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | Loan |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | Loan |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | Loan |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £25.42m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £29.27m
Team Cost: £54.69m
Squad Cost: £61.74m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 2/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Darren Randolph | 🇮🇪 | £4.80m |
GK Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 🇬🇷 | Free |
LB George Friend | 🏴 | £0.55m |
CB Aden Flint | 🏴 | £6.86m |
CB Paddy McNair | 🇬🇧 | £4.89m |
CB Daniel Ayala | 🇪🇸 | £0.36m |
CB Dael Fry | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Danny Baath | 🏴 | Loan |
M George Saville | 🇬🇧 | £6.69m |
M Jonny Howson | 🏴 | £4.84m |
M Adam Clayton | 🏴 | £1.60m |
M Marcus Tavernier | 🏴 | Youth |
M Lewis Wing | 🏴 | Free |
M Muhamed Bešić | 🇧🇦 | Loan |
W Stewart Downing (ex) | 🏴 | £6.77m |
CF Britt Assombalonga | 🇨🇩 | £14.66m |
CF Martin Braithwaite | 🇩🇰 | £9.72m |
CF Jordan Hugill | 🏴 | Loan |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
Out on Loan | 9 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Small Heath
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Charlton
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴 | Emmen
RB Mitch Clark | 🏴 | Port Vale
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | Kilmarnock
W André Green | 🏴 | Portsmouth
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | Hull
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | Melbourne
CF Ross McCormack | 🏴 | Central Coast Mariners
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 | 58%
Possession A | 42%
Shots F | 21
Shots A | 10
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 2
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 12
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"The visitors were good value for their win, creating the better of the chances, as Middlesbrough struggled going forward."
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 1 December 2018
Aston Villa continued their ascent towards the Championship top six with a dominant victory at Middlesbrough.*
James Chester prodded in after Boro failed to clear a corner, before Tammy Abraham doubled the lead from close range in the second half with his seventh goal in four matches.
Glenn Whelan’s low, 25-yard shot was spilled into his own net by Darren Randolph late on to earn Dean Smith’s side a fourth victory in five matches.
The visitors were good value for their win, creating the better of the chances, as Middlesbrough struggled going forward.
Their best opportunity came 10 minutes from time when Jordan Hugill’s fierce shot was superbly tipped onto the underside of the crossbar by Orjan Nyland.
Villa are now up to eighth in a tight league table, three points outside the play-offs. For third-placed Boro it was a first defeat since the start of October.
While Villa’s potency in front of goal made the difference at the Riverside, their leaky defence which shipped five goals against Nottingham Forest in midweek was watertight against a tame home attack.
Boro had only conceded 10 goals all season heading into the game, but could not deal with the pace of Villa’s frontline, including the impressive Yannick Bolasie.
However, it was defender Chester who gave the West Midlanders the lead - the Welshman left with a tap-in as goalkeeper Randolph failed to punch clear.
Villa continued to dominate in the second half and on-loan striker Abraham, fresh from his four goals in the 5-5 draw with Forest, slid in Bolasie’s cross before Whelan capped their superiority thanks to Randolph’s howler.
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