Aston Villa

8-7-5, 31 PTS

Saturday, 1 December 2018

2018-19

8th (-)

Won

3-0

Middlesbrough

9-8-3, 35 PTS

Championship

Riverside Stadium

Attendance: 23,424

🟩 1 Dec 2018, Villa 3-0 Boro, Riverside

Scorer(s) | James Chester | 20’ | Tammy Abraham | 64’ | Glenn Whelan | 83’ |

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2018-2021

🕒 8 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 1 🟥 2 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Game #5469

Match Record

Seasons | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Game | #20 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Saturday, 1 December 2018

Game Record

Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Andy Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hampshire, 2017-2018
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Total 🕒 145 | 🟩 W67 (46% ) | 🟨 D35 | 🇺(70% ) | 🟥 L43 (30% ) | ⚽ 249 | 🥅 178 | GD 71

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: 2003-04

Team News

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

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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.

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

Line Up & Subs

Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2018-2021

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | for W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | 73’ |
🔁 M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | for M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 82’ |
🔁 F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | for CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dominic Revan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Tony Pulis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

🔁 | 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 Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 🇬🇷 |
CB Daniel Ayala | 🇪🇸 |
M George Saville | 🇬🇧 |
M Lewis Wing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Officials

Referee: Andy Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hampshire, 2017-2018

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Villa Bookings

None

Villa Sendings Off

None

Officials

Opposition Bookings

🟨 George Friend

Opposition Sendings Off

None

On This Day

How can we do better next time?

Saturday, 1 December 2018

Matchday Squads

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 |

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 |

Match Stats

Match Media

What they Said

"The visitors were good value for their win, creating the better of the chances, as Middlesbrough struggled going forward."

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.

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |

🕒

✅

18*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

Defenders

LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

🕒

✅

55*

⚽

🔥

🟩

29*

🟨

🟥

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

🕒

115

✅

115*

⚽

🔥

11*

🟩

50*

🟨

🟥

CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

23*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |

🕒

✅

53*

⚽

🔥

🟩

31*

🟨

🟥

Midfielders

M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

17*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

✅

72*

⚽

🔥

11*

🟩

40*

🟨

🟥

M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

131

✅

86*

⚽

🔥

🟩

47*

🟨

🟥

W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Forwards

W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

14*

⚽

🔥

11*

🟩

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 |

🕒

🔁

15*

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

32*

🟨

🟥

M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

🔁

10*

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

25*

🟨

🟥

F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

🔁

27*

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

27*

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

2018-19

First Team Squad

GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 | #921 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #883 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #917 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Burnley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #926 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | #907 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #905 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | #902 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Brescia Calcio 🇮🇹 Retired

DM Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | #909 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Bristol Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

AM Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #929 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Newcastle United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

DM Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | #895 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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 Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #923 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #861 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Peterborough United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Unused Sub |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Millwall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

CB Dominic Revan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #958 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

FC Salisbury 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #889 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Retired

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #838 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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 Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 | #914 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Exeter City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

M Tom Carroll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #928 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | #922 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Al-Sailiya SC 🇶🇦

F Harry McKirdy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Forward

Where are they now?

Crawley Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CF Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #875 |

Forward

Where are they now?

MK Dons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 | #925 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

HNK Hajduk Split 🇭🇷 Retired

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | #920 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Sevilla 🇪🇸

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #893 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Salford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #927 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #903 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CM John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #919 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | #897 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | #924 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Chapecoense 🇧🇷

CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | #896 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | #904 |

Forward

Where are they now?

MK Dons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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