Game #5474
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 December 2018
Drew
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
Championship
Attendance: 19,126
Preston North End
Deepdale
Preston North End
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Glenn Whelan | 45’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa are held at Deepdale but now have just one defeat in ten under Dean Smith as they end 2018 in highly satisfactory fashion after a difficult start to the season under Steve Bruce.
KEY MAN
Tammy Abraham celebrates hits his 14th of the season, 29 December 2018
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 December 2018
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-0, Tammy Abraham, Assist by Glenn Whelan
🕒 | HT Preston North End 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 59’ Booking, Tammy Abraham for a bad foul
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End), Lukas Nmecha
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Yannick Bolasie, Sub on, Albert Adomah
🟨 | 70’ Booking, Alan Hutton for a bad foul
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Glenn Whelan, Sub on, Birkir Bjarnason
🕒 | FT Preston North End 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Despite Tammy Abraham's 14th goal of the season Villa can only draw with Preston and finish the year in 9th place. Dean Smith's 2018 with Villa read P13 W6 D4 L3 compared to his predecessors' P13 W4 D5 L4.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Preston North End
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Seasons | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Game | #25 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Saturday, 29 December 2018
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Geoff Eltringham | 🏴 | County Durham, 2009-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 13 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Geoff Eltringham | 🏴 | County Durham, 2009-
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 Nov 17, Villa 1-2 Wednesday (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: James Wilson, Shaun Hudson
Geoff Eltringham
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Preston North End
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Dean Smith names an unchanged lined up from the team that beat Swansea City two days earlier.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.86 |
Oldest Player: M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 34.98 |
Youngest Player: RB James Bree | 🏴 | 21.06 |
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB James Bree | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | 🔁 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Alex Neil | 🏴 |
Preston North End
GK Declan Rudd | 🏴 |
LB Andrew Hughes | 🏴 |
CB Jordan Storey | 🏴 |
CB Paul Huntington | 🏴 |
RB Tom Clarke | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Daniel Johnson (ex) | 🇯🇲 | 🟨 |
M Paul Gallagher | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Ryan Ledson | 🏴 |
W Graham Burke (ex) | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
W Thomas Barkhuizen | 🏴 |
CF Lukas Nmecha | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | for W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | 68’ |
🔁 M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | for M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Darnell Fisher | 🏴 | for RB Tom Clarke | 🏴 | 85’ |
🔁 | M Adam O’Reilly | 🇮🇪 | for W Graham Burke (ex) | 🇮🇪 | 89’ |
🔁 | W Ethan Walker | 🏴 | for M Paul Gallagher | 🏴 | 89’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
CB Dominic Revan | 🏴 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 |
CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Crowe | 🏴 |
RB Calum Woods | 🏴 |
M Jack Baxter | 🏴 |
CF Connor Simpson | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £34.83m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £4.95m
Team Cost: £39.78m
Squad Cost: £60.84m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 1/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB James Bree | 🏴 | £3.15m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Dominic Revan | 🏴 | Youth |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | £1.80m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | Loan |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | Loan |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £2.07m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £2.07m
Squad Cost: £2.07m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/18
Homegrown: 2/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Declan Rudd | 🏴 | £0.98m |
GK Michael Crowe | 🏴 | Free |
LB Andrew Hughes | 🏴 | Free |
RB Tom Clarke | 🏴 | Free |
RB Darnell Fisher | 🏴 | Free |
RB Calum Woods | 🏴 | Free |
CB Jordan Storey | 🏴 | £0.73m |
CB Paul Huntington | 🏴 | Free |
M Daniel Johnson (ex) | 🇯🇲 | £0.06m |
M Jack Baxter | 🏴 | Youth |
M Ryan Ledson | 🏴 | Free |
M Adam O’Reilly | 🇮🇪 | Free |
M Paul Gallagher | 🏴 | Free |
W Graham Burke (ex) | 🇮🇪 | £0.30m |
W Thomas Barkhuizen | 🏴 | Free |
W Ethan Walker | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Connor Simpson | 🏴 | Free |
CF Lukas Nmecha | 🇩🇪 | Loan |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 10 |
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
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Stratford Town
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 | 61%
Possession A | 39%
Shots F | 15
Shots A | 14
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 5
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 14
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Villa boss Dean Smith*
”I’m disappointed with our performance. We did not deserve to win based on the amount of big chances that we gave away. I thought that defensively we weren’t great, and on the ball also. We played well in the first half in certain elements but every time we got forward, the ball was turned over and they created a chance.
“They created numerous chances with simple balls over the top and we didn’t deal with that. I know we have issues with defenders out injured and we had three right-backs playing, but we have to deal with this type of play better. They’ve had big chances but so have we, in the late stages. We had a great chance right at the end with Bjarnarson, for example.”
*Sky Sports*
Saturday, 29 December 2018
Preston sealed a valuable 1-1 draw against Aston Villa at Deepdale.
On-loan Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham’s 14th goal of the season put Villa in front in the first half before Lukas Nmecha’s close-range finish after the break - which took a deflection off Ahmed Elmohamady but the Preston striker claimed as his own - ensured the shares were spoiled.
The result ends Preston’s run of two defeats in Championship action over the festive period, as promotion-chasing Villa picked up a third draw in their last five league matches.
The hosts flew out of the traps, with Jordan Storey hitting the bar after just two minutes - as Villa failed to clear a corner - before Tom Barkhuizen lofted a half-volley over the bar a minute later.
Both sides struggled to generate any fluency in the opening 45 minutes, with Abraham frequently isolated for the visitors and Nmecha finding it difficult against an experienced Villa defence.
Graham Burke almost sparked the contest into life on 33 minutes, latching onto Daniel Johnson’s chipped pass, but Orjan Nyland reacted well to tip his volley wide.
Abraham created a half-chance on 42 minutes, jinking past two Preston challenges and into the area before curling an effort over the bar.
But Dean Smith’s side made the breakthrough on the stroke of half-time, as Glenn Whelan’s whipped corner found its way to Abraham at the back post, who nodded home from close range.
The second period began with a flurry of chances, with Nyland saving well with his legs from Nmecha before Declan Rudd was called into action to repel Conor Hourihane’s long-range strike.
Preston grabbed an equaliser on the hour mark, as Nmecha bundled home a cross from Johnson from a yard out - with the aid of Elmohamady.
The Manchester City loanee looked determined to score a second goal, curling wide from 25 yards on 65 minutes and being denied by a last-ditch James Bree tackle two minutes later.
Barhuizen then hit the post from just inside the area from Johnson’s through ball before blazing the rebound wide from a tight angle, as Preston pushed for a winner.
Villa remained a threat in the closing stages and Anwar El Ghazi forced Rudd into a smart save on 79 minutes.
Smith’s side almost stole all three points at the death as substitute Birkir Bjarnason lashed over the bar from close range on 90 minutes and Rudd then denied the Iceland international in added time.
*Villa boss Dean Smith*
”I’m disappointed with our performance. We did not deserve to win based on the amount of big chances that we gave away. I thought that defensively we weren’t great, and on the ball also. We played well in the first half in certain elements but every time we got forward, the ball was turned over and they created a chance.
“They created numerous chances with simple balls over the top and we didn’t deal with that. I know we have issues with defenders out injured and we had three right-backs playing, but we have to deal with this type of play better. They’ve had big chances but so have we, in the late stages. We had a great chance right at the end with Bjarnarson, for example.”
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