Game #5485
Saturday, 2 March 2019
Attendance: 37,273
Won
Championship
11th (+2)
Derby County
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Villa Park
And so it begins, four goals in 45 minutes, Villa win for the first time in six to light up Villa Park with a performance to match Dean Smith's best.
Aston Villa
4-0
Derby County
Assist(s) | Tammy Abraham | 9' | 44’ | Ahmed Elmohamady | 37’ | Glenn Whelan | 45’+2 |
KEY MAN
New Captain Jack Grealish celebrates scoring on his return to the side, 2 March 2019
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MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Conor Hourihane, Assist by Tammy Abraham
🟨 | 24’ Booking, Conor Hourihane
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 2-0, Tammy Abraham, Assist by Ahmed Elmohamady
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 3-0, Conor Hourihane, Assist by Tammy Abraham
⚽ | 45’+2 Goal, 4-0, Jack Grealish, Assist by Glenn Whelan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-0 Derby County
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Kortney Hause for a bad foul
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Tommy Elphick 🔴, Sub on, Neil Taylor
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Tom Carroll 🔴
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on, André Green
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Derby County
ON THIS DAY
Following the rot stopping result and performance at Stoke in the previous game Villa were truly back on track and back to their best under Dean Smith with a four-goal first half demolition of Derby County. Dean Smith’s Villa had now put 7 goals past the Rams this season.
Dean Smith handed the returning Jack Grealish the captaincy for the first time.
Centre back Tommy Elphick made his final appearance for Villa aged 31 before being released in May 2019. Elphick had made 46 appearances including 7 as substitute and scored once during his 3 season stay with Villa.
Midfielder Tom Carroll made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before returning to Swansea City early from his loan spell due to injury. Carroll made 2 substitute appearances during his month with Villa.
Former Villa ‘keeper Scott Carson lined up for Derby.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Derby County
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75
FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Seasons | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 2 March 2019
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 5 Mar 16, Villa 0-4 Abu Dhabi (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Harry Lennard, Ian Hussin
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Jack Grealish returns to the line up after missing 14 games along with Stoke goal hero Albert Adomah whilst Jonathan Kodjia and Alan Hutton (injury) miss out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.49 |
Oldest Player: M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 35.16 |
Youngest Player: CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | 21.43 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | 🔴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 🔥 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
Derby County
GK Scott Carson (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Ashley Cole | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Fikayo Tomori | 🏴 |
CB Richard Keogh | 🇮🇪 |
RB Andre Wisdom | 🏴 |
M George Evans | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Duane Holmes | 🇺🇸 | 🟨 |
M Max Bird | 🏴 |
W Florian Jozefzoon | 🇸🇷 |
W Mason Bennett | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Jack Marriott | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | for CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 M Tom Carroll | 🏴 | 🔴 | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 71’ |
🔁 W André Green | 🏴 | for W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Scott Malone | 🏴 | for LB Ashley Cole | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | W Harry Wilson | 🏴 | for M George Evans | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | RB Jayden Bogle | 🏴 | for W Mason Bennett | 🏴 | 55’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Kelle Roos | 🇳🇱 |
M Bradley Johnson | 🏴 |
M Jayden Mitchell-Lawson | 🏴 |
CF Martyn Waghorn | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £20.92m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £20.92m
Squad Cost: £43.87m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 2/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 | £5.40m |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | £0.49m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | £3.51m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | Loan |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | Loan |
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 Tom Carroll | 🏴 | Loan |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W André Green | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | Loan |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £9.32m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £9.32m
Squad Cost: £21.08m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/18
Homegrown: 1/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Scott Carson (ex) | 🏴 | Free |
GK Kelle Roos | 🇳🇱 | £0.02m |
RB Andre Wisdom | 🏴 | £1.97m |
LB Ashley Cole | 🏴 | Free |
LB Scott Malone | 🏴 | Free |
RB Jayden Bogle | 🏴 | Free |
CB Richard Keogh | 🇮🇪 | £1.10m |
CB Fikayo Tomori | 🏴 | Loan |
M Bradley Johnson | 🏴 | £6.94m |
M Duane Holmes | 🇺🇸 | £0.67m |
M Max Bird | 🏴 | Youth |
M George Evans | 🏴 | Free |
M Jayden Mitchell-Lawson | 🏴 | Free |
W Florian Jozefzoon | 🇸🇷 | £2.66m |
W Mason Bennett | 🏴 | Youth |
W Harry Wilson | 🏴 | Loan |
CF Martyn Waghorn | 🏴 | £4.80m |
CF Jack Marriott | 🏴 | £2.92m |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
Suspension | 1 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 13 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Small Heath
RB Mitch Clark | 🏴 | Port Vale
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | Kilmarnock
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | Melbourne
CF Ross McCormack | 🏴 | Motherwell
F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | Cambridge
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 | Carlisle
W Corey Blackett-Taylor | 🏴 | Walsall
RB James Bree | 🏴 | Ipswich
M Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 | Cambridge
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | Sheffield United
F Harry McKirdy | 🏴 | Newport
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | Caen
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
M Tom Carroll | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 54%
Possession A | 46%
Shots F | 13
Shots A | 3
Shots on Target F | 6
Shots on Target A | 0
Corners F | 8
Corners A | 1
Fouls F | 5
Fouls A | 14
TABLE
PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Villa boss Dean Smith*
“It was a really good performance. We started very well and had a big chance cleared off the line.
“We’ve had a few of those over recent weeks when it hasn’t quite gone for us, but we scored shortly afterwards which has given everyone a lift.
“We scored some great goals and saw the game out very well. I told them I wanted a clean sheet and I thought if anyone was going to score in the second half, it would have been us.
“We finished comfortable winners and Jack Grealish’s goal topped the display. He is a top footballer and a level-headed lad which is very important.
“He has a long-term contract at the club and giving him the captaincy he can certainly grow.
“He leads by example and, knowing his character, I knew it would not be a burden. It was quite an easy decision for me to make. It was a proud moment for him. Like myself he is a Villa fan and to captain the team and score the goal he obtained topped his performance.”
“Jack’s got great leadership qualities and he’s a Villa boy so I had no qualms about making him captain today. The armband isn’t a burden to him and I thought it’s a good statement for the future and for him. In training he couldn’t hit the target but it was a great goal he scored.”
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 2 March 2019
*Conor Hourihane grabbed a double and Jack Grealish scored a breathtaking volley on his return from injury as Aston Villa thumped a dire Derby County side to get their Championship play-off challenge back on track in style.*
Hourihane started the first-half onslaught when he slotted home after Tammy Abraham’s shot had been saved and Abraham slid in the second soon after.
Derby’s third consecutive defeat in a four-game winless league run was as good as confirmed when Hourihane scored his second from close range.
But the away side’s desperate first half got even worse when Grealish’s thunderous volley found the net from 25 yards to make it 4-0.
Villa, who had gone five games without a win and managed just two league victories in 14, continued to dominate as they coasted to an 11th win in 12 against Derby, with keeper Scott Carson making several fine saves.
Carson, one of six changes to Frank Lampard’s side, continued to be busy behind a sloppy defence that never coped with the movement and pace of Abraham, Hourihane and the captain Grealish.
Abraham’s 21st goal of the season made it 2-0 after a fine cross by Ahmed Elmohamady.
And Abraham was also involved in the third when he outmuscled Richard Keogh, ran on and slipped the ball to Hourihane, who found the net with a composed finish.
Grealish, who left the field to a standing ovation after 70 minutes, then grabbed a sensational fourth when he volleyed in a Glenn Whelan corner for the goal of the day and one of the best seen at Villa Park all season.
Abraham, Grealish and Anwar El Ghazi could all have added to the margin of victory after the break, while Derby’s fans resorted to cheering when they won a second-half corner and saw their side end the match without mustering a shot on target.
*Aston Villa manager Dean Smith told BBC WM 95.6*: “It was a really good performance. We started very well and had a big chance cleared off the line.
“We’ve had a few of those over recent weeks when it hasn’t quite gone for us, but we scored shortly afterwards which has given everyone a lift.
“We scored some great goals and saw the game out very well. I told them I wanted a clean sheet and I thought if anyone was going to score in the second half, it would have been us.
“Jack’s got great leadership qualities and he’s a Villa boy so I had no qualms about making him captain today. The armband isn’t a burden to him and I thought it’s a good statement for the future and for him. In training he couldn’t hit the target but it was a great goal he scored.”
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*The Guardian*
Saturday, 2 March 2019
Jack Grealish imperious on his return in Aston Villa’s thrashing of Derby
A Jack Grealish-inspired Aston Villa romped to a one-sided victory over an injury-hit Derby, who slumped to their 11th defeat in 12 games at Villa Park. The talented midfielder was in outstanding form on his return to first-team duty and lit up Villa’s easy win and his own display with a brilliant goal from 25 yards.
Villa completely dominated the game, sealing the victory with a blitz of goals in the first half, two of them coming from Conor Hourihane and one apiece from Tammy Abraham and Grealish. The belated return of Grealish, who was named as Villa’s captain, produced an immediate improvement.
Villa had won just two of their 13 games without Grealish but completed a well-deserved double over Frank Lampard’s side, who slipped to their third successive defeat. Derby, showing six changes from the side beaten in midweek by Nottingham Forest, came under pressure from the off and there was an ominous warning of what lay in store, with only poor finishing by Hourihane saved them from falling behind in the opening five minutes.
The Irishman made amends in the ninth minute, however. Derby’s goalkeeper Scott Carson was left stranded in the middle of the penalty area when Abraham nudged the ball back into the middle to the unmarked Hourihane, who had the simplest of tasks to turn the ball into the empty net. Carson continued to have an anxious time behind a Derby defence that opened up far too easily, and Villa should have increased their lead in the 18th minute when Albert Adomah casually lofted his shot over the bar with the opposition defence badly wrongfooted.
As it was, Derby struggled to find their promotion-chasing form. Eventually Duane Holmes began to make an impact, setting up several promising attacks to expose Villa’s uncertain defence. But in the 37th minute Derby’s rearguard was again stretched and a long, low crossfield pass was turned into the net at the far post by the sliding Abraham.
With Derby’s defence being torn to shreds, a Grealish-led Villa attack notched their third goal in the 44th minute. Abraham again unselfishly set up Hourihane to score his second goal from close range.
The coup de grâce for Derby’s hopes came in the second minute of added time in the first half. Glenn Whelan’s corner from the left was delivered directly to the edge of the penalty area where Grealish met it with a ferocious right‑footed volley into the far top corner.
Villa calmly closed out the win in the second half, with the day marred only by the sight of the defender Tommy Elphick departing the pitch on a stretcher. Grealish was substituted with 20 minutes left to a standing ovation as Villa’s fans revelled in an almost perfect afternoon.
The Villa manager Dean Smith said: “We finished comfortable winners and Jack Grealish’s goal topped the display. He is a top footballer and a level-headed lad which is very important.
Explaining why he made Grealish captain after such a long time out, Smith said: “He has a long-term contract at the club and giving him the captaincy he can certainly grow.
“He leads by example and, knowing his character, I knew it would not be a burden. It was quite an easy decision for me to make. It was a proud moment for him. Like myself he is a Villa fan and to captain the team and score the goal he obtained topped his performance.”
Despite the win, Smith refused to discuss Villa’s prospects of making the play-offs, with his side now six points off the top six.