Game #5523
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 December 2019
Watford
3-0
Aston Villa
Premier League
Watford
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 21,348
Lost
18th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Wesley can't find a way through, 28 December 2019
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 December 2019
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-1, (Watford), Troy Deeney
🕒 | HT Watford 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Jota, Sub on, Anwar El Ghazi
🟥 | 57’ Sending off, (Watford), Adrian Mariappa
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Matt Targett, Sub on, Frédéric Guilbert
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 0-2, (Watford, pen), Troy Deeney
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 0-3, (Watford), Ismaïla Sarr
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Henri Lansbury, Sub on, Jonathan Kodjia
🟨 | 90’+6 Booking, Jack Grealish
🕒 | FT Watford 3-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa's difficulties in their first season back in the Premier League reach a new high as they are heavily beaten by 10-man relegation rivals Watford. Having shaken up the midfield Dean Smith had exposed the relative weakness (and slowness) of the available back up to the First XI.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Watford
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2019-20 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Game | #20 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Saturday, 28 December 2019
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 62 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 13 🟥 21 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 Nov 2018, Villa 5-5 Forest (h)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Simon Bennett, Derek Eaton
TEAM NEWS
Villa shake up the midfield bringing in Conor Hourihane, Henri Lansbury (2nd League start) and Jota (4th League start) to replace wingers Anwar El Ghazi, Trézéguet and midfielder Marvelous Nakamba who are all relegated to the bench. Centre back James Chester is promoted to the bench at the expense of Björn Engels who drops out of the squad entirely.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.62 |
Substitute Average Age: | 26.63 |
Oldest Player: GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | 33.73 |
Youngest Player: M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 21.65 |
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Jota | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 |
MANAGER
Nigel Pearson | 🏴 |
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Watford
GK Ben Foster | 🏴 |
CB Adrian Mariappa | 🇯🇲 | 🟥 |
CB Craig Cathcart | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
CB Christian Kabasele | 🇧🇪 |
RB Kiko Femenía | 🇪🇸 |
M Abdoulaye Doucouré | 🇲🇱 |
M Will Hughes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Étienne Capoue | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
W Ismaïla Sarr | 🇸🇳 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Gerard Deulofeu | 🇪🇸 |
CF Troy Deeney | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | for W Jota | 🇪🇸 | 46’ |
🔁 RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | for LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | 66' |
🔁 CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | for M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | 73' |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Nathaniel Chalobah | 🏴 | 🔁 | for M Will Hughes | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | CB Craig Dawson | 🏴 | for M Nathaniel Chalobah | 🏴 | 60’ |
🔁 | CB Adam Masina | 🇲🇦 | for CB Craig Cathcart | 🇬🇧 | 85’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Heurelho Gomes | 🇧🇷 |
M Domingos Quina | 🇵🇹 |
CF Andre Gray | 🇯🇲 |
CF Isaac Success | 🇳🇬 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £85.50m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £24.21m
Team Cost: £109.71m
Squad Cost: £140.58m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 1/18
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £70.38m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £14.84m
Team Cost: £85.22m
Squad Cost: £116.52m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
Homegrown: ⭕/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | £7.92m |
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | £14.04m |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | £4.50m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | £2.70m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | £3.06m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | £9.00m |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Jota | 🇪🇸 | £4.05m |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | £22.50m |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Ben Foster | 🏴 | £2.40m |
GK Heurelho Gomes | 🇧🇷 | Free |
CB Christian Kabasele | 🇧🇪 | £5.96m |
CB Craig Dawson | 🏴 | £5.15m |
CB Adam Masina | 🇲🇦 | £4.29m |
CB Adrian Mariappa | 🇯🇲 | Free |
CB Craig Cathcart | 🇬🇧 | Free |
RB Kiko Femenía | 🇪🇸 | Free |
M Abdoulaye Doucouré | 🇲🇱 | £9.09m |
M Will Hughes | 🏴 | £7.80m |
M Étienne Capoue | 🇫🇷 | £7.64m |
M Nathaniel Chalobah | 🏴 | £5.40m |
M Domingos Quina | 🇵🇹 | £0.94m |
W Ismaïla Sarr | 🇸🇳 | £25.72m |
CF Andre Gray | 🇯🇲 | £17.50m |
CF Isaac Success | 🇳🇬 | £12.86m |
CF Gerard Deulofeu | 🇪🇸 | £11.15m |
CF Troy Deeney | 🏴 | £0.62m |
UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 4 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Hamstring, 2 Nov 2019 [9]
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | 25 Nov 2019 [8]
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | 14 Dec 2019 [5]
M John McGinn | 🏴 | Ankle, 26 Dec 2019 [2]
Out on Loan | 6 |
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Livingston
RB James Bree | 🏴 | Luton
M Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 | Cheltenham
CF Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | Derby
CF Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | Stoke
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 | Coventry
Not Selected | 4 |
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 |
UNAVAILABLE
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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 | 49%
Possession A | 51%
Shots F | 19
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 6
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 16
Fouls A | 9
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Saturday, 28 December 2019*
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