Game #5550
Thursday, 1 October 2020
Attendance: Behind closed doors
(COVID-19)
Lost
League Cup
4th Round
Stoke
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Villa Park
Second string Villa lose to struggling Championship side Stoke as a couple of Villa careers come to an end.
Aston Villa
0-1
Stoke
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Ollie Watkins and Villa struggled to breakthrough against lower league Stoke City, 1 October 2020
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-1, (Stoke City), Sam Vokes
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Stoke City
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Kortney Hause, Sub on, Ezri Konsa
🟨 | 59’ Booking, Keinan Davis for a bad foul
🟨 | 65’ Booking, Jacob Ramsey for a bad foul
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Ollie Watkins
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Bertrand Traoré, Sub on, Jota 🔴
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Stoke City
ON THIS DAY
Winger Jota made his final appearance for Villa aged 29 before having his contract terminated by mutual agreement later this week. Jota had made 16 appearances for the club since joining in July 2019 and scored once.
Midfielder Henri Lansbury made his final appearance for Villa aged 29 before moving on to Bristol City in January 2021. Since joining the club in January 2017, Lansbury made 53 appearances, scoring twice.
Villa failed to score for the first time in 10 EFL Cup matches, this after having scored 26 goals across their previous nine fixtures beforehand.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Stoke
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2020-21 |
Matchday | #5 |
Manager Game | #89 |
Thursday, 1 October 2020
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Robert Jones | 🏴 | Merseyside, 2016-
Kick off: 7.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Robert Jones | 🏴 | Merseyside, 2016-
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟩 30 Mar 19, Villa 2-1 Blackburn (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Darren Cann, Scott Ledger
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Dean Smith names the same starting line up that beat Bristol City in the previous round meaning 11 changes from the side that beat Fulham on Monday.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.80 |
Oldest Player: RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 33.08 |
Youngest Player: M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 19.36 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
Michael O’Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | 🔴 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | 🔁 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Stoke
GK Adam Davies | 🏴 |
LB Josh Tymon | 🏴 |
CB Bruno Martins Indi | 🇳🇱 |
CB Harry Souttar | 🇦🇺 |
CB Nathan Collins | 🇮🇪 |
M John Mikel Obi | 🇳🇬 |
M Jordan Thompson | 🇬🇧 |
M Nick Powell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Jacob Brown | 🏴 |
CF Tyrese Campbell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Sam Vokes | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | for CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | 58' |
🔁 CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | for M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 71' |
🔁 W Jota | 🇪🇸 | 🔴 | for W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | 77' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Tommy Smith | 🏴 | for CF Tyrese Campbell | 🏴 | 70’ |
🔁 | CF Steven Fletcher | 🏴 | for CF Sam Vokes | 🏴 | 70’ |
🔁 | M Tashan Oakley-Boothe | 🏴 | for M Nick Powell | 🏴 | 75’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Blondy Nna Noukeu | 🇨🇲 |
CB Danny Batth | 🏴 |
W Tom Ince | 🏴 |
CF Lee Gregory | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £47.20m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £43.74m
Team Cost: £90.94m
Squad Cost: £128.79m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 1/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 | £5.40m |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | £0.49m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 | £14.18m |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | £4.50m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
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 Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | £16.56m |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Jota | 🇪🇸 | £4.05m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £27.72m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £18.47m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £3.82m
Team Cost: £22.29m
Squad Cost: £34.86m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 1/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Adam Davies | 🏴 | Free |
GK Blondy Nna Noukeu | 🇨🇲 | Free |
LB Josh Tymon | 🏴 | Free |
RB Tommy Smith | 🏴 | £3.82m |
CB Bruno Martins Indi | 🇳🇱 | £6.61m |
CB Harry Souttar | 🇦🇺 | £3.11m |
CB Danny Batth | 🏴 | £2.96m |
CB Nathan Collins | 🇮🇪 | Free |
M John Mikel Obi | 🇳🇬 | Free |
M Jordan Thompson | 🇬🇧 | Free |
M Nick Powell | 🏴 | Free |
M Tashan Oakley-Boothe | 🏴 | Free |
W Tom Ince | 🏴 | £9.61m |
CF Sam Vokes | 🏴 | £6.86m |
CF Jacob Brown | 🏴 | £1.89m |
CF Tyrese Campbell | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Steven Fletcher | 🏴 | Free |
CF Lee Gregory | 🏴 | Free |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | Knee, ACL
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | Knee, ACL
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 | Thigh
Cup Tied | 1 |
M Ross Barkley | 🏴 |
Not Selected | 7 |
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 |
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
W Jota | 🇪🇸 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 | Final Squad Appearance |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 62%
Possession A | 38%
Shots F | 17
Shots A | 12
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 15
Fouls A | 9
TABLE
PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Villa boss Dean Smith*
*Thursday 1 October 2020*
"It's a massive missed opportunity and I said that to the players. I don't often get into them at half-time but I did today because we were that poor in the first half.
"With the tempo we played at it was a lacklustre first half and an awful performance. The first-half performance was way below the standards.
"We got rewarded (at Bristol City) last week and rightly so. What I expected was a similar performance but we were too lacklustre and made too many mistakes on the ball."
*BBC Sport*
*Thursday 1 October 2020*
"Stoke beat Villa to reach Quarter Finals"
Championship side Stoke will host Tottenham in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup after beating last season's finalists Aston Villa in the fourth round.
Sam Vokes scored the game's only goal in the first half - the veteran striker heading home following a corner.
A much-changed Villa, beaten by Manchester City in the 2019-20 final, struggled for clear cut chances.
Anwar El Ghazi went closest but shot straight at goalkeeper Adam Davies.
Stoke, who beat Wolves - another top-flight outfit - in the second round, were good value for their win as they continued their positive start to the season.
The Potters have lost just once in seven games in all competitions, winning four of their past five.
Vokes caused the Villa defence plenty of problems with his physicality, missing the chance to get his second of the game when he headed wide in the second half.
Substitute Ollie Watkins had a shot pushed over by Stoke keeper Davies as Villa tried to find an equaliser in the closing stages but the visitors defended well to secure their place in the last eight.
Aston Villa boss Dean Smith: "It's a massive missed opportunity and I said that to the players. I don't often get into them at half-time but I did today because we were that poor in the first half.
"With the tempo we played at it was a lacklustre first half and an awful performance. The first-half performance was way below the standards.
"We got rewarded (at Bristol City) last week and rightly so. What I expected was a similar performance but we were too lacklustre and made too many mistakes on the ball."
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