Game #5581
Aston Villa
Sunday, 25 April 2021
Drew
11th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
Premier League
Attendance: Behind closed doors
(COVID-19)
West Bromwich Albion
Villa Park
Villa need a last gasp equaliser to scrape a point against relegated Albion.
Aston Villa
2-2
West Brom
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Keinan Davis scores his first Premier League goal on 90'+2, 25 April 2021
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 25 April 2021
⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Anwar El Ghazi (pen)
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 1-1, (West Bromwich Albion, pen), Costa Pereira
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-2, (West Bromwich Albion), Tyrone Mings o.g.
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Ross Barkley, Sub on, Keinan Davis
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Bertrand Traoré, Sub on, Wesley
⚽ | 90’+2, Goal, 2-2, Keinan Davis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 West Bromwich Albion
ON THIS DAY
Winger Anwar El-Ghazi makes his 100th appearance and scored his 20th goal for the club since joining from LOSC Lille on an initial loan on Wednesday, 22 August 2018.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
West Bromwich Albion
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68
FIXTURE HISTORY
West Bromwich Albion
Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2020-21 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #119 |
Sunday, 25 April 2021
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Stuart Attwell | 🏴 | Nuneaton, 2007-
Kick off: 7.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 119 | 🟩 | 48 🟨 | 25 🟥 46 | 1.42
Career Form:
Top 8
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Stuart Attwell | 🏴 | Nuneaton, 2007-
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 Dec 20, Villa 1-1 Chelsea (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Daniel Cook, Neil Davies
Stuart Attwell
CARDS
Villa
None
West Bromwich Albion
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Captain Jack Grealish is once again ruled out through injury - his 10th consecutive absence and longest run out of the side since February 2019 (14 games). Trézéguet (Return 2021-22), and Morgan Sanson are injured and Matty Cash suspended for his red card in the previous game. Ahmed Elmohamady comes in for his 126th appearance in claret and blue.
Marvelous Nakamba drops out and Ross Barkley is a surprise starter - his first in 9 games, whilst Anwar El Ghazi replaces Jacob Ramsey.
19 year-old winger Jaden Philogene-Bidace is named in the squad for the second time whilst Carney Chukwuemeka misses out.
Wesley returns to a match day squad for the first time in 481 days after his ACL injury.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.68 |
Oldest Player: RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 33.65 |
Youngest Player: M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 22.98 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
Sam Allardyce | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 |
West Bromwich Albion
GK Sam Johnstone (ex) | 🏴 |
RB Darnell Furlong | 🏴 |
CB Kyle Bartley | 🏴 |
CB Semi Ajayi | 🇳🇬 |
LB Conor Townsend | 🏴 |
M Conor Gallagher | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ainsley Maitland-Niles | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Okay Yokuşlu | 🇹🇷 | 🟨 |
M Matheus Pereira | 🇧🇷 | ⚽
CF Callum Robinson (ex) | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Mbaye Diagne | 🇸🇳 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | for M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 78' |
🔁 CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | ⚽ | for M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | 82' |
🔁 CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | for W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | 90'+1 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Matt Phillips | 🏴 | for CF Callum Robinson (ex) | 🇮🇪 | 67’ |
🔁 | CB Dara O’Shea | 🇮🇪 | for M Ainsley Maitland-Niles | 🏴 | 86’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK David Button | 🏴 |
RB Lee Peltier | 🏴 |
M Romaine Sawyers | 🇰🇳 |
M Jake Livermore | 🏴 |
W Grady Diangana | 🏴 |
CF Hal Robson-Kanu | 🏴 |
CF Karlan Grant | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £129.91m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £22.50m
Team Cost: £152.41m
Squad Cost: £181.03m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/20
Homegrown: 2/20
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £19.58m |
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | £7.92m |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | £14.04m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | £20.60m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 | £7.20m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | £2.70m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | Loan |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | £9.00m |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £27.72m |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | £22.50m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £20.86m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £5.60m
Team Cost: £26.46m
Squad Cost: £66.18m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/20
Homegrown: ⭕/20
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Sam Johnstone (ex) | 🏴 | £6.30m |
GK David Button | 🏴 | £0.94m |
RB Darnell Furlong | 🏴 | £1.46m |
LB Conor Townsend | 🏴 | £0.72m |
RB Lee Peltier | 🏴 | Free |
CB Kyle Bartley | 🏴 | £3.86m |
CB Semi Ajayi | 🇳🇬 | £1.42m |
CB Dara O’Shea | 🇮🇪 | Free |
M Jake Livermore | 🏴 | £9.87m |
M Matheus Pereira | 🇧🇷 | £7.10m |
M Romaine Sawyers | 🇰🇳 | £2.75m |
M Okay Yokuşlu | 🇹🇷 | Free |
M Conor Gallagher | 🏴 | Loan |
M Ainsley Maitland-Niles | 🏴 | Loan |
W Grady Diangana | 🏴 | £12.00m |
W Matt Phillips | 🏴 | £5.60m |
CF Karlan Grant | 🏴 | £14.16m |
CF Hal Robson-Kanu | 🏴 | Free |
CF Callum Robinson (ex) | 🇮🇪 | Loan |
CF Mbaye Diagne | 🇸🇳 | Loan |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Leg
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Knee
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | Ligament
Suspension | 1 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 3 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | Swansea
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | Strasbourg
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 | Hajduk Split
Not Selected | 1 |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
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 | 70%
Possession A | 30%
Shots F | 24
Shots A | 10
Shots on Target F | 11
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 11
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 14
Fouls A | 9
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
Post Match
*Sunday, 25 April 2021*
*Villa manager Dean Smith*
"I do think a point was the least we deserved. It would have been a travesty if we lost this game today. Especially to a farcical penalty and an own goal.
"We started well and I think our finishing let us down.
"I don't see what part of West Brom's penalty is a penalty. I just don't see it.
"I'm really pleased for Keinan [Davies], he's a really hardworking boy. That first Premier League goal will do him the world of good.
"We've just played Liverpool and Man City and we pushed both of them. At Liverpool it was a last-minute goal and against City well they're Man City. We fully deserved at least a draw today."
"It would have been a travesty if we lost, that's for sure. We controlled the game, had a really good start. We scored the penalty, got given one against us, not sure why. I think I will have to prepare the lads for a non-contact season next season. I think there must have been a major gust of wind that blew him over [for their penalty].
"I thought we controlled the ball really well, we moved it well and caused them problems. You would not have thought it was West Brom who were fighting for their lives. We showed we can be a team when Jack's not playing.
"We showed a lot of character. We have to do a bit better from our set pieces but overall it was a better performance from us."
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*Sunday, 25 April 2021*
*Goalscorer Keinan Davis*
"It was great to get my first goal. To pick up a point was good.
"Before I went on, the coach was telling me to sniff around their defence.
"It's about time I scored. I'm delighted.
"The gaffer has put it in our heads to keep going and to end the season how we started it."
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*BBC Sport*
*Sunday, 25 April 2021*
West Brom's faint hopes of avoiding relegation suffered a significant setback after substitute Keinan Davis scored a 92nd-minute equaliser for Aston Villa.
The Baggies fell behind when Anwar El Ghazi marked his return to the side by firing Villa ahead from the penalty spot after Semi Ajayi had clipped Ross Barkley.
They were then awarded a penalty of their own, Matheus Pereira beating Emiliano Martinez to equalise after Ezri Konsa caught Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
Brazilian forward Pereira then hit the bar from a free-kick after creating chances for Okay Yokuslu and Maitland-Niles before Mbaye Diagne's deflected finish off Tyrone Mings looked to have sealed a third win in four games.
But Davis pounced in the closing moments for his first Premier League goal after a defensive mix-up to deny the Baggies, who are now nine points from safety with five games remaining.
West Brom's players dropped to their knees when referee Stuart Attwell blew for full time after seeing three points ripped from their grasp by Davis' dramatic goal.
They had shown tremendous character to bounce back from Thursday's tame defeat at Leicester and come from behind to lead their West Midlands rivals at Villa Park.
West Brom started this game 10 points from safety following Burnley's handsome victory at Wolves earlier on Sunday and could quite easily have collapsed after El Ghazi's ninth minute penalty.
Instead they clawed their way back with Pereira outstanding, the former Sporting Lisbon player scoring one, hitting the bar and setting up several chances for his team-mates.
At the other end Sam Johnstone, whose long clearance led to the second goal, produced a huge save to stop England striker Ollie Watkins from equalising.
But they could not hold on and face a quick return to the Championship one season after winning automatic promotion with Leeds although Sam Allardyce is not conceding defeat just yet.
"We put it to the lads the teams who have got out of this position and there are about six of them," said the Baggies boss.
"It means winning a lot of games in your last few but five or six teams have done that.
"People might have looked at the team and thought 'are they going to go under?' but we didn't."
Wesley enjoys Villa return
Despite Davis' equaliser, it is now one win in eight games for an Aston Villa side who continue to miss their influential captain Jack Grealish.
Villa's season is fizzling out but there were positives for Dean Smith despite their failure to secure maximum points against their struggling neighbours.
While it remains unclear when Grealish will be back, Brazilian striker Wesley got his first taste of action 480 days after he suffered a serious knee injury.
Davis has his first top-flight goal in his 29th appearance which pleased his manager.
"It was a good moment for Keinan, he is a well-respected and liked player," said Smith. "He has needed that goal and it has given him a great boost."
Mid-table Villa have taken just six points from the last 24 on offer but against West Brom they at least showed they are prepared to battle to the end.
Smith knows he has work to do to improve his squad this summer but this has been a highly satisfactory season for Villa after surviving relegation on the final day of last season.
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