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Game #5584

Aston Villa

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Thursday, 13 May 2021

11th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
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 Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2018-2021
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Substitutes:

🔁 RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | for RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 45’+2 |
🔁 M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65’ |
🔁 M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | 72’ |

Unused Substitutes:

GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |
M Carney Chukwuemeka | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 |

🟨 Bertrand Traoré, Simulation
🟨 John McGinn, Bad foul

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Matchday Squad:

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £19.58m |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.49m |

RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £14.18m |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £14.04m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |

CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £20.60m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £11.97m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £2.70m |

M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £2.79m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Carney Chukwuemeka | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | £16.56m |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | £22.50m |

Injury | 3 |
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Knee, 10 Apr 2021 [6]
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | Ligament, 21 Apr 2021 [5]
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Head, 13 May 2021 [1]

Suspension | 1 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 3 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | Swansea
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | Strasbourg
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 | Hajduk Split

Not Selected | 2 |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Captain Jack Grealish returns to the squad for the first time in three months having missed 12 games through injury,

​Trézéguet and Morgan Sanson remain on the sidelines with the former suffering a season ending injury.

​Ollie Watkins is banned and misses his first game for Villa with Keinan Davis filling in for his first League start of the season. Jed Steer is recalled to the squad in place of the injured Tom Heaton.

Starting XI Average Age: | 25.64 |
Oldest Player: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 28.71 |
Youngest Player: M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 23.03 |

  • Villa are held to a goalless draw at home to leave them with three wins in fourteen under Dean Smith.

  • Emiliano Martínez keeps his 15th clean sheet on his 35th appearance in a Villa shirt to equal the club record 15 clean sheets in a single Premier League Season set by Brad Friedel in 2009-10 and make it W14 D7 L14, 41 Goals Concededat 1.17 goals per game and and 15 Clean Sheets (43%) so far in his Villa career.

  • Ross Barkley makes his 24th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (18 Starts) before returning to Chelsea at the end of his loan spell, leaving with a record of W7 D5 L12, 3 Goals and 1 Assist.

  • Bertrand Traoré collects his first booking in a Villa shirt on his 35th appearance (28 Starts) to make it W13 D7 L15, 7 Goals, 5 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

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Drew

0-0

🟨 13 May 2021, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

🟨 | 43’ Booking, Bertrand Traoré, Simulation
🔁 | 45’+2 Sub off, Matty Cash, Sub on, Ahmed Elmohamady
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Ross Barkley, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Bertrand Traoré, Sub on, Jack Grealish
🟨 | 90’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad foul
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton

Season | 2020-21 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #122 |
Thursday, 13 May 2021

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Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Riding, 2006-2021
Kick off: 6.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Riding, 2006-2021
Assistants: Daniel Cook, Constantine Hatzidakis

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

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Possession F | 58%
Possession A | 42%
Shots F | 13
Shots A | 15
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 9
Corners A | 1
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 12

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

🔴 M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 | 🕒 24 | 18 (6) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 3 | #950 |

Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2018-2021

🕒 122 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 | 26 🟥 46 | 1.44

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
35
🟩
14
🟨
0
35*
🟨
7*
🟥
0
0
🟥
14
0
🥅
15*
41
LB Matt Targett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
67
🟩
24
🟨
11
66*
🟨
14*
🟥
0
2
🟥
29
3
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
65
🟩
25
🟨
9
62*
🟨
13*
🟥
0
4
🟥
27
3
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
89
🟩
35
🟨
19
89*
🟨
19*
🟥
2
6
🟥
35
4
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
28
🟩
13
🟨
8
28*
🟨
3*
🟥
1
0
🟥
12
2
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
108
🟩
40
🟨
27*
105*
🟨
29*
🟥
0
12
🟥
39
16
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
104
🟩
36
🟨
11
79*
🟨
25*
🟥
1
21
🟥
43
13
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
84
🟩
33
🟨
3
28*
🟨
21*
🟥
0
6
🟥
30
6
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
26
🟩
11
🟨
2
18*
🟨
5*
🟥
0
0
🟥
10
1
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
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Player Profile
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
74
🟩
26
🟨
19
65*
🟨
14*
🟥
1
3
🟥
34
5
M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
24
🟩
7
🟨
0
18*
🟨
5*
🟥
0
3
🟥
12
1
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
35
🟩
13
🟨
1*
28*
🟨
7*
🟥
0
7
🟥
15
5
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
127
🟩
58
🟨
7
27*
🟨
32*
🟥
0
4
🟥
38
16
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
210
🟩
82
🟨
34
48*
🟨
43*
🟥
2
32
🟥
85
38
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
🟨
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🟥
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Player Profile

Premier League

Everton

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Villa Park

Attendance: Behind closed doors
(COVID-19)

GK Jordan Pickford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 |
CB Mason Holgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Michael Keane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ben Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Séamus Coleman | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Allan | 🇧🇷 |
M Gylfi Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Abdoulaye Doucouré | 🇲🇱 |
CF Richarlison | 🇧🇷 |
CF Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Carlo Ancelotti | 🇮🇹 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | M André Gomes | 🇵🇹 | for M Gylfi Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | 67’ |
🔁 | W Alex Iwobi | 🇳🇬 | for RB Séamus Coleman | 🇮🇪 | 75’ |

Unused Substitutes:

GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
GK João Virgínia | 🇵🇹 |
LB Niels Nkounkou | 🇫🇷 |
M Tom Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fabian Delph (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joshua King | 🇳🇴 |

🟨 Gylfi Sigurðsson

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994-95

Matchday Squad:

GK Jordan Pickford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £25.65m |
GK João Virgínia | 🇵🇹 | Free |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | Loan |

LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £18.18m |
LB Niels Nkounkou | 🇫🇷 | £0.23m |
RB Seamus Coleman | 🇮🇪 | £0.06m |

CB Michael Keane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £25.65m |
CB Ben Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £24.75m |
CB Mason Holgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1.26m |

M Gylfi Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | £42.40m |
M André Gomes | 🇵🇹 | £22.50m |
M Allan Marques Loureiro | 🇧🇷 | £21.24m |
M Abdoulaye Doucouré | 🇲🇱 | £19.89m |
M Fabian Delph (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £8.15m |
M Tom Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

W Alex Iwobi | 🇳🇬 | £27.36m |

CF Richarlison | 🇧🇷 | £35.28m |
CF Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1.62m |
F Joshua King | 🇳🇴 | Free |

Not Recorded

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Pre Match
*Villa manager Dean Smith*
*Thursday, 13 May 2021*

​“For all of us it is a big boost [having Jack Grealish back].

“He is a top player and to have had him out for almost a third of a season is probably a big reason why we have been so inconsistent.

“It is vital for himself to show he is fit and raring to go for the Euros, should he be picked.”
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Post Match
*Thursday, 13 May 2021*
*Villa manager Dean Smith*

​”I thought we controlled the ball well in the first half without creating chances. The second half was a bit scrappy. It started as a basketball game but we never took the control we wanted. They had the later chances.

“JJ [Jacob Ramsey] coming on and Jack [Grealish] helped us. We looked like we could create something in final third. That was what was missing for us.

“Another clean sheet, we haven’t had one for six or seven games. Never say die attitude from the players. They continued to show that and will do for last three games.

“We knew he [Emiliano Martinez] would be important for us. He’s done really well. With Tom Heaton injured at the start of the season we needed someone. He’s made it his number one jersey.”

On Grealish:

“The medical staff said [bring him on at minute] 75 but I twisted their arm to get a few more minutes out of him. I felt we were flat in the final third and needed a spark. He won’t be ready to start at Crystal Palace.”

On Matty Cash’s injury:

“Whether it’s a recurrence I don’t know. He felt his hamstring. That will probably rule him out for the rest of the season.”

On Tyrone Mings’ injury:

“Him and Emi [Martinez] collided. He’s a tough old cookie. He should be OK.

​”At the end of the game we were [hanging on a bit]. I thought we had good control of the game in the first half. I think what will annoy myself and Carlo [Ancelotti] is that there were not too many good chances in the game.”

On Jack Grealish’s return:

”It is really good to see, he has been training well but we have had to manage it. I had an agreement with the medical staff today, twisted their arm to get an extra five minutes out of him.

“We will see how he feels, we will be looking to get him a 90 minutes somewhere, Palace next he won’t be ready for 90 minutes.”

On Matty Cash injury:

”It will probably put him out for the rest of the season. Disappointing for him.”

On Emi Martinez’s club clean sheet record:

”It is a great credit to him. It is a great signing for us and we knew that at the start of the season. He will be the first as well to thank the team for protecting him as well and making big chances become comfortable saves for him but it has been a team effort.”

​On Douglas Luiz:

“He’s really important. Tonight, he was good. He kept the ball ticking but I think he can be a little bit more progressive at times on the ball.

“The last five minutes he played two forward balls on the spin and put (Everton) under pressure and we want to see that a lot more.”
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​Everton's hopes of finishing in the Premier League's European places suffered a blow as they played out a goalless draw at Aston Villa.

​In an uninspiring contest devoid of quality Tyrone Mings headed Villa's best chance wide from Douglas Luiz's cross.

​Subdued for long periods of the first half, Everton improved after the break, with Ben Godfrey drawing a save from home goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez from Gylfi Sigurdsson's free-kick.

​Andre Gomes wastefully lashed a left-footed effort over the bar as the visitors chased a winner but Martinez was rarely called upon, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin's late header his only other save of note.

​The result leaves Carlo Ancelotti's side eight points adrift of Chelsea in fourth, with West Ham, Liverpool and Tottenham all better placed to qualify for Europe.

​Villa, who welcomed captain Jack Grealish back from injury as a second-half substitute, remain 11th in the table.

Everton's missed opportunity

Everton arrived at Villa Park hoping to maintain their fine away record that accounted for 65% of their Premier League points this term.

​And while there was the added incentive of gaining revenge against a Villa side that won at Goodison Park 12 days ago, they only showed sporadic flashes of attacking ambition.

​Abdoulaye Doucoure, Richarlison, Michael Keane and Calvert-Lewin all failed to convert when presented with good chances, with Martinez producing an outstanding save to keep out the England forward's header.

​Four draws and defeat in their last seven matches points to a side that has always seemed to be chasing others above them without ever being able to apply any serious pressure.

​While they again looked solid defensively - restricting the hosts to just two efforts on target - Ancelotti's side will need to show more attacking ambition in their final three fixtures against Sheffield United, Wolves and Manchester City.

​Martinez and Grealish buoy Villa

In a game where Villa displayed few moments of real quality, the return of Grealish offered a timely boost to Villa boss Dean Smith and England manager Gareth Southgate, who is soon to name his squad for the European Championship.

​Villa have enjoyed a 50% Premier League win ratio when Grealish has featured this term, compared to 25% in his absence.

​And while he was unable to influence the result in his 26-minute cameo, he showed a few good touches and made one superb darting run from right to left to evade several Everton defenders.

​At the other end of pitch, Martinez showed exemplary reactions and competence throughout.

​The Argentine has looked an astute acquisition by Smith and his 15th shut-out of the season saw him equal Brad Friedel's club record for clean sheets in the Premier League era (set in 2009-10).
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