Game #5684
Aston Villa
2-0-1, 6 PTS

Thursday, 26 October 2023
1st= (=)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

Substitutes:
🔁 | M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | for M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 69’ |
🔁 | W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | for M John McGinn | 🏴 | 81’ |
🔁 | M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | for M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 86’ |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 86’ |
🔁 | W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 87’ |
Unused Substitutes:
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
GK Filip Marschall | 🏴 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 |
🟨 Clément Lenglet, Bad foul
🟨 Leon Bailey
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad:
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £15.66m |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | £3.00m |
GK Filip Marschall | 🏴 | Youth |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | £14.18m |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | £28.60m |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | £27.90m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 | Free |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | Loan |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | £12.88m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | Loan |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | £47.66m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | £12.02m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £30.60m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.28m |
Injury | 5 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | ACL, 12 Aug 2023 [15]
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴 | 12 Aug 2023 [15]
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | ACL, 20 Aug 2023 [14]
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | Thigh, 24 Sep 2023 [7]
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Ankle / Foot, 5 Oct 2023 [4]
Out On Loan | 7 |
RB Kaine Kesler-Hayden | 🏴 | Plymouth
CF Louie Barry | 🏴 | Stockport
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Exeter
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Nice
M Finn Azaz | 🏴 | Plymouth
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Bristol Rovers
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | Al-Duhail
Diego Carlos, Clément Lenglet, Youri Tielemans and Leon Bailey come in for the rested Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Nicolò Zaniolo and Moussa Diaby.
Squad Average Age: | 26.97 |
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.79 |
Subs Average Age: | 25.05 |
Bench Average Age: | 26.06 |
Oldest Starter: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 31.17 |
Youngest Starter: M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 23.94 |
Oldest Squad Player: GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 33.26 |
Youngest Squad Player: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.88 |
Oldest Substitute: M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | 28.55 |
Youngest Substitute: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.88 |
Is this really happening? Unai Emery has transformed this team and club. Beating the second placed, Eredivisie title chasing AZ with consummate ease just adds to the utter insanity of the blooming fruition of the team that Dean Smith founded. What a time to be Villa.
Villa face AZ Alkmaar for the first time in competitive football, AZ become the 167th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 46th continental European opponents and their second from the Netherlands following their victory over Ajax in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup.
Youri Tielemans scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W10 D1 L4, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
John McGinn scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 198th appearance (190 Starts) to make it W82 D50 L76, 20 Goals, 24 Assists and 48 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Boubacar Kamara makes his 40th appearance in a Villa shirt (36 starts) to make it W22 D4 L14, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Leon Bailey collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 67th appearance (42 Starts) to make it W30 D7 L30, 12 Goals, 9 Assists and 10 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.00 starts so far in his Villa career.
Scorer(s): Leon Bailey | 13' | Youri Tielemans | 23' | Ollie Watkins | 51' | John McGinn | 56' |
Assist(s): John McGinn | 23' | Leon Bailey | 56' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Leon Bailey
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 2-0, Youri Tielemans, Assist by John McGinn
🟨 | 45’+1 Booking, Clément Lenglet, Bad foul
🕒 | 45’+5 HT AZ Alkmaar 0-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 3-0, Ollie Watkins
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 4-0, John McGinn, Assist by Leon Bailey
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 4-1, (AZ Alkmaar), Ibrahim Sadiq
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Nicolò Zaniolo
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Moussa Diaby
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🟨 | 86’ Booking, Leon Bailey
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Boubacar Kamara, Sub on, Leander Dendoncker
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Bertrand Traoré
🕒 | 90’+4 FT AZ Alkmaar 1-4 Aston Villa
Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #15 |
European Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #42 |
Thursday, 26 October 2023
Attendance | 16,633 |

Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Sven Jablonski | 🇩🇪 | Bremen, 2023-
Kick off: 5.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Referee: Sven Jablonski | 🇩🇪 | Bremen, 2023-
Assistants: Lasse Koslowski | 🇩🇪 | Eduard Beitinger | 🇩🇪 |
Fourth official: Tobias Reichel | 🇩🇪 |
VAR: Daniel Siebert | 🇩🇪 |
Assistant VAR: Benjamin Cortus | 🇩🇪 |
Possession F | 53%
Possession A | 47%
Shots F | 5
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 1
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 12
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
🕒 42 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 5 🟥 12 | 1.90
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Referee:
Referee: Sven Jablonski | 🇩🇪 | Bremen, 2023-
🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 1 | 🟩 100% | 🟨 0% | 🟥 0% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟨 3 | 🟥 0 | 3.00 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟩
VAR (from 2021)
VAR: Daniel Siebert | 🇩🇪 | 2023-
Games: 🕒 1 🟩 W100% 🟥 L0% | Last 5: 🟩
Pens: ⚽ 0 🥅 0 ❌ 0 Refused | Goals: ⚽ Disallowed : 0