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Game #5691

Sunday, 3 December 2023

Attendance: 11,191

Drew

Premier League

3rd= (-)

AFC Bournemouth

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Vitality Stadium

Villa face a surprising test as they face their recent bogey side Bournemouth, a fixture that has thrown up bad results over the last decade - although more through luck than judgement - represents a tricky task for Unai Emery’s high fliers.

Almost as if it was scripted, lowly Bournemouth again luck in against Villa but there’s enough there to take a point at the death that they never looked like being allowed to take away in front of the paltry 11,000 crowd.

Meanwhile, and something that will feature in no headlines, or be accompanied by banshee screams of corruption and vendettas. Villa have a 22’ goal ruled out for offside, an offside not committed by either the player crossing the ball or the player heading the ball and which it took a full 3 minutes for the VAR officials to find. Villa should have been leading 2-1 midway through the first half and form would suggest a comfortable victory awaited. It didn’t. Up in Anfield however, and with Liverpool being held to a draw in the final seconds by Fulham, Liverpool ‘score’ a last gasp winner despite an obvious and deliberate foul in the build up to the the goal. No VAR check follows. Liverpool win. Villa draw. Liverpool move onto 31 points when they should have been on 29. Villa gain a single point to sit on 29 when they should have won the game and three points to give them 31. That is how titles are won and lost. That is why VAR is such a clear and obvious mess. Look hard enough and they will find, close their eyes and look the other way and they won't.

AFC Bournemouth

2-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s): Ollie Watkins | 20’ | Moussa Diaby | 90’ |

KEY MAN

Emiliano Martínez, on his 130th appearance, showed just why he's the best in the World despite the less than opulent surroundings.

PREVIOUS MATCH

NEXT MATCH

MATCH TIMELINE

🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (AFC Bournemouth), Antoine Semenyo
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-1, Leon Bailey, Assist by Ollie Watkins
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 2-1, Diego Carlos
🎥 | 25’ VAR disallows goal for off-side after 3 minutes
🟨 | 30’ Booking, Pau Torres for a bad foul
🟨 | 43’ Booking, Nicolò Zaniolo for a bad foul
🕒 | 45’+10 HT AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Nicolò Zaniolo, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 1-2, (AFC Bournemouth), Dominic Solanke
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Álex Moreno
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Ezri Konsa, Sub on, Matty Cash
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Moussa Diaby
💥| 83’ AFC Bournemouth’s Milos Kerkez refuses to leave the pitch after being substituted for injury
🟨 | 84’ Referee Bramall books Jhon Durán for manhandling Kerkez off. Bramall belatedly books Kerkez.
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 2-2, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Moussa Diaby
🕒 | 90’+6 FT AFC Bournemouth 2-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Emiliano Martínez makes his 130th appearance for Villa since joining in September 2023 under Dean Smith.

Aston Villa

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

AFC Bournemouth

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

AFC Bournemouth

Previous 5 vs. Bournemouth: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Game | #14 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Sunday, 3 December 2023
Attendance: 11,191

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Thomas Bramall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield & Hallam, 2018-
Kick off: 2.00pm
Half Time Score: 🟨 1-1
Full Time Result: 🟨 Drew
Full Time Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Thomas Bramall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield & Hallam, 2018- 🆘
🆘 Poor VAR management and an embarrassing failure to stop Bournemouth time-wasting
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 April 2023, Villa 1-0 Fulham, Villa Park
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Neil Davies, Mat Wilkes.
Fourth official: James Bell.
VAR: Chris Kavanagh.
Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton.

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨 🟨

AFC Bournemouth

🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Thomas Bramall

TEAM NEWS

With Boubacar Kamara suspended Unai Emery rings the changes, out goes Matty Cash, Clément Lenglet, match winner last time out Álex Moreno, Moussa Diaby and Jhon Durán with Emery risking Ollie Watkins up front despite injury and recalling Leon Bailey, Nicolò Zaniolo and Lucas Digne. As expected Emiliano Martínez returns in goal after sitting out for Robin Olsen against Legia and in form Youri Tielemans keeps his place.

TEAM STATS

Squad Average Age: | 27.05 |
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.77 |
Subs Average Age: | 24.73 |
Bench Average Age: | 26.16 |

Oldest Starter: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 31.27 |
Youngest Starter: M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | 24.44 |

Oldest Squad Player: GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 33.36 |
Youngest Squad Player: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.99 |

Oldest Substitute: LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 30.35 |
Youngest Substitute: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.99 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |

Andoni Iraola | 🇪🇸 |

Aston Villa

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

AFC Bournemouth

GK Neto | 🇧🇷 |
RB Adam Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ilya Zabarnyi | 🇺🇦 |
CB Marcos Senesi | 🇦🇷 | 🟨 |
LB Milos Kerkez | 🇭🇺 | 🔥 | 🔁 | 🟨 |
M Lewis Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ryan Christie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
M Marcus Tavernier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Justin Kluivert | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Dominic Solanke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Antoine Semenyo | 🇬🇭 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | 46’ |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | for M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 65’ |
🔁 | LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | for LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 74’ |
🔁 | RB Matty Cash | 🇵🇱 | for CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 74’ |
🔁 | W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 74’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Phillip Billing | 🇩🇰 | for W Justin Kluivert | 🇳🇱 | 70’ |
🔁 | W Luis Sinisterra | 🇨🇴 | for CF Antoine Semenyo | 🇬🇭 | 71’ |
🔁 | CB Chris Mepham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | for LB Milos Kerkez | 🇭🇺 | 83’ |
🔁 | W Dango Ouattara | 🇧🇫 | for M Marcus Tavernier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90’+3 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 |
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Travers | 🇮🇪 |
M Hamed Junior Traorè | 🇨🇮 |
M Joe Rothwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David Brooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Kiefer Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £188.44m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11

Subs Cost: £87.81m
Team Cost: £276.15m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/16
Homegrown: 1/16

Matchday Squad Cost: £292.03m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/20
Homegrown: 2/20

Total Squad Cost: £380.20m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/33
Homegrown: 7/33

MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £15.66m |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | £3.00m |

CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | £28.60m |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | £27.90m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £11.97m |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | Loan |

LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
RB Matty Cash | 🇵🇱 | £14.18m |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | £11.59m |

M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | £12.88m |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £2.79m |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | Loan |

W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | £47.66m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |

CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £30.60m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.28m |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £105.80m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11

Subs Cost: £47.09m
Team Cost: £152.89m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/15
Homegrown: ⭕/15

Matchday Squad Cost: £188.94m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/20
Homegrown: ⭕/20

Total Squad Cost: £267.34m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 15/35
Homegrown: 1/35

MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Neto | 🇧🇷 | Free |
GK Mark Travers | 🇮🇪 | Free |

CB Ilya Zabarnyi | 🇺🇦 | £19.73m |
CB Marcos Senesi | 🇦🇷 | £13.27m |
CB Chris Mepham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £12.24m |

LB Milos Kerkez | 🇭🇺 | £15.50m |
RB Adam Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

M Hamed Junior Traorè | 🇨🇮 | £22.27m |
M Phillip Billing | 🇩🇰 | £14.85m |
M Marcus Tavernier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £10.71m |
M Lewis Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £6.30m |
M Ryan Christie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £2.61m |
M Joe Rothwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

W Dango Ouattara | 🇧🇫 | £20.00m |
W David Brooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £10.00m |
W Justin Kluivert | 🇳🇱 | £9.60m |
W Luis Sinisterra | 🇨🇴 | Loan |

CF Dominic Solanke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £19.08m |
CF Antoine Semenyo | 🇬🇭 | £9.00m |
CF Kiefer Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £3.78m |

UNAVAILABLE

Suspension | 1 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 |

Injury | 3 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | Knee
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ACL
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | Muscular

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

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 7 |
M Tyler Adams | 🇺🇸 |
RB Max Aarons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Lloyd Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ryan Fredericks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Emiliano Marcondes | 🇩🇰 |
GK Darren Randolph | 🇮🇪 |

Out on Loan | 4 |
GK Will Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Romain Faivre | 🇫🇷 |
W Jamal Lowe | 🇯🇲 |
W Jaidon Anthony | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

MATCH STATS

Possession F | 62%

Possession A | 38%


Shots F | 11
Shots A | 15

Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 7

Corners F | 7
Corners A | 7

Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 16

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES