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Game #5694

Aston Villa

4-1-1, 13 PTS

Thursday, 14 December 2023

Drew

1st

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Europa Conference League

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar

Attendance: 6,610

Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom

1-1-4, 4 PTS

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s): John McGinn | 61’ |

MATCH SUMMARY

Job done, pleasing debuts, the unbeaten run continues and the next round beckons.

KEY MAN

Nicolò Zaniolo for scoring his first Villa goal although John McGinn changed the game after coming on and great debuts for Marschall and O'Reilly.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Thursday, 14 December 2023

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Filip Marschall
🟨 | 37’ Booking, Nicolò Zaniolo for a bad foul
🕒 | 45’+3 HT HŠK Zrinjski Mostar 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, John McGinn
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Álex Moreno, Sub on, Lucas Digne
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-0, Nicolò Zaniolo, Assist by John McGinn
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Pau Torres, Sub on, Diego Carlos
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Matty Cash, Sub on, Calum Chambers
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Moussa Diaby, Sub on, Tommi O’Reilly 🟢
🟨 | 84’ Booking, John McGinn for a bad foul
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 1-1, (HŠK Zrinjski Mostar) Matija Malekinusic
🕒 | 90’+4 HT HŠK Zrinjski Mostar 1-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Youth Goalkeeper Filip Marschall makes his debut aged 20 after coming through the ranks whilst Tommi O'Reilly makes his first appearance for the club as a late substitute.

At the other end of the spectrum Matty Cash makes his 120th appearance for the club, Jacob Ramsey his 110th and Diego Carlos his 20th.

Aston Villa

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

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2022-23

FIXTURE HISTORY

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar

Previous 5 vs. Zrinjski: 🟩
None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #25 |
European Game | #8 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Attendance | 6,610 |

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Referee: Balázs Berke | 🇭🇺 | Nagykanizsa, 2023-
Kick off: 5.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 52 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 7 🟥 13 | 1.98

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Balázs Berke | 🇭🇺 | Nagykanizsa, 2023-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Vencel Tóth | 🇭🇺 | Balázs Szert | 🇭🇺 |
Fourth official: Gergo Bogár | 🇭🇺 |
VAR: Tamás Bognár | 🇭🇺 |
Assistant VAR: Ferenc Karakó | 🇭🇺 |

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

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HŠK Zrinjski Mostar

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TEAM NEWS

It's debut day for Filip Marschall as Unai Emery goes for a change around in personnel and formation for the trip to Bosnia.

TEAM STATS

Squad Average Age: | 26.26 |
Starting XI Average Age: | 25.12 |
Subs Average Age: | 27.86 |
Bench Average Age: | 27.83 |

Oldest Starter: LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 30.38 |
Youngest Starter: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 20.02 |

Oldest Squad Player: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 31.30 |
Youngest Squad Player: M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.01 |

Oldest Substitute: CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | 30.77 |
Youngest Substitute: M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.01 |

MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |

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Aston Villa

GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | 🔁 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 |

MANAGER

Krunoslav Rendulić | 🇭🇷 |

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HŠK Zrinjski Mostar

GK Marko Maric | 🇭🇷 |
RB Josip Corluka | 🇧🇦 |
CB Slobodan Jakovljevic | 🇷🇸 |
CB Stipe Radic | 🇭🇷 |
RB Kerim Memija | 🇧🇦 | 🔁 |
M Dario Canadjija | 🇭🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Damir Zlomislic | 🇧🇦 |
M Antonio Ivancic | 🇭🇷 |
W Mario Cuze | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
W Matjia Malekinusic | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Nemanja Bilbija | 🇧🇦 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | for LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 58’ |
🔁 | M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 | for M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 58’ |
🔁 | CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | 69’ |
🔁 | CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | for CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | 69’ |
🔁 | M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 79’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Tomislav Kis | 🇭🇷 | for M Dario Canadjija | 🇭🇷 | 34’ |
🔁 | M Aldin Hrvanovic | 🇧🇦 | for RB Kerim Memija | 🇧🇦 | 67’ |
🔁 | CF Franko Sabljic | 🇧🇦 | for W Mario Cuze | 🇭🇷 | 67’ |
🔁 | LB Luka Marin | 🇭🇷 | for W Matjia Malekinusic | 🇭🇷 | 90’+2 |

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Anis Sefo | 🇧🇦 | Free |
CB Matej Senic | 🇭🇷 | Free |
M Antonio Prskalo | 🇧🇦 | Free |
W Petar Misic | 🇭🇷 | Free |

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £156.28m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: 2/11

Subs Cost: £57.69m
Team Cost: £213.97m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 3/16

Matchday Squad Cost: £260.23m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/19
Homegrown: 3/19

Total Squad Cost: £380.20m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 16/35
Homegrown: 10/35

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £15.66m |
GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | £28.60m |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | £27.90m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £11.97m |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

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 Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | Loan |

W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | £47.66m |

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £0.00
Home Nation 🇧🇦 : 4/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11

Subs Cost: £0.00
Team Cost: £0.00
Home Nation 🇧🇦 : 6/15
Homegrown: 1/15

Matchday Squad Cost: £0.00
Home Nation 🇧🇦 : 9/23
Homegrown: 1/23

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Marko Maric | 🇭🇷 | Free |
GK Anis Sefo | 🇧🇦 | Free |

CB Slobodan Jakovljevic | 🇷🇸 | Free |
CB Matej Senic | 🇭🇷 | Free |
CB Stipe Radic | 🇭🇷 | Free |

RB Kerim Memija | 🇧🇦 | Free |
RB Josip Corluka | 🇧🇦 | Free |
LB Luka Marin | 🇭🇷 | Free |

M Aldin Hrvanovic | 🇧🇦 | Free |
M Antonio Ivancic | 🇭🇷 | Free |
M Dario Canadjija | 🇭🇷 | Free |
M Damir Zlomislic | 🇧🇦 | Free |
M Antonio Prskalo | 🇧🇦 | Free |
W Petar Misic | 🇭🇷 | Free |

W Mario Cuze | 🇭🇷 | Free |
W Matjia Malekinusic | 🇭🇷 | Free |

CF Franko Sabljic | 🇧🇦 | Youth |
CF Nemanja Bilbija | 🇧🇦 | Free |
CF Tomislav Kis | 🇭🇷 | Free |

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | ACL
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

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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

🟢 GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Possession F | 76%

Possession A | 24%


Shots F | 10
Shots A | 5

Shots on Target F | 6
Shots on Target A | 1

Corners F | 8
Corners A | 3

Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 3

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

“Firstly, we want to respect the competition and then respect Zrinjski as well. We also want to play competitively and try to increase, individually and collectively, our process as a team. “And tomorrow, we are here with the players who are available to play. I’m going to share as well because some players can feel tired, and I will decide tomorrow morning, but my idea at the beginning is try to play being competitive. “With players playing regularly and with another maybe who is not playing a lot of minutes, I want to try to build and try to create a strong structure in our squad. “Tomorrow is a very good opportunity for someone to try to play and get minutes, get confidence and prepare for this season in different competitions being very competitive, like we are doing at the moment. “Playing in Europe is always difficult, we played against Legia Warsaw in the first match and we lost, we played against Zrinjski in the second match at home and we were struggling until the last moment, winning the match in the last minute. And those are the experiences I had before. “But, for me, it’s amazing to be here. It’s my first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Mostar, and it’s a new experience and a new moment I want to enjoy. Each moment in Europe for me is very, very special and I want to enjoy it. And I want to share with my players and try to send them my experiences as well in Europe, always being difficult trying to get a trophy. “But our objective is, of course, trying to progress in this competition and trying to do our process as a team. And share it with the Premier League because it’s very tough, very difficult, but I want to share the same mentality in the Conference League and Premier League. Tomorrow is another step ahead taking the experiences I want to have with the players at Aston Villa.” Unai Emery, pre-match. "It was a tough game, a tough atmosphere. They had all 11 players behind the ball, but we are grateful for a point in this difficult group. "The goal is to win this competition, in the Premier League if we keep playing well, hopefully we can finish among the top four teams." Jacob Ramsey. "I think it is a very good score, we have finished with four points. A point against Aston Villa we could only dream of. "We wanted to present ourselves very well, not to be afraid, to play as well as possible. Because this may be the only game like this in our career. We couldn't have imagined we'd come and play so many games by December. We're tired, exhausted, but proud." Nemanja Bilbija, Zrinjski forward "I don't know much about the league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They showed that they have the capacity and that defensively tactically they are doing well, they showed that in Birmingham as well. They motivated us to play." Unai Emery. “We are happy because our objective was to be the first in the group and with this draw we are. “We wanted to play as well with players who haven’t played regularly in the season, for some injuries like Jacob Ramsey and Alex Moreno. "As well with Leander Dendoncker, Filip, Tommi O’Reilly as well it is important for them to get confidence and minutes. Jhon Duran as well. Tonight was perfect with this result and perfect for the players to get their chances. "We wanted to win, but the first objective was to be first in the group and then try to enjoy the way in this competition. Being in Europe, it is important to remember how we achieved it last year and how we are now trying to win a trophy and enjoy it with our supporters. It is important to enjoy it with them. "Now we are going to focus on the Premier League and on Sunday in Brentford. “We are going to try and recover from the match we played tonight and with other players, some players like Tielemans and Bailey, hopefully we can get the match on Sunday with the players ready to play." Unai Emery, post match.

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