Game #5711
Aston Villa
Thursday, 14 March 2024
Won
Last 16
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Europa Conference League
AFC Ajax
Attendance: 30,210
Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0
AFC Ajax
Assist(s): Douglas Luiz | 25’ | 60’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Where to start, a stunning performance against a side with historic legal and comtemporary pretentions. On the night there were key men everywhere.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 14 March 2024
🟨 | 11’ Booking, Morgan Rogers for a bad foul
💥 | 18’ Ollie Watkins injured in tackle on ‘keeper Ramaj
🟨 | 19’ Booking, Ollie Watkins for a bad foul on Ramal
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Douglas Luiz
🔁 | 33’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins (Injury), Sub on, Jhon Durán
🕒 | 45’+6 HT Aston Villa 1-0 Ajax
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Morgan Rogers, Sub on, Youri Tielemans
🎥 | 59’ VAR Check for penalty after Ajax ‘keeper Ramaj follows through on Jhon Durán, no penalty, no booking
💥 | 59’ Referee reduces Villa to 10-men by demanding Jhon Durán leaves the pitch to change his shirt
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 2-0, Leon Bailey, Assist by Douglas Luiz
🟥 | 66’ Sending off, Sivert Mannsverk for a second yellow card after a foul on Jhon Durán
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Diego Carlos, Sub on, Clément Lenglet
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Tim Iroegbunam
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 3-0, Jhon Durán
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 4-0, Moussa Diaby
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Omari Kellyman
🕒 | 90’+1 FT Aston Villa 4-0 Ajax
ON THIS DAY
Villa, in their 100th European Game, score their 150th European goal.
Emiliano Martínez kept his 50th clean sheet for Villa on his 149th appearance.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
AFC Ajax
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
European Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
Dutch Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆 (36)
KNVB Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (20)
Last Trophy: 2021-22
FIXTURE HISTORY
AFC Ajax
Previous 5 vs. Ajax: 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #42 |
European Game | #10 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Thursday, 14 March 2024
Attendance | 30,210 |
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld | 🇮🇱 | Kiryat Yam, 2012- 🆘
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 69 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 | 11 🟥 18 | 1.90
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld | 🇮🇱 | Kiryat Yam, 2012-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
🆘 Just rubbish, itching to get cards out, another embarrassing appointment by UEFA
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
Assistants: Roy Hassan | 🇮🇱 | Idan Yarkoni | 🇮🇱 |
Fourth official: Gal Leibovitz | 🇮🇱 |
VAR: Ziv Adler | 🇮🇱 |
Assistant VAR: Roi Reinshreiber | 🇮🇱 |
TEAM NEWS
Twin wingers in Bailey and Diaby, Carlos and Torres at the back, Rogers and Watkins up front. Unai Emery is going for this. Good luck Villa.
TEAM STATS
Squad Average Age: 26.41
Starting XI Average Age: 27.59
Subs Average Age: 23.20
Bench Average Age: 24.98
Oldest Starter: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 31.55 |
Youngest Starter: W Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | 21.65 |
Oldest Squad Player: GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 33.64 |
Youngest Squad Player: F Omari Kellyman | 🇬🇧 | 18.48 |
Oldest Substitute: CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | 28.76 |
Youngest Substitute: F Omari Kellyman | 🇬🇧 | 18.48 |
MANAGER
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |
Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
John van 't Schip | 🇳🇱 |
AFC Ajax
GK Diant Ramaj | 🇩🇪 |
LB Borna Sosa | 🇭🇷 |
CB Josip Sutalo | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Ahmetcan Kaplan | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Jorrel Hato | 🇳🇱 |
RB Devyne Rensch | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Jordan Henderson | 🏴 |
M Sivert Mannsverk | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Kristian Hlynsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Kenneth Taylor | 🇳🇱 |
CF Brian Brobbey | 🇳🇱 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 33’ |
🔁 | M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | for M Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | for CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | 74’ |
🔁 | M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 74’ |
🔁 | F Omari Kellyman | 🇬🇧 | for M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Chuba Akpom | 🏴 | for CB Ahmetcan Kaplan | 🇹🇷 | 37’ |
🔁 | RB Anton Gaaei | 🇩🇰 | for CB Josip Sutalo | 🇭🇷 | 68’ |
🔁 | M Benjamin Tahirovic | 🇧🇦 | for RB Devyne Rensch | 🇳🇱 | 79’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 |
RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Gerónimo Rulli | 🇦🇷 |
GK Remko Pasveer | 🇳🇱 |
CB Jakov Medic | 🇭🇷 |
M Branco van den Boomen | 🇳🇱 |
M Silvano Vos | 🇳🇱 |
M Kian Fitz-Jim | 🇳🇱 |
M Benjamin Tahirovic | 🇧🇦 |
W Carlos Forbs | 🇵🇹 |
W Mika Godts | 🇧🇪 |
CF Julian Rijkhoff | 🇳🇱 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £230.90m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £14.28m
Team Cost: £245.18m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 1/16
Matchday Squad Cost: £277.06m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/20
Homegrown: 3/20
Total Squad Cost: £377.46m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 18/37
Homegrown: 11/37
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £15.66m |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | £3.00m |
GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 | £1.28m |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | £28.60m |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | £27.90m |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | Loan |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | £14.18m |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | £11.59m |
RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴 | Youth |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | £8.00m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴 | Youth |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | £47.66m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £30.60m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.28m |
F Omari Kellyman | 🇬🇧 | Youth |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £55.97m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £20.83m
Team Cost: £76.80m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/14
Homegrown: ⭕/14
Matchday Squad Cost: £100.28m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/23
Homegrown: ⭕/23
Total Squad Cost: £142.47m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/32
Homegrown: 1/32
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Gerónimo Rulli | 🇦🇷 | £6.85m |
GK Diant Ramaj | 🇩🇪 | £4.28m |
GK Remko Pasveer | 🇳🇱 | Free |
CB Josip Sutalo | 🇭🇷 | £17.56m |
CB Ahmetcan Kaplan | 🇹🇷 | £8.14m |
CB Jakov Medic | 🇭🇷 | £2.57m |
CB Jorrel Hato | 🇳🇱 | Free |
LB Borna Sosa | 🇭🇷 | £6.85m |
RB Anton Gaaei | 🇩🇰 | £3.86m |
RB Devyne Rensch | 🇳🇱 | Free |
M Benjamin Tahirovic | 🇧🇦 | £6.43m |
M Sivert Mannsverk | 🇳🇴 | £5.14m |
M Jordan Henderson | 🏴 | Free |
M Kristian Hlynsson | 🇮🇸 | Free |
M Kenneth Taylor | 🇳🇱 | Free |
M Branco van den Boomen | 🇳🇱 | Free |
M Silvano Vos | 🇳🇱 | Free |
M Kian Fitz-Jim | 🇳🇱 | Free |
W Carlos Forbs | 🇵🇹 | £12.00m |
W Mika Godts | 🇧🇪 | £0.86m |
CF Brian Brobbey | 🇳🇱 | £14.00m |
CF Chuba Akpom | 🏴 | £10.54m |
CF Julian Rijkhoff | 🇳🇱 | £1.20m |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | ACL
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | ACL
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | ACL
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Foot
Suspension | 2 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 |
Out On Loan | 7 |
CF Louie Barry | 🏴 | Stockport
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Exeter
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Nice
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | Al-Duhail
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | Napoli
CB Josh Feeney | 🏴 | Real Unión
M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴 | Real Unión
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 | 46%
Possession A | 54%
Shots F | 13
Shots A | 4
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 1
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 8
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT