Game #5000
Aston Villa
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Lost
Group F
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
UEFA Cup
MŠK Žilina
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,797
Aston Villa
1-2
MŠK Žilina
Assist(s) | Marlon Harewood | 28' |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Dušan Radolský | 🇸🇰 |
MŠK Žilina
GK Dusan Perniš | 🇸🇰 |
LB Vladimir Leitner | 🇸🇰 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Mario Pečalka | 🇸🇰 | 🟨 |
CB Benjamin Vomáčka | 🇨🇿 |
CB Jozef Piaček | 🇸🇰 |
CB Ondrej Šourek | 🇨🇿 |
RB Peter Pekarík | 🇸🇰 |
M Zdeno Štrba | 🇸🇰 |
M Robert Jež | 🇸🇰 | 🔁 |
CF Ádauto | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Štyvar | 🇸🇰 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W James Milner | 🏴 | for M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | for M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | 68’ |
🔁 F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | for F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Robert Jež | 🇸🇰 | (LB Lucas Tesák | 🇸🇰 |)
🔁 | CF Ádauto | 🇧🇷 | (M Admir Vladavić | 🇧🇦 |)
🔁 | CF Peter Štyvar | 🇸🇰 | (M Emil Rilke | 🇨🇿 |)
🟥 4 December 2008, Villa 1-2 MŠK Žilina, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Villa suffer their first UEFA Cup setback of the campaign after Martin O'Neill's mass changes don't work out once again but Villa still progress to the Round of 32 with a game still to play.
Villa carry their indifferent League form to Slovakia and lose to Žilina after a much changed line up falls two behind after twenty minutes and are unable to recover.
Villa play their 5,000th game in League and Cup football.
Villa face MŠK Žilina for the first time in competitive football, Žilina become the 156th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 39th continental European opponents and their second from Slovakia after ŠK Slovan Bratislava in their 1993-94 UEFA Cup campaign.
Ashley Young makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (72 Starts) to make it W31 D24 L20, 15 Goals, 29 Assists and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
James Milner makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W21 D13 L16, 3 Goals, 12 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.33 games played so far in his Villa career.
Nathan Delfouneso scores his first goal on his 4th start in a Villa shirt (4 Appearances) to make it W2 D1 L1, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Marlon Harewood contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W14 D10 L12, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Moustapha Salifou makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) to make it W5 D2 L3 so far in his Villa career.
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