Game #4191
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 December 1991
Won
6th (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Southampton
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,094
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
2-1
Southampton
Assist(s) | Cyrille Regis | 60’ |
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 December 1991
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Cyrille Regis
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Kent Nielsen 🔴
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Cyrille Regis
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 2-1, (Southampton), Alan Shearer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Southampton
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 December 1991
Villa win for the 3rd time in 4 Division One games under Ron Atkinson to climb to 6th in the table.
Centre back Kent Nielsen, 30, makes his 102nd and final appearance in a Villa shirt before (96 Starts) moving on to Aarhus GF later this month. Kent left with a record of W43 D25 L34, 5 Goals and 7 Assists across his three seasons with Villa.
Dwight Yorke contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 45th appearance (30 Starts) to make it W17 D11 L17, 12 Goals, 8 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.25 he has played so far in his Villa career. Yorke’s first 10 goal involvements had come across 33 appearances with his second over just 12 games.
Cyrille Regis contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt as he scores his third goal in five games and fifth in twelve to make it 24 Appearances, W11 D5 L8, 6 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.40 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Steve Staunton secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 22nd appearance to make it W10 D5 L7, 2 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Southampton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
Aston Villa
Southampton
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 28 December 1991
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Mick Bailey | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1986–1998
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 26 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 5 🟥 9 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mick Bailey | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1986–1998
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Atkinson names the same line up for the fourth successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.31 |
Oldest Player |
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 | 34.27 |
Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 20.16 |
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
Aston Villa
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Ian Branfoot | 🏴 |
Southampton
GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
CB Steve Wood | 🏴 |
D Kevin Moore | 🏴 |
D Jonathan Gittens | 🏴 |
D Micky Adams | 🏴 |
RB Jason Dodd | 🏴
M Stuart Gray (ex) | 🏴 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Iain Dowie | 🇬🇧 |
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Martin Carruthers | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Richard Hall | 🏴 |
M David Lee | 🏴 |
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
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | | 102 | 6* | 5 | 7 | 43* | 25 | 34 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/13
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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