Game #4191
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 December 1991


Won
6th (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Southampton
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,094
🟩 28 Dec 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Southampton

Assist(s) | Cyrille Regis | 60’ |
🟩 28 Dec 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
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 28 Dec 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.
🟩 28 Dec 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 1989-91 🕒 102 | 96 (6) | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 7 | 🇺 7 | #662 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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
FIXTURE HISTORY
Southampton


Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
League 🕒 34 | 🟩 12 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 46 | 🥅 42 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 6 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 19 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 34 | 🥅 15 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 28 Dec 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 28 December 1991
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🟩 28 Dec 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
🕒 26 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 5 🟥 9 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 28 Dec 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mick Bailey | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1991
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 28 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟩 28 Dec 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 Dec 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | | 102 | 6* | 5 | 7 | 43* | 25 | 34 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 28 Dec 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 Dec 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 28 Dec 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 28 Dec 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 28 Dec 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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