Game #4238
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 December 1992


Won
3rd (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Sheffield Wednesday
Hillsborough
Attendance: 29,964
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Sheffield Wednesday
1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 67’ |
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 December 1992
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-0, Dalian Atkinson
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield Wednesday)
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 2-1, Dalian Atkinson, Assist by Paul McGrath
🟨 | 70’ Booking, Steve Staunton, Kicking ball away
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Aston Villa
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
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 December 1992
Villa extend their record to 10 victories and one defeat in their last 16 games under Ron Atkinson to climb to 3rd in the inaugural Premier League table.
Dalian Atkinson makes it thirteen goals in 22 games this season and 14 in 39 appearances in a Villa shirt (36 Starts) to make it W17 D14 L8, 14 Goals and 10 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.63 games he has played so far in his Villa career and one for every 1.29 games he has played in 1992-93.
Paul McGrath contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 160th appearance to make it W67 D42 L51, 3 Goal, 7 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Mark Bosnich makes his second appearance in a Villa shirt 8 months after his debut to make it W1 D0 L1, 3 Goals Conceded and 0 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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
Sheffield Wednesday


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1992-93 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #73 |
Saturday, 5 December 1992
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🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1987-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 73 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 20 🟥 21 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1987-1996
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Steve Staunton, Kicking ball away
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa make three changes from the team that drew with Ipswich as Dwight Yorke replaces Ray Houghton and Mark Bosnich and Neil Cox makes their first starts of the campaign in place of Nigel Spink and Dariusz Kubicki.
Starting XI Average Age | 25.21 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 33.03 |
Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 20.91 |
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
MANAGER
Trevor Francis | 🏴 |

Sheffield Wednesday
GK Chris Woods | 🏴 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
CB Paul Warhurst | 🏴 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴 |
RB Roland Nilsson | 🇸🇪 |
M John Harkes | 🇺🇸 | 🔁 |
M Carlton Palmer | 🏴 |
M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
W Chris Waddle | 🏴 |
CF David Hirst | 🏴 |
CF Mark Bright | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M John Harkes | 🇺🇸 | (M Chris Bart-Williams | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 | (CF Gordon Watson | 🏴 |)

🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Matthias Breitkreutz | 🇩🇪 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴 |
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

🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/14
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 5 Dec 1992, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough


MATCH REPORTS
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