Game #4328
Aston Villa
Monday, 29 August 1994
Won
10th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,218
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Coventry City
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 3’ |
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 29 August 1994
⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Andy Townsend
🟨 | 5’ Booking, Kevin Richardson, High tackle
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
ON THIS DAY
Monday, 29 August 1994
Villa win the first time this season and for the 3rd time in their last 16 Premier League games under Ron Atkinson.
Villa are unbeaten in their last 5 games under Ron Atkinson.
Dean Saunders makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (99 Starts) to make it W46 D29 L25, 34 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.44 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Having taken until the final day of the previous campaign to score his first League goals, Dwight Yorke scores his first for the 1994-95 season on his 4th appearance to make it 115 Appearances, 78 Starts, W48 D32 L36, 30 Goals, 13 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal per game rate of one for every 3.83 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Andy Townsend secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance to make it W25 D13 L13, 4 Goals, 9 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Ugo Ehiogu makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (38 Appearances) to make it W17 D9 L12, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
Aston Villa
Coventry City
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #163 |
Monday, 29 August 1994
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 163 | 🟩 | 72 🟨 | 44 🟥 47 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 2 April 1994, Villa 0-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ray Houghton and Dalian Atkinson make way as Phil King and Dwight Yorke return.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.89 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 34.76 |
Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 21.83 |
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Phil King | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Phil Neal | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴 |
LB Steve Morgan | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Phil Babb | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB David Busst | 🏴 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
M David Rennie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Julian Darby | 🏴 |
M Sean Flynn | 🏴 |
M Paul Cook | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Willie Boland | 🇮🇪 |
CF Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 |
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Rennie | 🏴 | (CF John Williams | 🏴 |)
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jonathan Gould | 🏴 |
D Ally Pickering | 🏴 |
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
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
---|---|
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | | 61 |
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/14
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/14
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNAVAILABLE
M Ray Houghton
GK Michael Oakes
CF Dalian Atkinson
CB Shaun Teale
F Graham Fenton
CF Guy Whittingham
M Dave Farrell
D Chris Boden
LB Bryan Small
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 29 August 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH REPORTS
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