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Game #4363

Aston Villa

Saturday, 18 February 1995

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Won

9th (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Premier League

Sheffield Wednesday

Hillsborough

Attendance: 24,063

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Sheffield Wednesday

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Ian Taylor | 26’ | Steve Staunton | 44’ |

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 February 1995

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders, Assist by Ian Taylor
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, Dean Saunders, Assist by Steve Staunton
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 2-1, (Sheffield Wednesday)
🕒 | 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

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 February 1995
  • Villa win successive games to make it 7 wins and 3 draws in 11 Premier League games under Brian Little as they rise to 9th in the table - their highest position since September.

  • Villa have lost two of their last 14 Premier League games under Brian Little.

  • Andy Townsend makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W35 D15 L25, 5 Goals, 11 Assists, 12 Bookings and 3 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

  • Winger Franz Carr makes his first squad appearance for Villa since arriving from Leicester City earlier this month for a fee of £270,000. 

  • Former Villa centre forward Guy Whittingham lines up for Wednesday.

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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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: 1993-94

Sheffield Wednesday

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
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Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 18 February 1995

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🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxfordshire, 1992-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 17 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 6 🟥 4 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxfordshire, 1992-2007

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ugo Ehiogu returns as Bryan Small drops out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.18 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.23 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.31 |

Referee

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dan Petrescu | 🇷🇴 |
RB Peter Atherton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Nolan | 🇬🇧 |
M Lee Briscoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 |
M Graham Hyde | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Chris Waddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Sinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Bright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Lee Briscoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Guy Whittingham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Andy Sinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Chris Bart-Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Chris Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/14

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/14

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
"A two goal blast from Dean Saunders helped Aston Villa’s revival as Sheffield Wednesday crashed to their fourth home defeat of the season."
Quotes

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Sunday Life*
Sunday, 19 February 1995
A two goal blast from Dean Saunders helped Aston Villa’s revival as Sheffield Wednesday crashed to their fourth home defeat of the season. Saunders grabbed an opener midway through the first half and then produced another crucial strike just before halftime to sink Wednesday and dent their distant dreams of a European place. Villa went in front with only their second serious attack of the game when they hit Wednesday with a lightning break. Good work from Dwight Yorke created space down the middle and he picked out ex-Wednesday midfielder lan Taylor. His angled ball into the area found Saunders unmarked and he finished off from close range. Saunders struck though a minute the break when he met a Steve Staunton cross at the near post, glancing in a superbly judged header that beat Kevin Pressman.
Reports

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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