Game #4385
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 September 1995
Won
2nd (+3)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 21,004
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Coventry City
0-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Ian Taylor | 1’ | Dwight Yorke | 87’ |
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 September 1995
⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke (13s), Assist by Ian Taylor
🟨 | 24’ Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 2-0, Savo Milošević
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 3-0, Savo Milošević, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Coventry City 0-3 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 September 1995
Villa bounce back from their controversial draw with Forest last time out to hammer Coventry at Highfield Road after and climb to 2nd in the Premier League table under Brian Little
Villa have lost once in 12 games under Brian Little winning 7.
Dwight Yorke hits Villa’s opening goal after just 13 seconds - the fastest ever goal in the Premier League - on his 163rd appearance in a Villa shirt (123 Starts) to make it W67 D42 L54, 42 Goals, 23 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.51 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Savo Milošević contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W5 D2 L1, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.60 he has played 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
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Game | #8 |
Manager Game | #39 |
Saturday, 30 September 1995
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 39 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 13 🟥 11 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 14 January 1995, Villa 2-1 QPR, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up from the team that controversially drew with Forest last time out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.14 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.85 |
Youngest Player |
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.09 |
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK John Filan | 🇦🇺 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 | 🟨 |
D Ally Pickering | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Paul Williams | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB David Busst | 🏴 |
LB Marcus Hall | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson (ex) | 🏴 |
M Paul Telfer | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W John Salako | 🏴 |
W Isaías Marques Soares | 🇧🇷 |
CF Peter Ndlovu | 🇿🇼 |
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | D Ally Pickering | 🏴 | (Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |)
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jonathan Gould | 🏴 |
CF Iyseden Christie | 🏴 |
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
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 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 | 🏴 | | 98 |
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/14
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 30 September 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH REPORTS
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