Game #4439
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 October 1996
Won
7th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Leeds United
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,051
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
2-0
Leeds United
Assist(s) | Tommy Johnson | 58’ | Dwight Yorke | 65’ |
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 October 1996
🔁 | 42’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leeds United
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Tommy Johnson
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 2-0, Tommy Johnson, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Tommy Johnson, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leeds United
🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 October 1996
Villa beat Leeds to climb to 7th in the table under Brian Little.
Dwight Yorke makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (215 Appearances) to make it W92 D56 L67, 66 Goals, 33 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.17 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Tommy Johnson scores his first goal in 5 Premier League games to make it 56 appearances in a Villa shirt (40 Starts), W24 D14 L18, 16 Goals, 4 Assists and 8 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.80 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Riccardo Scimeca makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (10 Starts) to make it W15 D5 L5 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Fernando Nélson makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W3 D5 L2 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Leeds United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1991–92
Aston Villa
Leeds United
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Game | #10 |
Manager Game | #93 |
Saturday, 19 October 1996
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🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 93 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 | 28 🟥 25 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 Apr 96, Villa 2-1 Chelsea (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Tommy Johnson replaces Savo Milošević as Carl Tiler makes his first start of the season in place of Mark Draper.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.40 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.27 |
Youngest Player
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 23.98 |
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
George Graham (ex) | 🏴 |
Leeds United
GK Nigel Martyn | 🏴 |
CB Richard Jobson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB David Wetherall | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
CB Lucas Radebe | 🇿🇦 | 🟨 |
M Mark Ford | 🏴 |
M Carlton Palmer | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Lee Sharpe | 🏴 |
CF Rod Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Mark Hateley | 🏴 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴 | 🟨 |
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 42’ |
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB David Wetherall | 🏴 | (CB Paul Beesley | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Carlton Palmer | 🏴 | (M Andy Couzens | 🏴 |)
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Beeney | 🏴 |
LB Ian Harte | 🇮🇪 |
CB Mark Jackson | 🏴 |
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
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | | 25 | 15* | 0 | 0 | 15* | 5 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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