Game #4440
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 23 October 1996


Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
League Cup
Leeds United
Elland Road
Attendance: 15,803
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
Leeds United
1-2

Aston Villa (Holders)

Assist(s) | None
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 23 October 1996
🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Lee Sharpe
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 1-1, Ian Taylor
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Fernando Nélson, Sub on, Mark Draper
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 2-1, Dwight Yorke (pen)
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Tommy Johnson
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
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 23 October 1996
In a re-run of the 1996 League Cup Final, Villa face Leeds for the second successive game and run out winners at Elland Road in the third round having also beaten their opponents at Wembley the previous season.
Dwight Yorke contributes his 100th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 216th appearance (176 Starts) to make it W93 D56 L67, 67 Goals, 33 Assists and 2 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.16 he has played so far in his Villa career.
Tommy Johnson secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 57th appearance (41 Starts) to make it W25 D14 L18, 16 Goals, 4 Assists and 9 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.85 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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: 1995-96
Leeds United


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1991–92
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Wednesday, 23 October 1996
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🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 94 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 28 🟥 25 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 15 September 1996, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Tommy Johnson
CARDS

🟨 Paul Beesley
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Steve Staunton is replaced by Riccardo Scimeca.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.83 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.28 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 21.38 |
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
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 Paul Beesley | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Lucas Radebe | 🇿🇦 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Ford | 🏴 |
M Carlton Palmer | 🏴 |
M Andy Couzens | 🏴 |
W Lee Sharpe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Rod Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴 |
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Mark Draper | 🏴 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 71’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Paul Beesley | 🏴 | (LB Ian Harte | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CB Lucas Radebe | 🇿🇦 | (CB David Wetherall | 🏴 |)

🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Beeney | 🏴 |
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
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | | 61 | 1* | 5 | 9 | 30* | 17 | 14 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/14
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 23 Oct 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road


MATCH REPORTS
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