Game #4448
Aston Villa
Saturday, 7 December 1996
Won
5th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Southampton
The Dell
Attendance: 15,232
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
Southampton
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Alan Wright | 34’ |
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 December 1996
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Townsend, Assist by Alan Wright
🕒 | HT Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🕒 | FT Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | Booking, Steve Staunton
🟨 | Booking, Savo Milošević
🟨 | Booking, Mark Draper
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 December 1996
Villa make it four successive Premier League wins under Brian Little - winning three away - but fall back to 5th in the table.
Goalkeeper Stuart Brock, 20, makes his second and final squad appearance for Villa as an unused substitute before moving to Northampton Town in March 1997 on a free transfer.
Andy Townsend scores his 11th goal on his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (149 Starts) to make it W72 D34 L44, 11 Goals, 22 Assists, 23 Bookings and 4 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
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
Southampton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
Aston Villa
Southampton
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Game | #17 |
Manager Game | #102 |
Saturday, 7 December 1996
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🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 102 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 28 🟥 28 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Matches Officiated: 17
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 21 September 1996, Villa 0-0 Manchester United, Villa Park 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up for the second successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.76 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.40 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 21.50 |
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Graham Souness | 🏴 |
Southampton
GK Dave Beasant | 🏴 |
LB Graham Potter | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Richard Dryden | 🏴 |
CB Claus Lundekvam | 🇳🇴 |
RB Ulrich van Gobbel | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
RB Jason Dodd | 🏴 |
M Eyal Berkovic | 🇮🇱 |
M Neil Maddison | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Matt Oakley | 🏴 |
CF Gordon Watson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Egil Østenstad | 🇳🇴 |
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 54’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Graham Potter | 🏴 | (M Robbie Slater | 🇦🇺 |)
🔁 | M Neil Maddison | 🏴 | (M Jim Magilton | 🇬🇧 |)
🔁 | CF Gordon Watson | 🏴 | (CB Ken Monkou | 🇳🇱 |)
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Brock | 🏴 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Neil Moss | 🏴 |
CF Steve Basham | 🏴 |
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
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | | 21 | 14* | 3 | 0 | 8* | 3 | 10 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.
MATCH REPORTS
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