Game #4450
Aston Villa
Thursday, 26 December 1996


Lost
5th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Chelsea
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,339
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-2

Chelsea

Assist(s) | None
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 26 December 1996
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Gianfranco Zola
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Gianfranco Zola
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea
🟨 | Booking, Riccardo Scimeca
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
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 26 December 1996
Villa lose for the first time in 6 Premier League games under Brian Little and fall back to 5th in the table as Chelsea win at Villa Park.
Dwight Yorke makes his 225th appearance in a Villa shirt (185 Starts) to make it W98 D56 L71, 73 Goals, 33 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.12 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa boss Roberto Di Matteo and future Villa assistant manager Steve Clarke line up for Chelsea.
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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
Chelsea


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Thursday, 26 December 1996
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🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Paul Danson | 🏴 | Leicester, 1987-2005
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 104 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 28 🟥 29 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Paul Danson | 🏴 | Leicester, 1987-2005
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 8 April 1996, Villa 3-0 Southampton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Riccardo Scimeca
CARDS

🟨 Steve Clarke
🟨 Eddie Newton
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.98 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.45 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 21.55 |
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Ruud Gullit | 🇳🇱 |

Chelsea
GK Frode Grodås | 🇳🇴 |
RB Dan Petrescu | 🇷🇴 |
RB Steve Clarke | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Michael Duberry | 🏴 |
LB Andy Myers | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ruud Gullit | 🇳🇱 |
M Craig Burley | 🏴 |
M Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 |
M Eddie Newton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Mark Hughes | 🏴 |
F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 61’ |
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 61’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Andy Myers | 🏴 | (LB Terry Phelan | 🇮🇪 |)

🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Kevin Hitchcock | 🏴 |
CB Erland Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴 |
CF Mark Nicholls | 🏴 |
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
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | | 62 | 17* | 16 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 21* | - | - | 10 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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