Game #4461
Aston Villa
Saturday, 22 February 1997


Drew
6th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
Attendance: 25,239
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground
Nottingham Forest
0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 February 1997
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Fernando Nélson
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
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 22 February 1997
A poor refereeing decision robs Villa of an 88' winner as Villa are held at the City Ground but extend their unbeaten Premier League run to three games under Brian Little.
Savo Milošević makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W35 D21 L19, 21 Goals, 9 Assists and 9 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.50 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa forward Dean Saunders lines up for Forest.
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

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
Nottingham Forest


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1989-90
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Game | #27 |
Manager Game | #115 |
Saturday, 22 February 1997
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🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 115 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 | 33 🟥 32 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1997-2004 🆘
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Fernando Nélson
CARDS

🟨 Des Lyttle
🟨 Scott Gemmill
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.57 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.61 |
Youngest Player
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 23.49 |
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

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

Nottingham Forest
GK Mark Crossley | 🏴 |
RB Des Lyttle | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Chettle | 🏴 |
LB Colin Cooper | 🏴 |
M Alf-Inge Håland | 🇳🇴 |
M David Phillips | 🏴 |
M Scott Gemmill | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴 |
M Chris Bart-Williams | 🏴 |
W Bryan Roy | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Dean Saunders (ex) | 🏴 |
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Bryan Roy | 🇳🇱 | (M Ian Woan | 🏴 |)

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Alan Fettis | 🇬🇧 |
CB Steve Blatherwick | 🏴 |
M Chris Allen | 🏴 |
W Paul McGregor | 🏴 |
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
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | | 42 | 19* | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9* | 10 | - | - | 2 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/16
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground


MATCH REPORTS
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