Game #4463
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 5 March 1997


Lost
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Leicester City
Filbert Street
Attendance: 20,626
🟥 5 Mar 1997, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
Leicester City
1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 5 Mar 1997, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Filbert Street


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 5 March 1997
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Steve Claridge
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🕒 | FT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 | Booking, David Hughes
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
🟥 5 Mar 1997, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 5 March 1997
Villa lose for the first time in 5 Premier League games under Brian Little.
Centre back David Hughes, 19, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining the club as a trainee and signing professional forms in July 1996 to become the 719th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Tommy Johnson makes it 10 Premier League games without a goal on his 69th appearance in a Villa shirt (49 Starts), W28 D18 L23, 16 Goals, 4 Assists and 11 Bookings at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.31 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Julian Joachim makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (8 Starts) to make it W8 D5 L12 and 3 Goals so far in his Villa career at a goal involvement rate of one for every 8.33 games played so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa full back Simon Grayson, future Villa centre forward Emile Heskey and former Villa midfielder Garry Parker line up for Leicester as future Villa boss Martin O’Neill masterminds another victory over Villa.
🟥 5 Mar 1997, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

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
Leicester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Game | #29 |
Manager Game | #117 |
Wednesday, 5 March 1997
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🟥 5 Mar 1997, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 117 | 🟩 | 51 🟨 | 33 🟥 33 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 Jan 97, Villa 2-2 Newcastle (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 David Hughes
CARDS

🟨 Steve Guppy
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
David Hughes comes in for his first start in place of Steve Staunton.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.78 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.64 |
Youngest Player
CB David Hughes | 🏴 | 19.10 |
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MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
MANAGER
Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | (ft)

Leicester City
GK Kasey Keller | 🇺🇸 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
CB Steve Walsh | 🏴 |
CB Spencer Prior | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Matt Elliott | 🏴 |
M Muzzy Izzet | 🇹🇷 |
M Neil Lennon | 🇬🇧 |
M Garry Parker (ex) | 🏴 |
W Steve Guppy | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Mark Robins | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Spencer Prior | 🏴 | (D Julian Watts | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Mark Robins | 🏴 | (CF Steve Claridge | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | (M Scott Taylor | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Kevin Poole (ex) | 🏴 |
W Jamie Lawrence | 🏴 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | | 69 | 20* | 16 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 23* | - | - | 11 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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