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Game #4463

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 5 March 1997

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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

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 5 Mar 1997, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leicester City

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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 5 Mar 1997, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 117 | 🟩 | 51 🟨 | 33 🟥 33 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

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🟨 Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 David Hughes

CARDS

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🟨 Steve Guppy

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 5 Mar 1997, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

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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 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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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)

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 5 Mar 1997, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | 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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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟥 5 Mar 1997, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 14/16

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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