Game #4490
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 4 November 1997


Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
UEFA Cup
Athletic Bilbao
Villa Park
Attendance: 35,915
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Athletic Bilbao

Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 27’ | Ian Taylor | 50’ |
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 4 November 1997
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Athletic Bilbao
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Ian Taylor
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 2-1, (Athletic Bilbao), Javi González
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Simon Grayson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Athletic Bilbao
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
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 4 November 1997
Villa qualify for the third round of the UEFA Cup for the first time in 20 years with a strong win over Athletic Bilbao to win the second round UEFA Cup tie 2-1 on aggregate after a goalless away leg.
Dwight Yorke with one goal in his previous 12 games scores one and creates one to contribute his 125th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 264th appearance (224 Starts) to make it W112 D67 L85, 86 Goals, 39 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.11 he has played so far in his Villa career.
Ian Taylor contributes his 20th goal involvement on his 113th appearance in a Villa shirt (103 Starts) to make it W51 D28 L34, 13 Goals, 7 Assists and 16 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, 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
Athletic Bilbao


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
La Liga Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Copa del Rey Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #18 |
Manager Game | #144 |
Tuesday, 4 November 1997
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🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Sándor Piller | 🇭🇺 | Békéscsaba, 1991-2000
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Aggregate Result: 🟩
Aggregate Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 144 | 🟩 | 62 🟨 | 40 🟥 42 | 1.57
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Sándor Piller | 🇭🇺 | Békéscsaba, 1991-2000
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 tbc
CARDS

🟨 Roberto Ríos
🟨 Rafael Alkorta
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Mark Bosnich replaces Michael Oakes as Ugo Ehiogu, Simon Grayson and Julian Joachim drop out with Ian Taylor, Steve Staunton and Savo Milošević returning.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.42 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.44 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 22.41 |
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
MANAGER
Luis Fernández | 🇪🇸 |

Athletic Bilbao
GK Imanol Etxeberria | 🇪🇸 |
LB Aitor Larrazábal | 🇪🇸 |
CB Roberto Ríos | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Patxi Ferreira | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Rafael Alkorta | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
RB Iñigo Larrainzar | 🇪🇸 |
M Josu Urrutia | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Bittor Alkiza | 🇪🇸 |
W Joseba Etxeberria | 🇪🇸 |
CF Cuco Ziganda | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Ismael Urzáiz | 🇪🇸 |
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | for F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Patxi Ferreira | 🇪🇸 | (LB Mikel Lasa | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | M Josu Urrutia | 🇪🇸 | (M Javi González | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Cuco Ziganda | 🇪🇸 | (M Julen Guerrero | 🇪🇸 |)

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB David Hughes | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Juanjo Valencia | 🇪🇸 |
RB Mari Lacruz | 🇪🇸 |
M Jon Andoni Goikoetxea | 🇪🇸 |
M Txomin Nagore | 🇪🇸 |
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
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | | 14 | 3* | 0 | 0 | 5* | 3 | 6 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/17
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🇪🇸: 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🇪🇸 : 18/18
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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