Game #4500
Aston Villa
Sunday, 28 December 1997
Drew
10th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Leeds United
Elland Road
Attendance: 36,909
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
Leeds United
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Steve Staunton | 85’ |
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 28 December 1997
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Darren Byfield
🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 1-1, Savo Milošević, Assist by Steve Staunton
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Darren Byfield, Sub on, Richard Walker 🟢
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa
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
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 28 December 1997
Villa extend their unbeaten run to 3 as they are held at Elland Road to climb to 10th in the Premier League table under Brian Little.
Forward Darren Byfield, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining Villa as a trainee and signing professional forms in February 1994 to become the 722nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Forward Richard Walker, 20, comes off the subs bench to make his debut in a Villa shirt after joining Villa as a trainee and signing professional forms in July 1995 to become the 723rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Savo Milošević makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (106 Appearances) to make it W48 D38 L30, 29 Goals, 13 Assists and 13 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.52 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Ugo Ehiogu records his 50th draw in a Villa shirt on his 202nd appearance (188 Starts) to make it W86 D50 L66, 12 Goals, 4 Assists, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CF Darren Byfield | 🏴 | #722 | Youth Team promotiion
🟢 CF Richard Walker | 🏴 | #723 | Youth Team promotiion
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
Leeds United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1991–92
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Game | #21 |
Manager Game | #154 |
Sunday, 28 December 1997
%20Aston%20Villa%20Kit_gif.png)
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 154 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 43 🟥 45 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 October 1995, League Cup, Villa 2-0 Stockport, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 tbc
🟨 tbc
🟨 tbc
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Darren Byfield makes his first start of the season in place of Stan Collymore.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.95 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.59 |
Youngest Player
F Darren Byfield | 🏴 | 21.26 |
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
F Darren Byfield | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
George Graham (ex) | 🏴 |
Leeds United
GK Nigel Martyn | 🏴 |
LB Davie Robertson | 🏴 |
CB David Wetherall | 🏴 |
CB Lucas Radebe | 🇿🇦 |
CB Robert Molenaar | 🇳🇱 |
RB Alan Maybury | 🇮🇪 |
M Bruno Ribeiro | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
M Lee Bowyer | 🏴 |
W Harry Kewell | 🇦🇺 |
CF Rod Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Richard Walker | 🏴 | 🟢 | for F Darren Byfield | 🏴 | 90’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Bruno Ribeiro | 🇵🇹 | (CF Derek Lilley | 🏴 |)
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Beeney | 🏴 |
RB Gunnar Halle | 🇳🇴 |
CB Mark Jackson | 🏴 |
M Stephen McPhail | 🇮🇪 |
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
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Richard Walker | 🏴 | | 1 | 1* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH REPORTS
Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Opens in New Window