Game #4508
Aston Villa
Saturday, 14 February 1998


Lost
5th Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
FA Cup
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 36,979
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1

Coventry City

Assist(s) | None
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 February 1998
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Coventry City
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Darren Byfield
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Viorel Moldovan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Coventry City
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
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 14 February 1998
Villa's troubled season under John Gregory takes a further turn downward as Villa lose to Coventry at Villa Park for the first time in their history as they are knocked out of the FA Cup in the fifth round.
Future Villa midfielder George Boateng and future Villa centre forward Dion Dublin line up for Coventry as they secured their first ever win at Villa Park
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, 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
Coventry City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #36 |
Manager Game | #162 |
Saturday, 14 February 1998
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🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 162 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 45 🟥 48 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 August 1997, Villa 0-1, Newcastle, St James' Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Marcus Hall
🟨 George Boateng
🟨 Trond Egil Soltvedt
🟨 Willie Boland
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Steve Staunton comes in with Dwight Yorke dropping out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.80 |
Oldest Player
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 29.09 |
Youngest Player
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 20.76 |
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |

Coventry City
GK Magnus Hedman | 🇸🇪 |
RB Roland Nilsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Gary Breen | 🇮🇪 |
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB David Burrows | 🏴|
LB Marcus Hall | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Trond Egil Soltvedt | 🇳🇴| 🟨 |
M Gavin Strachan | 🏴| 🔁 |
W Darren Huckerby | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Darren Byfield | 🏴 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 67’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Richard Shaw | 🏴 | (CF Viorel Moldovan | 🇷🇴 | ⚽|)
🔁 | M Gavin Strachan | 🏴 | (M Willie Boland | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |)

🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴 |
F Richard Walker | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴 |
CF Simon Haworth | 🏴 |
CF Martin Johansen | 🇩🇰 |
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
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Darren Byfield | 🏴 | | 3 | 2* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 14 Feb 1998, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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