Game #4515
Aston Villa
Saturday, 14 March 1998
Won
12th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Crystal Palace
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,781
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
3-1
Crystal Palace
Assist(s) | Fernando Nélson | 1’ | Steve Staunton | 30’ |
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 March 1998
⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Taylor (59s), Assist by Fernando Nélson
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 2-0, Savo Milošević (pen)
⚽ | 36’ Goal, 3-0, Savo Milošević, Assist by Steve Staunton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace
🔁 | 53’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Simon Grayson
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 3-1, (Crystal Palace), Matt Jansen
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Fernando Nélson, Sub on, Gary Charles
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Crystal Palace
🟨 | Booking, Steve Staunton
🟨 | Booking, Savo Milošević
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 14 March 1998
Villa bounce back from their first defeat under John Gregory to beat Palace and record their 3rd Premier League win in 4 under the new boss.
Midfielder Ian Taylor scores after just 59 seconds to set Villa on their way to victory and up to 12th in the Premier League table under John Gregory.
Savo Milošević scores his 33rd goal to secure his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 113th appearance (107 Starts) to make it W50 D30 L33, 33 Goals, 13 Assists and 15 Bookings at a goal per game rate of one for every 3.42 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Julian Joachim makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (19 Starts) to make it W14 D10 L26 and 9 Goals at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.56 games played so far in his Villa career.
Steve Staunton contributes his 30th assist in a Villa shirt on his 255th appearance (247 Starts) to make it W107 D70 L78, 19 Goals, 30 Assists, 16 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Lee Hendrie secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 26th appearance (12 Starts) to make it W10 D5 L1, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 2 Bookings and a Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Crystal Palace
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Aston Villa
Crystal Palace
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Game | #31 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 14 March 1998
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 5 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 0 🟥 2 | 1.80
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 December 1997, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Savo Milošević and Fernando Nélson return with Dwight Yorke and Simon Grayson dropping out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.10 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.79 |
Youngest Player
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 20.84 |
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Attilio Lombardo | 🇮🇹 |
Crystal Palace
GK Kevin Miller | 🏴 |
RB Jamie Smith | 🏴 |
RB Marc Edworthy | 🏴 |
CB Valérien Ismaël | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
LB Dean Gordon | 🏴 |
M Jamie Fullarton | 🏴 |
M Neil Emblen | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Tomas Brolin | 🇸🇪 |
CF Bruce Dyer | 🏴 |
CF Neil Shipperley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Marcus Bent | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 53’ |
🔁 | RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 72’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Neil Emblen | 🏴 | (M Simon Rodger | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Neil Shipperley | 🏴 | (CF Matt Jansen | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Marucs Bent | 🏴 | (M Attilio Lombardo | 🇮🇹 |)
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴 |
F Darren Byfield | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Carlo Nash | 🏴 |
CB Andy Linighan | 🏴 |
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 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | | 37 | 5* | 2 | 1 | 14* | 8 | 15 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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