Game #4526
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 August 1998
Won
1st= (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Sheffield Wednesday
Hillsborough
Attendance: 25,989
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
Sheffield Wednesday
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Stan Collymore | 37’ |
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 August 1998
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-0, Julian Joachim, Assist by Stan Collymore
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Simon Grayson
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 August 1998
Villa make it three unbeaten Premier League games at the start of the season as they win at Hillsborough to go joint top of the early table under John Gregory.
Stan Collymore contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance (35 Starts) to make it W16 D6 L16, 8 Goals, 5 Assists, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa forward Benito Carbone lines up for Wednesday.
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Sheffield Wednesday
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91
Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Game | #3 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Saturday, 29 August 1998
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🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 16 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 1 🟥 3 | 2.31
Villa Career Form:
Champions
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 16
🟩 : 10
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 17 January 1998, Villa 0-5 Blackburn, Ewood Park.
Cards: 🟨
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Riccardo Scimeca and Ian Taylor drop out with Mark Draper and Stan Collymore coming in for their first starts of the season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 28.40 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.52 |
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Danny Wilson | 🏴 |
Sheffield Wednesday
GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴 |
RB Juan Cobian | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
RB Peter Atherton | 🏴 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
CB Émerson Thome | 🇧🇷 |
LB Andy Hinchcliffe | 🏴 |
M Wim Jonk | 🇳🇱 |
M Petter Rudi | 🇳🇴 |
F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 | 🟨 |
CF Andy Booth | 🏴 |
CF Paulo Di Canio | 🇮🇹 |
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 77’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Juan Cobian | 🇦🇷 | (RB Earl Barrett (ex) | 🏴 |)
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
M Fabio Ferraresi | 🇮🇹 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Matt Clarke | 🏴 |
M Lee Briscoe | 🏴 |
M Graham Hyde | 🏴 |
CF Guy Whittingham (ex) | 🏴 |
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
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | | 46 | 10* | 2 | 2 | 22* | 8 | 16 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCH REPORTS
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