Game #4536
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 October 1998
Drew
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Leicester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,241
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
1-1
Leicester City
Assist(s) | Lee Hendrie | 68’ |
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 October 1998
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Tony Cottee
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Leicester City
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Gary Charles, Sub on Julian Joachim
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-1, Ugo Ehiogu, Assist by Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Steve Watson 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester City
🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 October 1998
Villa are held for the second successive Premier League game but extend their unbeaten top flight run to ten under John Gregory.
Full back Steve Watson, 24, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Newcastle United for a fee of £5,400,000 earlier this month to become the 729th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Gary Charles makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (90 Starts) to make it W54 D24 L22, 4 Goals, 11 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | #729 | £5.40m signing from Newcastle
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
Leicester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1996-97
Aston Villa
Leicester City
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Game | #10 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 24 October 1998
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🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 26 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 2.35
Villa Career Form:
Champions
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 17
🟩 : 10
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Mark Draper, Julian Joachim and Riccardo Scimeca drop out as Ian Taylor, Alan Thompson and Paul Merson return.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.14 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 30.62 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.68 |
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Leicester City
GK Kasey Keller | 🇺🇸 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴 |
CB Matt Elliott | 🏴 |
LB Rob Ullathorne | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Theo Zagorakis | 🇬🇷 | 🔁 |
M Muzzy Izzet | 🇹🇷 |
M Neil Lennon | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
M Robbie Savage | 🏴 |
W Steve Guppy | 🏴 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 |
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 60’ |
🔁 | RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 🟢 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Theo Zagorakis | 🇬🇷 | (M Stuart Wilson | 🏴 |)
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Pegguy Arphexad | 🇫🇷 |
CB Steve Walsh | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Graham Fenton (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
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | | 70 | 33* | 15 | 4 | 30 | 13* | 27 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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