Game #4537
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 28 October 1998
Lost
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
League Cup
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 26,790
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea
4-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 28 October 1998
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Draper
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 1-1, (Chelsea), Gianluca Vialli
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Riccardo Scimeca, Sub on, Alan Thompson
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 1-2, (Chelsea), Gianluca Vialli
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Alan Wright, Sub on, Tommy Jaszczun 🟢 🔴
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Gary Charles, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 1-3, (Chelsea), Tore André Flo
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 1-4, (Chelsea), Gianluca Vialli
🟥 | 87’ Sending off, (Chelsea), Dennis Wise
🕒 | FT Chelsea 4-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | Booking, Alan Thompson
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 28 October 1998
Villa suffer their first defeat of the season and their first in 16 games as John Gregory names a much changed side and squad for the third round of the League Cup at Chelsea.
Forward Darren Byfield, 22, makes his 10th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (3 Starts) before moving on to Walsall FC in June 2000, leaving with a record of W5 D1 L4, 0 Goals and 0 Assists across his 12 months in and around the first team.
Midfielder Tommy Jaszczun, 21, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 730th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football before moving on to Blackpool for a fee of £63,000 in January 2000.
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴 | #730 | Youth Team promotiion
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CF Darren Byfield | 🏴 | 1997-98 🕒 10 | 3 (7) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺9 | #722 |
🔴 LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴 | 1998 🕒 1 | 0 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺2 | #730 |
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Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Chelsea
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1997-98
Aston Villa
Chelsea
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Wednesday, 28 October 1998
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🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 27 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 4 🟥 4 | 2.26
Villa Career Form:
Champions
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gareth Southgate, Gareth Barry, Lee Hendrie, Alan Thompson, Stan Collymore and Paul Merson drop out as Steve Watson (first start), Darren Byfield, Simon Grayson, Mark Draper, Julian Joachim and Riccardo Scimeca come in.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.20 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 30.42 |
Youngest Player |
F Darren Byfield | 🏴 | 22.09 |
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 |
Chelsea
GK Dmitriy Kharin | 🇷🇺 |
LB Celestine Babayaro | 🇳🇬 |
CB Bernard Lambourde | 🇫🇷 |
CB Michael Duberry | 🏴 |
RB Dan Petrescu | 🇷🇴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Dennis Wise | 🏴 | 🟥 |
M Gustavo Poyet | 🇺🇾 |
M Jody Morris | 🏴 |
CF Tore André Flo | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
CF Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Nicholls | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 | for CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 56’ |
🔁 | LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 74’ |
🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Dan Petrescu | 🇷🇴 | (CB John Terry | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 | (LB Jon Harley | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Mark Nicholls | 🏴 | (CB Neil Clement | 🏴 |)
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Kevin Hitchcock | 🏴 |
F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 |
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 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | | 13 | 1* | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1* | - | - | 6* | 0 |
UNUSED
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH REPORTS
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