Game #4545
Aston Villa
Sunday, 13 December 1998


Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Arsenal
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,217
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-2

Arsenal

Assist(s) | Lee Hendrie | 62’ | Alan Thompson | 65’ | 83’ |
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 13 December 1998
🥅 | 14’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Dennis Bergkamp
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Dennis Bergkamp
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Stan Collymore
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 1-2, Julian Joachim, Assist by Lee Hendrie
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 2-2, Dion Dublin, Assist by Alan Thompson
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 3-2, Dion Dublin, Assist by Alan Thompson
🔁 | 86’ Sub of, Julian Joachim, Sub on Simon Grayson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Arsenal
🟨 | Booking, Gareth Southgate
🟨 | Booking, Alan Wright
🟨 | Booking, Alan Thompson
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
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 13 December 1998
After their unfortunate late defeat to Chelsea, Villa win their first League game in 5 as they storm back from 2-0 behind to beat Arsenal and take the outright lead at the top of the Premier League table once again.
Dion Dublin contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance to make it W3 D2 L2, 9 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 0.70 games played so far in his Villa career.
Alan Thompson contributes his 1st assists in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (16 Starts) to make it W9 D6 L4, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 8 Bookings at a rate of a card every 2.38 games so far in his Villa career.
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, 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
Arsenal


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1997–98
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Game | #17 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Sunday, 13 December 1998
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🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 35 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 6 🟥 7 | 2.06
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Matches Officiated: 24
🟩 : 13
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 3 October 1998, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Gareth Southgate
🟨 Alan Wright
🟨 Alan Thompson
CARDS

🟨 Lee Dixon
🟨 Freddie Ljungberg
🟨 Dennis Bergkamp
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
John Gregory fields a second successive unchanged line up for the first time this season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.49 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 30.55 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.81 |
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |

Arsenal
GK David Seaman | 🏴 |
RB Lee Dixon | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴 |
RB Nelson Vivas | 🇦🇷 |
M Patrick Viera | 🇫🇷 |
M Freddie Ljungberg | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Ray Parlour | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
W Marc Overmars | 🇳🇱 |
CF Nicolas Anelka | 🇫🇷 |
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 54’ |
🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | for CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Freddie Ljungberg | 🇸🇪 | (M Gilles Grimandi | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | M Ray Parlour | 🏴 | (W Luis Boa Morte | 🇵🇹 |)

🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Matthew Ghent | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Alex Manninger | 🇦🇹 |
CB Matthew Upson | 🏴 |
CF Christopher Wreh | 🇱🇷 |
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
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | | 50 | 6* | 13 | 7 | 23* | 8 | 19 | - | - | 9 | 2 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 13 Dec 1998, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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