Game #4642
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 December 2000


Won
7th (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Leeds United
Elland Road
Attendance: 39,714
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
Leeds United
1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Paul Merson | 88’ |
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 December 2000
🟨 | 38’ Booking, Paul Merson
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 1-0, Gareth Southgate
🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 48’ Booking, Alpay Özalan
🟨 | 68’ Booking, George Boateng
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Gilles De Bilde, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, David Ginola, Sub on, Jlloyd Samuel
🟨 | 86’ Booking, Steve Stone
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 2-0, George Boateng, Assist by Paul Merson
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 2-1, (Leeds United), Jonathan Woodgate
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa
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
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 December 2000
Villa win for the first time in six after four consecutive draws as they beat Leeds to move back up to 7th in the Premier League under John Gregory.
In a season where late goals have proved a prominent feature in Villa's games, another last minute goal, itself following an 88' winner, is not enough to stop Villa recording their first win in 6.
Darius Vassell secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 39th appearance (37 Starts) but is now without a goal in 36 appearances to make it W20 D5 L14, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 6.50 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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
Leeds United


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1991–92
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2000-01 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #133 |
Saturday, 23 December 2000
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🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 132 | 🟩 | 62 🟨 | 33 🟥 37 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 23 Sep 00, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Paul Merson
🟨 Alpay Özalan
🟨 George Boateng
🟨 Steve Stone
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gilles De Bilde replaces Dion Dublin.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.36 |
Oldest Player |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | 33.93 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 19.84 |
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔥 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
F Gilles De Bilde | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |

Leeds United
GK Paul Robinson | 🏴 |
LB Dominic Matteo | 🏴 |
CB Lucas Radebe | 🇿🇦 | 🔁 |
CB Jonathan Woodgate | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Rio Ferdinand | 🏴 |
RB Gary Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Lee Bowyer | 🏴 |
M Eirik Bakke | 🇳🇴 |
M Alan Smith | 🏴 |
W Harry Kewell | 🇦🇺 |
CF Mark Viduka | 🇦🇺 |
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for F Gilles De Bilde | 🇧🇪 | 71’ |
🔁 | RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | for W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Lucas Radebe | 🇿🇦 | (F Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 |)

🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Martyn | 🏴 |
RB Danny Mills | 🏴 |
M Jacob Burns | 🇦🇺 |
W Jason Wilcox | 🏴 |
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
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | | 39 | 37* | 2 | 4 | 20* | 5 | 14 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 46* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 4/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 23 Dec 2000, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road


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