Game #4649
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 24 January 2001


Lost
13th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Leeds United
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,335
🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-2

Leeds United

Assist(s) | Ian Taylor | 24’ |
🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 24 January 2001
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Merson, Assist by Ian Taylor
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), Lee Bowyer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🟨 | 61’ Booking, Alpay Özalan
🟨 | 63’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Alan Wright, Sub on, David Ginola
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 1-2, (Leeds United, pen), Ian Harte
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Steve Stone, Sub on, Mark Delaney
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Leeds United
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
🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 24 January 2001
Villa lose for the fifth successive Premier League game under John Gregory to remain 13th in the table.
Villa make it 1 win in 11 Premier League games under John Gregory.
Ian Taylor contributes his 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 238th appearance (217 Starts) to make it W104 D59 L75, 35 Goals, 15 Assists, 46 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.76 games played so far in his Villa career.
Paul Merson makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (85 Starts) to make it W39 D29 L32, 14 Goals, 15 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.45 games played so far in his Villa career.
Steve Stone makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (54 Starts) to make it W29 D22 L24, 5 Goals, 7 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, 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
Leeds United


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1991–92
🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2000-01 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Game | #23 |
Manager Game | #140 |
Wednesday, 24 January 2001
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🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 139 | 🟩 | 63 🟨 | 34 🟥 42 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 15 Mar 00, Villa 0-0 Liverpool (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Alpay Özalan
🟨 Gareth Barry
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ian Taylor returns for Dion Dublin.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.08 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 32.87 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 19.93 |
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MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
MANAGER
David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |

Leeds United
GK Paul Robinson | 🏴 |
LB Ian Harte | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
LB Dominic Matteo | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Jonathan Woodgate | 🏴 |
CB Rio Ferdinand | 🏴 |
RB Gary Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Olivier Dacourt | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Lee Bowyer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Eirik Bakke | 🇳🇴 |
F Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Viduka | 🇦🇺 |
🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 54’ |
🔁 | W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 69’ |
🔁 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | for M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Dominic Matteo | 🏴 | (W Jason Wilcox | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Olivier Dacourt | 🇫🇷 | (M David Batty| 🏴 |)
🔁 | F Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 | (M Alan Smith | 🏴 |)

🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Martyn | 🏴 |
RB Danny Mills | 🏴 |
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 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | | 46 | 43* | 3 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 19* | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 53* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 3/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 24 Jan 2001, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS









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