Game #4664
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 May 2001


Won
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,761
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-2

Coventry City

Assist(s) | Gareth Southgate | 81' |
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 May 2001
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Mustapha Hadji
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-2, (Coventry City), Mustapha Hadji
🔁 | 40’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, David Ginola
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Coventry City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, George Boateng, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-2, Darius Vassell
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🟨 | 79’ Booking, Lee Hendrie
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 2-2, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Gareth Southgate
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 3-2, Paul Merson
🟨 | 88’ Booking, Juan Pablo Ángel
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Coventry City
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
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 May 2001
Villa win for the 1st time in 4 but make it 5 wins in their last 11 unbeaten Premier League games with an 8th placed finish secured.
Villa's record signing Juan Pablo Ángel, having not played in the previous 3 matches under John Gregory and once again relegated to a substitute role, scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance (7 Starts) in a truncated start to his Villa career to make it W3 D2 L4, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.50 games played so far in his Villa career.
Ángel hits the equaliser after soon to be Villa winger Mustapha Hadji had Coventry two up before half time. The winner not only confirms Coventry’s relegation from the Premier League but also extends Villa’s unbeaten run under John Gregory to 11 games.
Paul Merson makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (115 Appearances) to make it W45 D36 L34, 16 Goals, 17 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.48 games played so far in his Villa career.
Darius Vassell scores his 7th goal for the club to help secure his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 56th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W25 D11 L20, 7 Goals, 4 Assists, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.09 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, 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
Coventry City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2000-01 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Game | #37 |
Manager Game | #155 |
Saturday, 5 May 2001
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🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 154 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 41 🟥 44 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 14
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 Jan 01, Villa 0-2 United (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Lee Hendrie
🟨 Juan Pablo Ángel
CARDS

🟨 Marcus Hall
🟨 John Eustace
🟨 Lee Carsley
🟨 John Hartson
🟨 Craig Bellamy
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.49 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 33.15 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 20.21 |
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |

Coventry City
GK Chris Kirkland | 🏴 |
LB Marcus Hall | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Paul Williams | 🏴 |
CB Gary Breen | 🇮🇪 |
RB Barry Quinn | 🇮🇪 |
M John Eustace | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Lee Carsley | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Paul Telfer | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF John Hartson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Craig Bellamy | 🏴 | 🟨 |
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 40’ |
🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 | for M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 46’ |
🔁 | CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 63’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Marcus Hall | 🏴 | (CF Ysrael Zúñiga | 🇵🇪 |)
🔁 | M Paul Telfer | 🏴 | (RB Marc Edworthy | 🏴 |)

🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Magnus Hedman | 🇸🇪 |
M Gavin Strachan | 🏴 |
CF Jay Bothroyd | 🏴 |
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
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | | 27 | 13* | 3 | 5 | 9* | 11* | 7 | - | - | 6 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 68* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 2/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 5 May 2001, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS



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