Game #4706
Aston Villa
Sunday, 17 March 2002


Lost
8th (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Arsenal
Villa Park
Attendance: 41,520
🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-2

Arsenal

Assist(s) | Mustapha Hadji | 69’ |
🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 17 March 2002
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Edú Gaspar
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Hassan Kachloul, Sub on Dion Dublin
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Mustapha Hadji
💥 | 55’ Missed Penalty, Gareth Barry
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Robert Pirés
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 1-2, Dion Dublin, Assist by Mustapha Hadji
🟨 | 69’ Booking, George Boateng
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal
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
🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 17 March 2002
Villa lose for the 3rd time in 5 games under Graham Taylor to fall back to 8th in the table.
Dion Dublin scores his 40th goal in a Villa shirt on his 124th appearance (101 Starts) to make it W46 D37 L41, 40 Goals, 15 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.25 games played so far in his Villa career.
George Boateng makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (117 Starts) to make it W50 D38 L37, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 29 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Mustapha Hadji contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 28th appearance (19 Starts) to make it W13 D6 L9, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.60 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
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
🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Game | #30 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Sunday, 17 March 2002
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🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
🕒 5 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 1 🟥 3 | 0.80
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 24 September 2001, Villa 3-1 Southampton, Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 George Boateng
CARDS

🟨 Oleg Luzhnyi
🟨 Freddie Ljungberg
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Paul Merson and Hassan Kachloul (first start in 10) replace Juan Pablo Ángel and Mustapha Hadji.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.85 |
Oldest Player |
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | 38.35 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 19.96 |
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MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

Aston Villa
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |

Arsenal
GK David Seaman | 🏴 |
RB Laurén | 🇨🇲 |
RB Oleg Luzhnyi | 🇺🇦 | 🟨 |
CB Igors Stepanovs | 🇱🇻 | 🔁 |
CB Sol Campbell | 🏴 |
M Patrick Viera | 🇫🇷 |
M Edú Gaspar | 🇧🇷 | ⚽ |
M Freddie Ljungberg | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Robert Pirés | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
CF Sylvain Wiltord | 🇫🇷 |
CF Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ | for M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 46’ |
🔁 M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🔥 | for CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Igors Stepanovs | 🇱🇻 | (RB Lee Dixon | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Freddie Ljungberg | 🇸🇪 | (M Gilles Grimandi | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | (CF Nwankwo Kanu | 🇳🇬 |)

🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

GK Richard Wright | 🏴 |
CB Efstathios Tavlaridis | 🇬🇷 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | | 124 | 23* | 40* | 15 | 46 | 37 | 41* | - | - | 9 | 1 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 17 Mar 2002, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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