Game #4712
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 April 2002


Drew
10th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
Premier League
Leicester City
Filbert Street
Attendance: 18,125
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
Leicester City
2-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Peter Crouch | 22’ | Steve Staunton 27’ |
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 April 2002
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Peter Crouch
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 1-1, (Leicester City, pen), Muzzy Izzet
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 2-1, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Assist by Steve Staunton
🕒 | HT Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 2-2, (Leicester City), Jon Stevenson
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Hassan Kachloul
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Jlloyd Samuel, Sub on, Boško Balaban 🔴
🕒 | FT Leicester City 2-2 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
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 April 2002
Villa now have 1 win in 11 games under Graham Taylor.
Villa stop their run of defeats with a draw at already relegated Leicester City.
Meanwhile the career of one of the strangest signings in Villa's history came to an end. Bert Kingaby (1905-06) and Gary Penrice (1991-92) had been odd signings but Boško Balaban took this to another level. What made the Balaban case more concerning than curious were allegations about fees and funds not tying up and claims of mystery beneficiaries of a transfer that was as ill-suited as it was overpriced. Three signings of this ilk in 115 years was probably not bad going but in a surprising turn of events they became a far more regular occurrence over the following decade. Graham Taylor and his successors David O'Leary, Martin O'Neill and Paul Lambert all made signings - some more than once - who rivalled Balaban in mystifying observers and who were clearly out of their depth in the top flight. Over the following decade Michael Boulding (Taylor), Eric Djemba Djemba (O'Leary), Moustapha Salifou and Habib Beye (O'Neill) and Joe Bennett and Jordan Bowery (Lambert) confounded the footballing world and led many to question the judgement of successive Villa bosses.
Boško Balaban makes his 11th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) to make it W4 D4 L3, 0 Goals and 0 Assists across his 8 months in and around the first team.
Thomas Hitzlsperger scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W1 D3 L7, 2 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
Darius Vassell contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 99th appearance (40 Starts) to make it W36 D26 L37, 18 Goals, 7 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.96 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 2001-02 🕒 11 | 2 (9) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 17 | #757 |
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
Leicester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 20 April 2002
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🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
🕒 11 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 4 🟥 6 | 0.64
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 21
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 8
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 6 Jan 02, Villa 2-3 United (h)
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Muzzy Izzet
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa recall Steve Stone, Darius Vassell and Jlloyd Samuel as Hassan Kachloul, Juan Pablo Ángel and Ian Taylor drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.70 |
Oldest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 33.27 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 20.05 |
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Micky Adams | 🏴 |

Leicester City
GK Ian Walker | 🏴 |
CB Gary Rowett | 🏴 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴 |
CB Callum Davidson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Matt Elliott | 🏴 |
M Lee Marshall | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Muzzy Izzet | 🇹🇷 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Robbie Savage | 🏴 |
M Stefan Oakes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Matthew Piper | 🏴 |
CF Paul Dickov | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 80’ |
🔁 F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | for RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Callum Davidson | 🏴 | (CB Matt Heath | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Lee Marshall | 🏴 | (CB Jon Ashton | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Stefan Oakes | 🏴 | (CF Jon Stevenson | 🏴 | ⚽ |)

🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Boaz Myhill | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mike Price | 🏴 |
M Tommy Williamson | 🏴 |
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
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | | 31 | 6* | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12* | 8 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street


MATCH REPORTS






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