Game #4736
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 November 2002


Lost
15th (-4)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Arsenal
Highbury
Attendance: 38,090
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
Arsenal
3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Ulises De La Cruz | 64’ |
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 November 2002
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Robert Pirés
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Thierry Henry
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Thomas Hitzlsperger
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-2, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Assist by Ulises de la Cruz
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 1-3, (Arsenal, pen), Thierry Henry
🟨 | 84’ Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Dion Dublin
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not reported
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
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 November 2002
Villa lose for the first time in 6 Premier League games under Graham Taylor.
Villa's mini revival under Graham Taylor suffers a setback at leaders Arsenal to drop back to 15th place.
Ian Taylor makes his 250th start in a Villa shirt (282 Appearances) to make it W118 D76 L88, 42 Goals, 17 Assists, 53 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
Thomas Hitzlsperger contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance (19 Starts) to make it W7 D6 L11, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Ulises de la Cruz contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L7, 2 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
Lee Hendrie makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (154 Starts) to make it W82 D53 L65, 23 Goals, 19 Assists, 34 Bookings and 3 Red Cards at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.87 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Ronny Johnsen makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W5 D2 L3 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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: 2001-02
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Game | #16 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Saturday, 30 November 2002
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🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
🕒 35 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 9 🟥 15 | 1.20
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1997-2004
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Thomas Hitzlsperger
🟨 Ian Taylor
🟨 Dion Dublin
CARDS

🟨 Oleg Luzhniy
🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ronny Johnsen replaces Gareth Barry.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.11 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 34.51 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 20.67 |
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MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |

Arsenal
GK Rami Shaaban | 🇸🇪 |
LB Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 🇳🇱 |
CB Pascal Cygan | 🇫🇷 |
CB Sol Campbell | 🏴 |
CB Kolo Touré | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |
RB Oleg Luzhniy | 🇺🇦 | (🟨)
M Patrick Viera | 🇫🇷 |
M Gilberto Silva | 🇧🇷 |
W Robert Pirés | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Thierry Henry | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🔥 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 46’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Kolo Touré | 🇨🇮 | (CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Robert Pirés | 🇫🇷 | (M Freddie Ljungberg | 🇸🇪 |)
🔁 | F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | (F Sylvain Wiltord | 🇫🇷 |)

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CF Francis Jeffers | 🏴 |
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
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | | 11 | 3* | 2 | 1* | 3 | 1 | 7* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 19* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 4/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
UNAVAILABLE

Not reported
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 30 Nov 2002, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH REPORTS






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