Game #4737
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 4 December 2002


Won
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
League Cup
Preston North End
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,042
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-0

Preston North End

Assist(s) | Mark Kinsella | 44' | Dion Dublin | 55' | Gareth Barry | 80' | Ulises de la Cruz | 84' |
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 4 December 2002
🔁 | 30’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Mark Kinsella
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Mark Kinsella
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Preston North End
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Dion Dublin
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 3-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by Gareth Barry
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Jlloyd Samuel, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 4-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Ulises de la Cruz
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 5-0, Thomas Hitzlsperger
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Preston North End
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
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 4 December 2002
Steve Staunton makes his 325th start in a Villa shirt (338 Appearances) to make it W140 D90 L108, 20 Goals, 36 Assists, 25 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Darius Vassell scores a brace to collect his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 117th appearance (55 Starts) to make it W43 D29 L45, 25 Goals, 9 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.44 games played so far in his Villa career.
Juan Pablo Ángel contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 57th appearance (44 Starts) to make it W23 D14 L20, 19 Goals, 6 Assists and 6 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.28 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Thomas Hitzlsperger makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (20 Starts) to make it W8 D6 L11, 3 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, 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
Preston North End


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End


Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
League 🕒 98 | 🟩 50 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 34 | ⚽ 171 | 🥅 134 |
FA Cup 🕒 8 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 10 |
League Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 17 | 🥅 6 |
For the 54th time in 110 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 33 Preston 25. Both have done so on 4 occasions.
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #23 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Wednesday, 4 December 2002
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🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Clive Wilkes | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1990-2003
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
🕒 36 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 9 🟥 15 | 1.25
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Clive Wilkes | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1990-2003
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 24 August 2002, Villa 0-1 Tottenham, White Hart Lane.
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Colin Murdock
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gareth Barry replaces Olof Mellberg for the League Cup.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.81 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 34.52 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 20.68 |
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MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ |
M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Craig Brown | 🏴 |

Preston North End
GK David Lucas | 🏴 |
CB Colin Murdock | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CB Adam Eaton | 🏴 |
CB Chris Lucketti | 🏴 |
RB Graham Alexander | 🏴 |
M Eric Skora | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Dickson Etuhu | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
M Paul McKenna | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Eddie Lewis | 🇺🇸 |
CF David Healy | 🇬🇧 |
CF Richard Cresswell | 🏴 |
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 30’ |
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🔥 | for RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 82’ |
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Eric Skora | 🇫🇷 | (M Paul McKenna | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Dickson Etuhu | 🇳🇬 | (M Mark Rankine | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Paul McKenna | 🏴 | (W Lee Cartwright | 🏴 |)

🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

RB Tyrone Mears | 🏴 |
CB Marlon Broomes | 🏴 |
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
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | | 16 | 2* | 0 | 2* | 8* | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 20* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not reported
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 4 Dec 2002, Villa 5-0 Preston, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS






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