Game #4742
Aston Villa
Thursday, 26 December 2002
Lost
16th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Manchester City
Maine Road
Attendance: 33,991
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
Manchester City
3-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Jlloyd Samuel | 41’ |
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 26 December 2002
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Marc-Vivien Foé
🟨 | 18’ Booking, Ulises de la Cruz
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-1, Dion Dublin, Assist by Jlloyd Samuel
🕒 | HT Manchester City 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sub on, Öyvind Leonhardsen
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester City), Ali Bernarbia
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 1-3, (Manchester City), Marc-Vivien Foé
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Öyvind Leonhardsen, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Manchester City 3-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not reported
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 26 December 2002
Villa lose for the 4th time in 5 in all competitions to leave them with 6 wins in 20 Premier League games under Graham Taylor as they fall to 16th in the table.
Villa lose for the 16th time in 33 League games under Graham Taylor, having won 6 top flight games this season.
Jlloyd Samuel makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (69 Appearances) to make it W23 D19 L27, 4 Assists, 8 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Mustapha Hadji makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (39 Appearances) to make it W14 D8 L17, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
Aston Villa
Manchester City
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Game | #20 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Thursday, 26 December 2002
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 41 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 9 🟥 19 | 1.17
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 6 Oct 02, Villa 0-0 Leeds (h)
Cards: 🟨
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ulises de la Cruz and Mark Kinsella replace Lee Hendrie and Öyvind Leonhardsen.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.88 |
Oldest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 33.96 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 20.74 |
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🟨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Kevin Keegan | 🏴 |
Manchester City
GK Peter Schmeichel (ex) | 🇩🇰 |
LB Danny Tiatto | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Howey | 🏴 |
CB Silvain Distin | 🇫🇷 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Terry Hurlock | 🏴 |
M Eyal Berkovic | 🇮🇱 |
M Marc-Vivien Foé | 🇨🇲 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Shaun Wright-Phillips | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Shaun Goater | 🇧🇲 | 🔁 |
CF Nicolas Anelka | 🇫🇷 |
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 63’ |
🔁 M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 | for M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 68’ |
🔁 M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | for M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 89’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Danny Tiatto | 🇦🇺 | (LB Niclas Jensen | 🇩🇰 |)
🔁 | W Shaun Wright-Phillips | 🏴 | (M Ali Benarbia | 🇩🇿 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Shaun Goater | 🇧🇲 | (W Darren Huckerby | 🏴 |)
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Carlo Nash | 🏴 |
CB Gerard Wiekens | 🇳🇱 |
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
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | | 61 | 17* | 19 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 24* | - | - | 6 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/16
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
UNAVAILABLE
Not reported
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 26 Dec 2002, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
MATCH REPORTS
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