Game #4757
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 April 2003


Won
13th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Chelsea
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,358
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Chelsea

Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 11’ | Darius Vassell | 78’ |
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 April 2003
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Marcus Allbäck, Assist by Gareth Barry
🔁 | 18’ Sub off, Joey Guðjónsson, Sub on, Steve Staunton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 2-0, Marcus Allbäck, Assist by Darius Vassell
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 2-1, (Chelsea), John Terry
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Öyvind Leonhardsen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
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
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 April 2003
As if from nowhere Villa conjure up a first win in eight against 4th placed Chelsea with Marcus Allbäck, a player who had hitherto looked less than likely to score, hit a brace to deliver Graham Taylor his 14th top flight win in 47 matches since his return.
Villa make it 11 wins in 34 Premier League games under Graham Taylor.
Marcus Allbäck contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (8 Starts) to make it W9 D5 L7, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.20 games played so far in his Villa career.
Ronny Johnsen makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (26 Appearances) to make it W11 D5 L10 and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, 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
Chelsea


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Game | #34 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Saturday, 19 April 2003
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🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
🕒 56 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 13 🟥 25 | 1.20
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 Dec 02, Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough (h)
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Öyvind Leonhardsen
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Öyvind Leonhardsen, Ronny Johnsen and Joey Guðjónsson return in place of Steve Staunton, Mustapha Hadji and Lee Hendrie.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.41 |
Oldest Player |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 33.88 |
Youngest Player |
CB Rob Edwards | 🏴 | 20.33 |
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
CB Rob Edwards | 🏴 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
M Joey Guðjónsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Claudio Ranieri | 🇮🇹 |

Chelsea
GK Carlo Cudicini | 🇮🇹 |
LB Graeme Le Saux | 🏴 |
CB Marcel Desailly | 🇫🇷 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB William Gallas | 🇫🇷 |
RB Mario Melchiot | 🇳🇱 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
M Emmanuel Petit | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Quique de Lucas | 🇪🇸 |
F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | for M Joey Guðjónsson | 🇮🇸 | 18’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Emmanuel Petit | 🇫🇷 | (LB Celestine Babayaro | 🇳🇬 |)
🔁 | F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 | (CF Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | (CF Eidur Guðjohnsen | 🇮🇸 |)

🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
M Stephen Cooke | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Ed de Goey | 🇳🇱 |
W Boudewijn Zenden | 🇳🇱 |
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
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | | 345 | 16* | 20 | 36 | 144* | 91 | 110 | - | - | 28 | 2 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 35* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 6/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not reported
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS






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🟩 19 Apr 2003, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park

