Game #4773
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 29 October 2003


Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Leicester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,729
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
1-0

Leicester City

Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 79' |
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 29 October 2003
🟨 | 32’ Booking, Ronny Johnsen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Ulises de la Cruz, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Thomas Hitzlsperger
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 1-0, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Assist by Gareth Barry
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Olof Mellberg, Sub on, Dion Dublin
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Leicester City
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
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 29 October 2003
Villa seek respite from their League difficulties under David O’Leary as Thomas Hitzlsperger fires Villa into the fourth round of the League Cup.
Olof Mellberg secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 88th appearance to make it W25 D28 L35, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 4 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Jlloyd Samuel makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (80 Starts) to make it W33 D28 L39, 1 Goal, 5 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Thomas Sørensen keeps his 5th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 12th appearance to make it W4 D4 L4, 12 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.00 goal per game and 5 Clean Sheets (42%) so far in his Villa career.
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, 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
Leicester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #12 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Wednesday, 29 October 2003
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🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 12 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 4 🟥 4 | 1.33
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Matches Officiated: 13
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 Sep 03, Villa 1-4 Manchester City (a) 🆘
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ronny Johnsen
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ulises de la Cruz and Ronny Johnsen replace Dion Dublin and Mark Kinsella.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.03 |
Oldest Player |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 34.41 |
Youngest Player |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | 19.15 |
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🔁 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Micky Adams | 🏴 |

Leicester City
GK Danny Coyne | 🏴 |
LB Jordan Stewart | 🏴 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴 |
CB Steve Howey | 🏴 |
M Andy Impey | 🏴 |
M Billy McKInlay | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Craig Hignett | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lilian Nalis | 🇫🇷 |
M Paul Brooker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Paul Dickov | 🏴 |
CF Brian Deane | 🏴 |
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 57’ |
🔁 M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | for CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Billy McKInlay | 🏴 | (M Muzzy Izzet | 🇹🇷 |)
🔁 | M Craig Hignett | 🏴 | (W Keith Gillespie | 🇬🇧 |)
🔁 | M Paul Brooker | 🏴 | (CF James Scowcroft | 🏴 |)

🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Paul Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
CB Nicolas Priet | 🇫🇷 |
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
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | | 31 | 15* | 6 | 1 | 13* | 7 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 49* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 6/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 29 Oct 2003, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.


MATCH REPORTS






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