Game #4780
Aston Villa
Sunday, 14 December 2003


Won
16th (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Villa Park
Attendance: 36,964
🟩 14 Dec 2003, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-2

Wolves

Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 21’ | Mark Delaney | 23’ | 48' |
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 14 December 2003
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Gareth Barry
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 2-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Mark Delaney
🟨 | 35’ Booking, Mark Delaney
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 2-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Alex Rae
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 3-1, Gareth Barry, Assist by Mark Delaney
🔁 | 51’ Sub off, Thomas Sörensen, Sub on, Stefan Postma
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Marcus Allbäck, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Jlloyd Samuel
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 3-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Mark Kennedy
🟨 | 82’ Booking, Gavin McCann
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
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
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ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 14 December 2003
Villa win for the second time in three Premier League games to climb back to 16th in the table as they make if four wins in sixteen under David O'Leary.
Juan Pablo Ángel delivers for David O'Leary once again to secure Villa a third successive home win to scramble out of the relegation places.
Juan Pablo Ángel scores his 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 65th start (82 Appearances) to make it W32 D19 L31, 30 Goals, 8 Assists and 7 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.71 starts so far in his Villa career.
Mark Delaney contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 132nd appearance (116 Starts) to make it W48 D40 L44, 1 Goal, 4 Assists, 17 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
Dion Dublin makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (140 Starts) to make it W65 D47 L63, 57 Goals, 19 Assists, 15 Bookings and 2 Red Cards at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.30 games played so far in his Villa career.
Thomas Hitzlsperger secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 58th appearance (47 Starts) to make it W20 D13 L25, 6 Goals, 7 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 14 Dec 2003, Villa 3-2 Wolves, 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
Wolverhampton Wanderers


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Game | #16 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Sunday, 14 December 2003
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🟩 14 Dec 2003, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 19 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 5 🟥 7 | 1.37
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 24
🟩 : 11
🟨 : 8
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 Apr 03, Villa 1-2 Everton (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Mark Delaney
🟨 Jlloyd Samuel
🟨 Gavin McCann
CARDS

🟨 Oleg Luzhny
🟨 Alex Rae
🟨 Paul Ince
🟨 Henri Camara
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Marcus Allbäck and Thomas Hitzlsperger replace Lee Hendrie and Peter Whittingham.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.49 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 34.67 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 21.71 |
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MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
FB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 | 🔥 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Dave Jones | 🏴 |

Wolverhampton Wanderers
GK Michael Oakes (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Dennis Irwin | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Paul Butler | 🇮🇪 |
CB Joey Craddock | 🏴 |
RB Oleg Luzhnyi | 🇺🇦 | 🟨 |
M Alex Rae | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Paul Ince | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Colin Cameron | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Mark Kennedy | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Henri Camara | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 |
CF Dean Sturridge | 🏴 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | for GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 | 51’ |
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | for F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | 58’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Dennis Irwin | 🇮🇪 | (LB Lee Naylor | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Colin Cameron | 🏴 | (M Silas | 🇵🇹 |)
🔁 | CF Dean Sturridge | 🏴 | (CF Kenny Miller | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Andy Marshall | 🏴 |
M Joey Guðjónsson (ex) | 🇮🇸 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 11 | 3* | 0 | 0 | 4* | 3 | 4 | 15* | 3 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | | 3* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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