Game #4791
Aston Villa
Saturday, 31 January 2004


Won
11th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Leicester City
Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 31,056
🟩 31 Jan 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers
Leicester City
0-5

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Thomas Hitzlsperger | 50’ | 56’ | Gareth Barry | 60’ | Peter Crouch | 64’ | Mark Delaney | 68’ |
🟩 31 Jan 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 January 2004
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Nolberto Solano
🟨 | 9’ Booking, Olof Mellberg
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Thomas Hitzlsperger
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 2-0, Peter Crouch, Assist by Thomas Hitzlsperger
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 3-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Gareth Barry
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 4-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by Peter Crouch
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 5-0, Peter Crouch, Assist by Mark Delaney
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sub on Peter Whittingham
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on Marcus Allbäck
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Mark Delaney, Sub on Ulises de la Cruz
🕒 | FT Leicester City 0-5 Aston Villa
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
🟩 31 Jan 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 31 January 2004
Villa bounce back from their difficult January to end the month with a stunning performance and result on the road at Leicester inspired by new signing Nolberto Solano and the returning Peter Crouch.
Nolberto Solano, 29, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Newcastle United for a fee of £1,800,000 earlier this month to become the 773rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Solano's signing was nothing short of a coup, arguably Newcastle had let their best player leave to a rival for a relatively small fee, and Villa suddenly had a piece of the jigsaw that had been missing for the last couple of seasons.
Peter Crouch scores his 1st goals in a Villa shirt in 24 appearances and contributes his 5th assist on his 31st appearance (20 Starts) to make it W10 D6 L15, 4 Goals, 5 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.44 games played so far in his Villa career.
Darius Vassell contributes his 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 166th appearance (93 Starts) to make it W62 D39 L65, 38 Goals, 12 Assists, 15 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.32 games played so far in his Villa career.
Thomas Hitzlsperger makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (69 Appearances) to make it W26 D14 L29, 7 Goals, 10 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Mark Delaney contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 142nd appearance (126 Starts) to make it W54 D41 L47, 1 Goal, 5 Assists, 19 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
🟩 31 Jan 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | #773 | £1,800,000 signing from Newcastle
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
🟩 31 Jan 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Game | #23 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 31 January 2004
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🟩 31 Jan 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 30 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 6 🟥 11 | 1.50
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 31 Jan 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Matches Officiated: 22
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 9
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 January 2004, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Olof Mellberg
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 31 Jan 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
David O'Leary hands Nolberto Solano his Villa debut in place of Lee Hendrie.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 34.80 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 21.84 |
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MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🟢 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Micky Adams | 🏴 |

Leicester City
GK Ian Walker | 🏴 |
LB Callum Davidson | 🏴 |
LB Ben Thatcher | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Nikolaos Dabizas | 🇺🇾 |
RB John Curtis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Billy McKinlay | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Steve Guppy | 🏴 |
W Keith Gillespie | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
CF James Scowcroft | 🏴 |
CF Marcus Bent | 🏴 |
🟩 31 Jan 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | for M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 71’ |
🔁 F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 71’ |
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | for RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 81’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB John Curtis | 🏴 | (CF Frank Sinclair | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Billy McKinlay | 🏴 | (CB Matt Elliott | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Keith Gillespie | 🇬🇧 | (W Craig Hignett | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

GK Danny Coyne | 🏴 |
LB Jordan Stewart | 🏴 |
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
🟩 31 Jan 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | | 33 | 7* | 1 | 4 | 13* | 7 | 13 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 66* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 31 Jan 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 6/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
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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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