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Game #4801

Aston Villa

Monday, 12 April 2004

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Won

6th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Premier League

Chelsea

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,112

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

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Chelsea

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🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 12 April 2004

🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Hernán Crespo
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-1, Darius Vassell (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 2-1, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Assist by Darius Vassell
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 3-1, Lee Hendrie, Assist by Peter Crouch
🔁 | 55’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Peter Whittingham
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Peter Crouch, Sub on, Luke Moore
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Dion Dublin
🥅 | 90’+3 Goal, 3-2, (Chelsea), Hernán Crespo
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Chelsea

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

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 12 April 2004
  • Despite being forced to play Saturday & Monday fixtures in quick succession Villa beat title chasing Chelsea to make it ten wins in eighteen Premier League games under David O'Leary.

  • David O'Leary's Villa record an excellent win over title chasing Chelsea to lift them to sixth in the table - their highest placing of the season.

  • Thomas Hitzlsperger scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 79th appearance (60 Starts) to make it W31 D17 L31, 10 Goals, 13 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Ronny Johnsen makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (54 Appearances) to make it W21 D11 L22, 1 Goal and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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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

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00

FIXTURE HISTORY
Chelsea
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Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Game | #33 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Monday, 12 April 2004

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🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1995-2004
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

🕒 40 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 9 🟥 13 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1995-2004

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ronny Johnsen replaces Liam Ridgewell.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.13 |

Oldest Player |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 34.86 |

Youngest Player |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.04 |

Referee

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

MANAGER

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

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Aston Villa

GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Claudio Ranieri | 🇮🇹 |

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Chelsea

GK Marco Ambrosio | 🇮🇹 |
LB Wayne Bridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Robert Huth | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Mario Melchiot | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Njitap Geremi | 🇨🇲 |
M Scott Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Adrian Mutu | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Hernán Crespo | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 55’ |
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Peter Crouch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82’ |
🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 88’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Mario Melchiot | 🇳🇱 | (CB William Gallas | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 | (M Joe Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Adrian Mutu | 🇧🇪 | (W Jesper Grønkjær | 🇩🇰 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Eiður Guðjohnsen | 🇮🇸 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 8/16

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/16

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"Thomas Hitzlsperger’s long-range drive put Villa ahead after 47 minutes and Lee Hendrie quickly added a third, while Crespo’s second was academic."
Quotes

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Monday, 12 April, 2004
Chelsea lost ground on Premiership leaders Arsenal as Aston Villa stepped up their push for a Uefa Cup place. Hernan Crespo gave a revamped Chelsea side an early lead after Adrian Mutu headed against the post. Darius Vassell equalised from the spot seven minutes before half-time after Mario Melchiot fouled Gareth Barry. Thomas Hitzlsperger’s long-range drive put Villa ahead after 47 minutes and Lee Hendrie quickly added a third, while Crespo’s second was academic. The defeat leaves Chelsea seven points behind the Gunners with only six games left. Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri made eight changes from the team that drew with Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge. Only John Terry, Frank Lampard and Marco Ambrosio remained from the starting line-up, but the revamped team started smoothly and took the lead after only 10 minutes. Wayne Bridge delivered a dangerous cross which Mutu headed against an upright, and Crespo reacted quicker than a static Villa defence to score easily. And the Argentine almost doubled Chelsea’s advantage two minutes later when he glanced Geremi’s cross narrowly wide. Villa were sluggish early on, but Chelsea were fortunate not to concede an equaliser when Robert Huth deflected Thomas Hitzlsperger’s corner towards goal, only for the ball to strike Olof Mellberg and bounce to safety. Chelsea had lost their early momentum, and they conceded a needless penalty to allow Villa to equalise eight minutes before the interval. Melchiot flattened Barry in the area under no serious threat, leaving referee Jeff Winter no alternative but to award the spot-kick. Vassell stepped up and fired straight down the middle to beat Marco Ambrosio. Villa’s confidence was surging and they should have been ahead seconds after the re-start. Ambrosio saved well after Vassell raced clear, and when it seemed certain Peter Crouch would slide the rebound into an open goal the giant striker sliced hopelessly wide. It was a brief reprieve as Hitzlsperger put Villa ahead in trademark style after 47 minutes. He picked up Vassell’s pass and flashed a low left-foot drive past Ambrosio from 25 yards. And Villa were two goals ahead four minutes later as Hendrie added a third. Jlloyd Samuel’s long throw was flicked on by Crouch, for Hendrie to turn and score from eight yards. It was Hendrie’s last contribution as he was swiftly substituted by Peter Whittingham. Crespo showed his quality by curling in a second in injury-time, but it was no consolation to disappointing Chelsea.
Reports

🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

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