Game #4801
Aston Villa
Monday, 12 April 2004


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

Chelsea

Assist(s) | Darius Vassell | 49’ | Peter Crouch | 52’ |
🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park


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

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

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


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


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 40 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 9 🟥 13 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Matches Officiated: 24
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 10
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

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

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 |
🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

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 | 🇮🇹 |

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 | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 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 | 🇩🇰 |)

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

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | | 39 | 13* | 1 | 4 | 16* | 9 | 14 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 76* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 8/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
🟩 12 Apr 2004, Villa 3-2 Chelsea, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


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


MATCH REPORTS






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