Game #4816
Aston Villa
Saturday, 16 October 2004


Lost
13th (-5)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Arsenal
Highbury
Attendance: 38,137
🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
Arsenal
3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Carlton Cole | 3’ |
🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 October 2004
⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Lee Hendrie, Assist by Carlton Cole
🔁 | 8’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Peter Whittingham
🟨 | 17’ Booking, Carlton Cole
🥅 | 19’ Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal, pen), Robert Pirés
🟨 | 21’ Booking, Olof Mellberg
🥅 | 45’+1 Goal, 1-2, (Arsenal), Thierry Henry
🕒 | HT Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sub on, Steven Davis
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Carlton Cole, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🟨 | 63’ Booking, Jlloyd Samuel
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 1-3, (Arsenal), Robert Pirés
🟨 | 73’ Booking, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-1 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
🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 October 2004
Villa take the lead but are beaten by Arsenal for their second loss in nine Premier League games but drop to 13th in the table after recording just two wins and five draws under David O'Leary.
Carlton Cole contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance (7 Starts) to make it W3 D4 L2, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Peter Whittingham makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (22 Starts) to make it W19 D15 L16, 1 Goal, 4 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Olof Mellberg collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 129th appearance to make it W44 D38 L47, 5 Goals, 4 Assists and 10 Booking at a rate of a card every 13 games so far in his Villa career.
🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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
Arsenal


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2003-04
🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Game | #9 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Saturday, 16 October 2004
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🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 55 | 🟩 | 23 🟨 | 16 🟥 16 | 1.55
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Carlton Cole
🟨 Olof Mellberg
🟨 Jlloyd Samuel
🟨 Lee Hendrie
CARDS

🟨 Ashley Cole
🟨 Cesc Fàbrega
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Stefan Postma, Thomas Hitzlsperger and Darius Vassell replace Thomas Sörensen, Nolberto Solano and Juan Pablo Ángel.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.77 |
Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 30.21 |
Youngest Player |
CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | 20.94 |
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MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Aston Villa
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |

Arsenal
GK Lens Lehmann | 🇩🇪 |
LB Ashley Cole | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Sol Campbell | 🏴 |
CB Kolo Touré | 🇨🇮 |
RB Laurén | 🇨🇲 |
M Patrick Viera | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Cesc Fàbregas | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
W Robert Pirés | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W José Antonio Reyes | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Thierry Henry | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Peter Whttingham | 🏴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 8’ |
🔁 M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | for M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | 58’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Patrick Viera | 🇫🇷 | (M Matthieu Flamini | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | W Robert Pirés | 🇫🇷 | (CF Robin van Persie | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | W José Antonio Reyes | 🇪🇸 | (W Jermaine Pennant | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Wayne Henderson | 🇮🇪 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Pascal Cygan | 🇫🇷 |
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

🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | | 50 | 23* | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 17* | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Wayne Henderson | 🇮🇪 | | 5* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 8/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 16 Oct 2004, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
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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