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Game #4816

Aston Villa

Saturday, 16 October 2004

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Lost

13th (-5)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Premier League

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 38,137

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

Arsenal

3-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Carlton Cole | 3’ |

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

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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

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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

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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

Arsenal

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2003-04

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

🕒 55 | 🟩 | 23 🟨 | 16 🟥 16 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 25
🟩 : 11
🟨 : 8
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 14 Dec 03, Villa 3-2 Wolves (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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

CARDS

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🟨 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

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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 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

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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 | 🇫🇷 |

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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 | 🇳🇱 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 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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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 8/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 2/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/16

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

“Stefan was excellent out there. He was the difference between 3-1 and anything worse. “This Arsenal team is the best that I have seen. They are a fantastic side - big, strong, fit and quick. “They are a bigger club now. Everything about Arsenal is right. They’re the team to beat now.” David O’Leary.
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 16 October, 2004

Arsenal are just one game from extending their remarkable unbeaten run in the Premiership to a half century of matches after beating Aston Villa. But they had to come from behind after Lee Hendrie’s stunning drive from outside the area opened the scoring. Robert Pires levelled from the penalty spot after Thierry Henry was fouled. Superb goalkeeping from Stefan Postma kept the score level but Henry struck before the break and Pires sealed the win with a smart, low shot. Arsenal’s finishing needed to be sublime to beat Postma, whose excellent performance as stand-in for the injured Thomas Sorensen, had repelled wave after wave of Arsenal attacks. Postma had been beaten in the opening minutes, but Sol Campbell’s thunderous header crashed against the bar. The visitors’ relief at their reprieve turned to delight just seconds later as Hendrie supplied the perfect finish to Villa’s first attack. Following determined work by Carlton Cole, Hendrie nonchalantly dispatched the loose ball on the edge of the area, leaving Jens Lehmann no chance. Arsenal’s unbeaten run could have been further threatened but substitute Peter Whittingham, who replaced an injured Gareth Barry after six minutes, curled his shot narrowly wide. However, Villa were soon rudely awoken from their dream start as Arsenal launched an unrelenting assault on their goal. But a combination of the Gunners’ profligate finishing and magnificent goalkeeping kept David O’Leary’s side ahead. Postma proved equal to the task as he denied Reyes, repeatedly throughout the match, Dennis Bergkamp, Cesc Fabregas and Patrick Vieira. Inevitably, the pressure led to a Arsenal equaliser when Mark Delaney became the latest player to find Henry too pacy and was forced into the foul. After Pires had scored from the resultant spot-kick, Arsenal continued to carve through the Villa defence but it took until the stroke of half-time before they scored again. Once Henry had put the Premiership leaders ahead with a right-footed effort after he had been put through by Reyes’ defence-splitting pass, the win never looked in doubt. With Villa completely over-run after the interval, it was left to Postma to provide almost single-handed resistance and he performed miracles. But even he ran out of heroics when left exposed and facing Pires, who had collected the ball unmarked in the box following a neat flick from Henry. The midfielder curled a right-footed shot low into the corner to give the scoreline a fairer reflection of Arsenal’s superiority. One could feel sympathy for Postma, who surely could have done no more to earn his side something from a contest in which they were outclassed.
Reports

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

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