Game #4834
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 2 February 2005


Drew
11th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨
Premier League
Fulham
Craven Cottage
Attendance: 17,624
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage
Fulham
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Thomas Hitzlsperger | 54’ |
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 2 February 2005
🟨 | 32’ Booking, Ulises de la Cruz
🕒 | HT Fulham 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Carlton Cole, Sub on, Luke Moore
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 1-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Thomas Hitzlsperger
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Steven Davis
💥 | 77’ Missed penalty, Juan Pablo Ángel
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Nolberto Solano, Sub on, Eric Djemba-Djemba 🟢
💥 | 83’ Missed penalty, Juan Pablo Ángel
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Juan Pablo Ángel
🟨 | 90’+3 Booking, Steven Davis
🥅 | 90’+4 Goal, 1-1, (Fulham), Lee Clark
🕒 | FT Fulham 1-1 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
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 2 February 2005
Villa miss two penalties and concede an injury time equaliser to draw with Fulham and leave them with two wins in their last eleven Premier League games under David O'Leary.
Meanwhile, O'Leary again ducks the post match press conference once again to leave Roy Aitken to hang Juan Pablo Ángel out to dry. A curious motivational policy as a manager who has bemoaned his lack of 'firepower' all season.
Midfielder Eric Djemba Djemba makes his debut in a Villa shirt after his barely credible signing from Manchester United for a fee of £2,290,000 in January 2005. Djemba Djemba had been a figure of mirth at his previous club but somehow David O’Leary not only took Alex Ferguson’s word that the player had qualities but actually got the club to pay for his services. Anyone who had seen Djemba Djemba play would attest to the fact that the player was not endowed with any such talent and the acquisition was met by most fans with head in hands. That Djemba Djemba had neither scoring ability or the quality to perform was shown to be all the greater a folly given Villa already boasted the likes of Gareth Barry, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Steven Davis, Gavin McCann, Lee Hendrie and Mathieu Berson ahead of the Cameroonian chancer.
Lee Hendrie makes his 225th start in a Villa shirt (277 Appearances) to make it W110 D71 L96, 31 Goals, 29 Assists, 55 Bookings and 4 Red Cards at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.69 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Thomas Hitzlsperger makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (104 Appearances) to make it W41 D26 L37, 11 Goals, 16 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Liam Ridgewell makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (14 Starts) to make it W10 D5 L10 and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇨🇲 | #779 | £2,290,000 signing from Manchester United
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
Fulham


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Game | #25 |
Manager Game | #73 |
Wednesday, 2 February 2005
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🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 73 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 19 🟥 25 | 1.45
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 22 Nov 04, Villa 1-0 Tottenham (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ulises de la Cruz
🟨 Juan Pablo Ángel
🟨 Steven Davis
CARDS

🟨 Luís Boa Morte
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Thomas Hitzlsperger, Carlton Cole and Ulises de la Cruz replace Mark Delaney, Jlloyd Samuel and Steven Davis.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.12 |
Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 30.51 |
Youngest Player |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 | 20.55
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔥 |
M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Chris Coleman | 🏴 |

Fulham
GK Edwin van der Sar | 🇳🇱 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Zesh Rehman | 🇵🇰 |
RB Liam Rosenior | 🏴 |
RB Moritz Volz | 🇩🇪 |
M Mark Pembridge | 🏴 |
M Lee Clark | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Luís Boa Morte | 🇵🇹 | 🟨 |
M Papa Bouba Diop | 🇸🇳 |
CF Tomasz Radzinski | 🇨🇦 | 🔁 |
CF Andrew Cole | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | for CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 64’ |
🔁 M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇨🇲 | 🟢 | for W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Tomasz Radzinski | 🇨🇦 | (CF Collins John | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | CF Andrew Cole | 🏴 | (CF Brian McBride | 🇺🇸 |)

🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Crossley | 🏴 |
CB Alain Goma | 🇫🇷 |
M Sylvain Legwinski | 🇫🇷 |
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
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Luke Moore | 🏴 | | 24 | 23* | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6* | 8 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 107* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage
SQUAD STATS

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

Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/13
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 2 Feb 2005, Villa 1-1 Fulham, Craven Cottage


MATCH REPORTS






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