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Game #4923

Aston Villa

Saturday, 10 February 2007

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Lost

13th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Reading

Madejski Stadium

Attendance: 24,122

🟥 10 February 2007, Villa 0-2 Reading, Madejski Stadium.

Reading

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 10 February 2007, Villa 0-2 Reading, Madejski Stadium.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 February 2007

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Shaun Maloney
🥅 | 16’ Goal, 0-1, (Reading), Steve Sidwell
🕒 | HT Reading 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 57’ Booking, Ashley Young
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Patrik Berger
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Steven Davis
🥅 | 90’+2 Goal, 0-2, (Reading), Steve Sidwell
🕒 | FT Reading 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 10 February 2007, Villa 0-2 Reading, Madejski Stadium.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 10 February 2007

  • Villa lose for the second time in three Premier League games but once again out-play the opposition only to be beaten as Martin O'Neill's new charges continue to bed in.

  • Martin O'Neill's side recover from their torrid 'keeper-less and win-less form of December 2006 to stabilise results in the new year after an excellent opening 15 games but results continued to be of a topsy turvy nature with the last 5 games delivering a run of LWLWL however the continued bedding in of Ashley Young and John Carew meant hopes were high that greater point accumulating consistency could be found to the end of the season.

  • Shaun Maloney, 24, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Celtic for £1,350,000 in January 2007 to become the 799th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Stiliyan Petrov makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W6 D9 L10, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

  • Gary Cahill makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts) to make it W6 D6 L13, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟥 10 February 2007, Villa 0-2 Reading, Madejski Stadium.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Shaun Maloney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #799 | £1,350,000 signing from Celtic

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Reading

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Reading

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Reading

Previous 5 vs. Reading: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2006-07 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Game | #27 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 10 February 2007

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🟥 10 February 2007, Villa 0-2 Reading, Madejski Stadium.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Durham, 2000-2017
Kick off: 12.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 31 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 11 🟥 11 | 1.23

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

🟥 10 February 2007, Villa 0-2 Reading, Madejski Stadium.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Durham, 2000-2017
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 16 Dec 06, Villa 0-1 Bolton (h) 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Ashley Young

🟨 André Bikey
🟨 James Harper

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Martin O'Neill hands Shaun Maloney his debut in place of Wilfred Bouma.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.37 |

Oldest Player |
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 | 30.60 |

Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.34 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 10 February 2007, Villa 0-2 Reading, Madejski Stadium.

MANAGER

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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Aston Villa

GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
RB Phil Bardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Gary Cahill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Reading

GK Marcus Hanhemann (yth) | 🇺🇸 |
RB Graeme Murty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ívar Ingimarsson | 🇮🇸 |
CB André Bikey | 🇨🇲 | 🟨 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Glen Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M James Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Stephen Hunt | 🇮🇪 |
CF Leroy Lita | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Shane Long | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 10 February 2007, Villa 0-2 Reading, Madejski Stadium.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | for CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |
🔁 M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 88’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Glen Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M John Oster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Shane Long | 🇮🇪 | (CF Dave Kitson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 10 February 2007, Villa 0-2 Reading, Madejski Stadium.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Adam Federici | 🇦🇺 |
RB Ulises De La Cruz (ex) | 🇪🇨 |
CB Michael Duberry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 10 February 2007, Villa 0-2 Reading, Madejski Stadium.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 5/16

SQUAD STATS

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

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

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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

“We played very well at Newcastle and had nothing to show for it and it has been the same today. “We are in the results business and we have been beaten but I have been very encouraged by the team’s performance. “The good thing is we’re creating chances. They will go in eventually. It’s a pity we’ve got a break now because we’ve been gathering momentum.” Martin O’Neill.
Quotes

🟥 10 February 2007, Villa 0-2 Reading, Madejski Stadium.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 10 February 2007

*Steve Sidwell struck early on and in the dying seconds to keep Reading on course for a Uefa Cup spot.* He headed home from Stephen Hunt’s corner after 15 minutes as Reading dominated a lack-lustre Aston Villa. Reading keeper Marcus Hahnemann saved from debutant Shaun Maloney, and Ashley Young saw a second-half shot deflected on to a post as Villa hit back. But Sidwell wrapped up the points in injury time with a cool finish after a one-two with substitute Dave Kitson. Villa boss Martin O’Neill gave a full debut to Maloney, his £1m deadline day signing from Celtic, with Wilfred Bouma sidelined - but he had little chance to shine early on as Reading took charge. Sidwell had already headed over from Hunt’s corner before he opened the scoring in similar fashion. He stole in unmarked at the near post to direct a header across Thomas Sorensen, taking full toll of poor Villa defending. Leroy Lita’s header was then beaten away by Sorensen after clever work on the right-flank by Glen Little. Villa, who have made a habit of starting slowly on their travels, finally got their act together and Maloney had a 25-yard shot that was well turned over by Hahnemann. Hahnemann then saved well from Carew as the battle was finally joined. Villa continued to improve after the break, with Young shooting just wide and then seeing a shot deflected on to an upright off Carew - Gabriel Agbonlahor firing the rebound against Hahnemann. Reading were still a threat as Villa pushed forward, with the pace of Lita posing a constant source of danger. And they almost wrapped it up with 10 minutes to go when Hahnemann’s free-kick released substitute Jon Oster, but Lita failed to control his cross as Reading out-numbered Villa on the break. Sidwell was also let down by his control as he was played in at the near post by Hunt. But he made no mistake in injury time, powering forward and exchanging passes with Kitson before sliding a precise finish past Sorensen. Young had been lively without applying the finishing touch, and he wasted a good chance to equalise when he headed tamely wide from an unmarked position only eight yards out. *Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill: * “We played very well at Newcastle and had nothing to show for it and it has been the same today. “We are in the results business and we have been beaten but I have been very encouraged by the team’s performance. “The good thing is we’re creating chances. They will go in eventually. It’s a pity we’ve got a break now because we’ve been gathering momentum.”
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