Game #4935
Aston Villa
Saturday, 11 August 2007


Lost
14th
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Liverpool
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
🟥 11 Aug 2007, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-2

Liverpool

Assist(s) | None
🟥 11 Aug 2007, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 August 2007
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Nigel Reo-Coker
🟨 | 26’ Booking, Olof Mellberg
🥅 | 31’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Martin Laursen o.g.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Martin Laursen, Sub on, Gary Cahill
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Wilfred Bouma
🟨 | 67’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Wilfred Bouma, Sub on, Luke Moore
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 1-1, Gareth Barry (pen)
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 1-2, (Liverpool), Steven Gerrard
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Stiliyan Petrov
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool
Match Statistics
Possession F | 51%
Possession A | 49%
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 5
Shots F | 12
Shots A | 18
Touches F | 574
Touches A | 578
Passes F | 367
Passes A | 356
Tackles F | 29
Tackles A | 24
Clearances F | 29
Clearances A | 64
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 2
Offsides A | 3
Offsides F | 1
Fouls F | 20
Fouls A | 14
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
🟥 11 Aug 2007, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 August 2007
Villa lose on the opening day as big spenders Liverpool win in the 87' at Villa Park.
Lucky, lucky Liverpool, just as Villa have an annual defeat to Manchester United in the FA Cup so they have a day dedicated to late Liverpool goals. And so it proved again.
Midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker makes his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from West Ham United for a fee of £11,250,000 in July 2007 to become the 800th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Wilfred Bouma makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (47 Starts) to make it W15 D16 L19, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Stiliyan Petrov collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 35th appearance to make it W9 D14 L12, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Stuart Taylor makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (8 Starts) to make it W2 D5 L3, 17 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.70 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.
🟥 11 Aug 2007, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | #800 | £11,250,000 signing from West Ham
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Liverpool


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2005-06
🟥 11 Aug 2007, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Saturday, 11 August 2007
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🟥 11 Aug 2007, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Kick off: 5.15pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 43 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 17 🟥 13 | 1.30
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 28
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 10
🟥 : 11
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 2 Dec 06, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Olof Mellberg
🟨 Wilfred Bouma
🟨 Gareth Barry
🟨 Stiliyan Petrov
CARDS

🟨 Pepe Reina
🟨 Jermaine Pennant
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 11 Aug 2007, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill selects Stuart Taylor in goal as Scott Carson is ineligible due to his loan terms. O'Neill also hands a debut to Nigel Reo Coker.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.98 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.47 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 20.72 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🟨 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🟢 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
MANAGER
Rafa Benítez | 🇪🇸 |

Liverpool
GK Pepe Reina | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
RB Steve Finnan | 🇮🇪 |
RB Álvaro Arbeloa | 🇪🇸 |
CB Daniel Agger | 🇩🇰 |
CB Jamie Carragher | 🏴 |
LB John Arne Riise | 🇳🇴 |
M Steven Gerrard | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Xabi Alonso | 🇪🇸 |
W Jermaine Pennant | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Fernando Torres | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Dirk Kuyt | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CB Gary Cahill | 🏴 | for CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Luke Moore | 🏴 | for RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 71’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Jermaine Pennant | 🏴 | (W Ryan Babel | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | CF Fernando Torres | 🇪🇸 | (F Andriy Voronin | 🇺🇦 |)
🔁 | CF Dirk Kuyt | 🇳🇱 | (M Mohamed Sissoko | 🇲🇱 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Charles Itandje | 🇨🇲 |
CB Sami Hyypiä | 🇫🇮 |
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
🟥 11 Aug 2007, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Gary Cahill | 🏴 | | 30 | 3* | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15* | - | - | 7 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 6/16
SQUAD STATS

Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/14
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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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