Game #4936
Aston Villa
Saturday, 18 August 2007


Drew
17th (-3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
Premier League
Newcastle United
St James' Park
Attendance: 51,049
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Newcastle United
0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 August 2007
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Scott Carson
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Luke Moore
🟨 | 68’ Booking, Craig Gardner
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Nigel Reo-Coker
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 0-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 44%
Possession A | 56%
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 1
Shots F | 15
Shots A | 9
Touches F | 619
Touches A | 646
Passes F | 310
Passes A | 395
Tackles F | 33
Tackles A | 38
Clearances F | 114
Clearances A | 45
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 8
Offsides A | 1
Offsides F | 0
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 16
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
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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 August 2007
Villa are held at St James' Park to leave them with one point and winless in their opening two games to the Premier League season under Martin O'Neill.
Villa earn their first point of the season under Martin O'Neill.
Goalkeeper Scott Carson, 22, keeps a clean sheet on his first appearance in a Villa shirt after joining on a season long loan from Liverpool in August 2007 to become the 801st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Nigel Reo-Coker contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance to make it W0 D1 L1, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Scott Carson | 🏴 | #801 | Loanee from Liverpool
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
Newcastle United


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 18 August 2007
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴 | Rotherham, 2000-2014
Kick off: 5.15pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 44 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 18 🟥 13 | 1.30
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴 | Rotherham, 2000-2014
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 2 Apr 07, Villa 1-1 Everton (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Craig Gardner
🟨 Nigel Reo-Coker
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill hands Scott Carson his debut in place of Stuart Taylor in the only change from the opening day of the season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.57 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.49 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 20.74 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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

Newcastle United
GK Steve Harper | 🏴 |
CB David Rozenhal | 🇨🇿 |
CB Stephen Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Stephen Carr | 🇮🇪 |
M Nijtap Geremi | 🇲🇱 | 🔁 |
M Nicky Butt | 🏴 |
M Alan Smith | 🏴 |
M James Milner (ex) | 🏴 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
CF Obafemi Martins | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Viduka | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 66’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Nijtap Geremi | 🇲🇱 | (CB Caçapa | 🇧🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Obafemi Martins | 🇳🇬 | (F Michael Owen | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Mark Viduka | 🇦🇺 | (CF Shola Ameobi | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Gary Cahill | 🏴 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Fraser Forster | 🏴 |
CB Peter Ramage | 🏴 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Luke Moore | 🏴 | | 82 | 50* | 12 | 5 | 30 | 26* | 26 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | | 73* |
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: 5/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
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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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