Game #4939
Aston Villa
Sunday, 2 September 2007


Won
10th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Chelsea
Villa Park
Attendance: 37,714
🟩 2 Sep 2007, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0

Chelsea

Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 47’ | Ashley Young | 88’ |
🟩 2 Sep 2007, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 2 September 2007
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Zat Knight
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 1-0, Zat Knight, Assist by Gareth Barry
🟨 | 56’ Booking, Nigel Reo-Coker
🟨 | 66’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🟨 | 71’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🟨 | 71’ Booking, John Carew
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, John Carew
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 2-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Ashley Young
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea
Match Statistics
Possession F | 32%
Possession A | 68%
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 2
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 29
Touches F | 494
Touches A | 766
Passes F | 216
Passes A | 492
Tackles F | 43
Tackles A | 31
Clearances F | 95
Clearances A | 47
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 13
Offsides A | 1
Offsides F | 1
Fouls F | 17
Fouls A | 12
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 Sep 2007, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 2 September 2007
Villa make it successive Premier League victories as they see off Chelsea at Villa Park in an impressive performance.
Villa were now unbeaten in four since their unlucky opening day loss to Liverpool and in doing so dispatch Chelsea with aplomb.
Centre back Zat Knight, 27, makes a goalscoring debut after joining from Fulham for a fee of £4,230,000 in August to become the 803rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Wilfred Bouma makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (53 Appearances) to make it W17 D17 L19, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Meanwhile off the pitch, Zat Knight is arrested during a drug raid on his family home.
🟩 2 Sep 2007, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | #803 | £4,230,000 signing from Fulham
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
Chelsea


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2006-07
🟩 2 Sep 2007, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #4 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Sunday, 2 September 2007
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴 | Durham, 2000-2017
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 47 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 18 🟥 13 | 1.40
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 2 Sep 2007, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴 | Durham, 2000-2017
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 13 May 07, Villa 2-2 Bolton (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Nigel Reo-Coker
🟨 Gareth Barry
🟨 Gabriel Agbonlahor
🟨 John Carew
CARDS

🟨 Didier Drogba
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 2 Sep 2007, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, John Carew, Scott Carson and Zat Knight (debut) replace Stuart Taylor, Craig Gardner, Gary Cahill, Shaun Maloney, Isaiah Osbourne and Marlon Harewood.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.60 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.53 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 20.90 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
José Mourinho | 🇵🇹 |

Chelsea
GK Petr Čech | 🇨🇿 |
LB Ashley Cole | 🏴 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
CB Alex | 🇧🇷 |
RB Juliano Belletti | 🇧🇷 |
M Claude Makélélé | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Michael Essien | 🇬🇭 |
M Mikel John Obi | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
W Florent Malouda | 🇫🇷 |
W Shaun Wright-Phillips | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Didier Drogba | 🇨🇮 | 🟨 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Claude Makélélé | 🇫🇷 | (M Joe Cole | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Mikel John Obi | 🇳🇬 | (CF Claudio Pizarro | 🇵🇪 |)
🔁 | W Shaun Wright-Phillips | 🏴 | (W Salomon Kalou | 🇨🇮 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Carlo Cudicini | 🇮🇹 |
CB Tal Ben Haim (yth) | 🇮🇱 |
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 Sep 2007, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | | 39 | 2* | 2 | 1 | 12* | 15 | 12 | - | - | 5 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | | 75* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 4/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
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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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Monday 3 September 2007
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