Game #4942
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 26 September 2007


Lost
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
League Cup
Leicester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,956
🟥 26 Sep 2007, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1

Leicester City

Assist(s) | None
🟥 26 Sep 2007, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Curtis Davies
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Isaiah Osbourne, Sub on, Ashley Young
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Matty Fryatt
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Marlon Harewood, Sub on, Luke Moore
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Curtis Davies, Sub on, Patrik Berger
🕒 | FT Leicester City 1-0 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
🟥 26 Sep 2007, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Martin O'Neill's mass changes backfire as Villa are knocked out of the League Cup by Championship side Leicester.
Villa have now lost three games this season, all of which have been by a single goal.
Centre back Curtis Davies makes his debut appearance for Villa after joining on a season long loan from West Bromwich Albion in August 2007 ahead of a permanent move arranged for August 2008 to become the 804th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Stuart Taylor makes his 10th start in a Villa shirt (12 Appearances) to make it W3 D5 L4, 18 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.50 goals per game and 2 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.
🟥 26 Sep 2007, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | #804 | £9,000,000 signing from Albion
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
Leicester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 50 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 18 🟥 15 | 1.38
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 18 Mar 07, Villa 0-0 Liverpool (h) 🆘
Cards: 🟨
REFEREE PROFILE
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Stephen Clemence
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill makes a raft of changes again for the League Cup with Stuart Taylor, Stiliyan Petrov, Shaun Maloney, Isaiah Osborne, Marlon Harewood and Curtis Davies (debut) coming in. Dropping out are Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, John Carew, Luke Moore and Scott Carson.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |
Oldest Player |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 30.08 |
Youngest Player |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 19.90 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Gary Megson | 🏴 |

Leicester City
GK Márton Fülöp | 🇭🇺 |
CB Patrick Kisnorbo | 🇦🇺 |
CB Bruno N’Gotty | 🇫🇷 |
CB Gareth McAuley | 🇬🇧 |
CB Richard Stearman | 🏴 |
LB Joe Mattock | 🏴 |
M Radostin Kishishev | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
M Stephen Clemence | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Iain Hume | 🇨🇦 | 🔁 |
CF Matty Fryatt | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Ashley Chambers | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Ashley Young | 🏴 | for M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 71’ |
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | for CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | 77’ |
🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | for CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Radostin Kishishev | 🇧🇬 | (RB Alan Maybury | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Iain Hume | 🇨🇦 | (CF DJ Campbell (yth) | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Matty Fryatt | 🏴 | (CB Darren Kenton | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Paul Henderson | 🇦🇺 |
CB Alan Sheehan | 🇮🇪 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | | 20 | 3* | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6* | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 | | 2* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
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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