Game #4959
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 January 2008
Won
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Reading
Villa Park
Attendance: 38,288
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
3-1
Reading
Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 22’ | 55’ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 88’ |
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 January 2008
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, John Carew, Assist by Ashley Young
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Reading
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Martin Laursen, Assist by Ashley Young
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 3-0, John Carew, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Shaun Maloney
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Moustapha Salifou 🟢
🥅 | 90’+2 Goal, 3-1, (Reading), James Harper
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Reading
Match Statistics
Possession F | 48%
Possession A | 52%
Shots F | 15
Shots A | 6
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 13
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 14
Fouls A | 13
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 January 2008
Villa record a third consecutive Premier League victory in six unbeaten games under Martin O'Neill as Reading are swept aside at Villa Park to sit 6th in the Premier League table.
Midfielder Moustapha Salifou, 24, makes his debut for Villa as a 90' substitute after joining from FC Wil 1900 for a fee of £450,000 in August 2007 to become the 805th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Stiliyan Petrov secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 54th appearance (47 Starts) to make it W20 D18 L16, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Martin Laursen secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance (49 Starts) to make it W20 D19 L12, 7 Goals, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Craig Gardner makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (40 Appearances) to make it W16 D9 L15, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Shaun Maloney makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (11 Starts) to make it W11 D8 L6, 7 Goals and 0 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Reading
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Aston Villa
Reading
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Game | #22 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Saturday, 12 January 2008
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1994-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 67 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 23 🟥 19 | 1.46
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 20
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 8
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 Dec 06, Villa 1-2 Tottenham (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Craig Gardner replaces Olof Mellberg.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.29 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.90 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 21.15 |
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Steve Coppell | 🏴 |
Reading
GK Marcus Hanhemann (yth) | 🇺🇸 | 🟨 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Ívar Ingimarsson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Kalifa Cissé | 🇲🇱 |
RB Graeme Murty | 🏴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz (ex) | 🇪🇨 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Stephen Hunt | 🇮🇪 |
M James Harper | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Brynjar Gunnarsson | 🇮🇸 |
CF Kevin Doyle | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Dave Kitson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 90’ |
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 90’ |
🔁 M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | 🟢 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 90’+1 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Ulises de la Cruz (ex) | 🇪🇨 | (M Bobby Convey | 🇺🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Kevin Doyle | 🇮🇪 | (CF Shane Long | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Dave Kitson | 🏴 | (CF Leroy Lita | 🏴 |)
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Adam Federici | 🇦🇺 |
D Alex Pearce | 🇮🇪 |
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
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | | 25 | 14* | 7 | 0 | 11* | 8 | 6 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 3/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/16
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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