Game #4959
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 January 2008
Won
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Reading
Attendance: 38,288
Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-1
Reading
Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 22’ | 55’ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 88’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
John Carew celebrates opening the scoring in Villa's 5,000th League and Cup match to help Villa to a third successive Premier League win in six unbeaten games, Saturday, 12 January 2008.
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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
ON THIS DAY
Villa confidently see off Reading to make it three successive League wins, unbeaten in six as Villa sit sixth in the Premier League table. Meanwhile, midfielder Moustapha Salifou, 24, made his first appearance for Villa as a 90' substitute after joining from FC Wil 1900 for a fee of £450,000 in August 2007.
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: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Reading
Previous 5 vs. Reading: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Game | #22 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Saturday, 12 January 2008
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 | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 67 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 23 🟥 19 | 1.46
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
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: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Craig Gardner replaces Olof Mellberg.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.29 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.90 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 21.15 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
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 | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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 | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Adam Federici | 🇦🇺 |
D Alex Pearce | 🇮🇪 |
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
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*Sky Sports*
Saturday, 12 January 2008