Game #4968
Aston Villa
Saturday, 22 March 2008


Lost
7th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Sunderland
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1

Sunderland

Assist(s) | None
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 March 2008
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sunderland
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Nigel Reo-Coker, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Shaun Maloney, Sub on, Isaiah Osbourne
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 0-1, (Sunderland), Michael Chopra
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Sunderland
Match Statistics
Possession F | 59%
Possession A | 41%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 14
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 10
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
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 22 March 2008
Having lost once in their previous fourteen Premier League games, Villa lose consecutive matches as form wobbles under Martin O'Neill with seven games left to play and a top six finish the target.
A late goal earn struggling Sunderland their first away win of the season and leaves Villa with successive defeats under Martin O'Neill for the first time since December.
Gareth Barry makes his 385th appearance in a Villa shirt (370 Starts) to make it W143 D110 L132, 38 Goals, 40 Assists, 53 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
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
Sunderland


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Game | #31 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Saturday, 22 March 2008
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🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴 | Rotherham, 2000-2014
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 76 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 27 🟥 22 | 1.42
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴 | Rotherham, 2000-2014
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 26 Jan 08, Villa 1-1 Blackburn (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Phil Bardsley
🟨 Roy O’Donovan
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Craig Gardner replaces Olof Mellberg.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.60 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 31.09 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 21.34 |
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 |

Sunderland
GK Craig Gordon | 🏴 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 |
CB Nyron Nosworthy | 🇯🇲 |
CB Danny Collins | 🏴 |
CB Jonny Evans | 🇬🇧 |
RB Phil Bardsley (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Carlos Edwards | 🇹🇹 | 🔁 |
M Dean Whitehead | 🏴 |
M Andy Reid | 🇮🇪 |
CF Roy O’Donovan | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Daryl Murphy | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 57’ |
🔁 M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | for M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | 74’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Carlos Edwards | 🇹🇹 | (M Grant Leadbitter | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Roy O’Donovan | 🇮🇪 | (CF Michael Chopra | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Daryl Murphy | 🇮🇪 | (CF Dwight Yorke (ex) | 🇹🇹 |)

🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Márton Fülöp | 🇭🇺 |
CF Rade Prica | 🇸🇪 |
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
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | | 18 | 16* | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5* | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | | 100* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 4/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 22 Mar 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS






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