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Game #4973

Aston Villa

Sunday, 27 April 2008

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Drew

6th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Premier League

Everton

Goodison Park

Attendance: 37,936

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

Everton

2-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 80’ | 85’ |

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 27 April 2008

🟨 | 28’ Booking, Stiliyan Petrov
🕒 | HT Everton 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Phil Neville
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Zat Knight, Sub on, Patrik Berger
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Wilfred Bouma, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Gareth Barry
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 1-2, (Everton), Joseph Yobo
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 2-2, John Carew, Assist by Gareth Barry
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Ashley Young
🟨 | 90’+2 Booking, Marlon Harewood
🕒 | FT Everton 2-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Possession F | 49%
Possession A | 51%
Shots F | 8
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 9
Fouls F | 20
Fouls A | 11

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

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

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ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 27 April 2008
  • Villa score twice in the last ten minutes to earn a draw with Everton to keep themselves in sixth place in the Premier League table and in the fight for the European places.

  • Villa, unbeaten in four, underline the transformation under Martin O'Neill as they secure a battling draw at European qualification rivals Everton despite going behind twice.

  • John Carew contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 42nd appearance to make it W16 D14 L12, 16 Goals, 4 Assists and 6 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.10 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

  • Ashley Young makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (47 Starts) to make it W20 D17 L13, 10 Goals, 17 Assists and 7 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.85 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

Everton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994-95

FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
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Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #81 |
Sunday, 27 April 2008

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🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stoke on Trent, 2003-2014
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

🕒 81 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 | 28 🟥 23 | 1.46

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stoke on Trent, 2003-2014

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Stiliyan Petrov
🟨 Ashley Young
🟨 Marlon Harewood

CARDS
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🟨 Lee Carsley
🟨 Yakubu Ayegbeni
🟨 Victor Anichebe

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up for the third successive game for the first time this season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.86 |

Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 31.19 |

Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.55 |

Referee

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

MANAGER

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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Aston Villa

GK Scott Carson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🟨 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

David Moyes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Everton

GK Tim Howard | 🇺🇸 |
CB Joseph Yobo | 🇳🇬 | ⚽ |
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Phil Jagielka | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Phil Neville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steven Pienaar | 🇿🇦 |
M Leon Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Manuel Fernandes | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
M Lee Carsley | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CF Andy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Yakubu Ayegbeni | 🇳🇬 | 🟨 |

Line Ups

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | for CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 78’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Manuel Fernandes | 🇵🇹 | (M Mikel Arteta | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Andy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Victor Anichebe | 🇳🇬 | 🟨 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stefan Wessels | 🇩🇪 |
RB Tony Hibbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Leighton Baines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 2/16

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/16

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

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MATCH QUOTES
“We have the ability to fight back. We knew this would be a difficult game and so it proved to be. “I felt the first goal was going to be vital and yet we managed to get something out of the game. “We are capable of scoring goals and we never gave up. We have a lot to play for over the last two games.” Martin O’Neill. “We are surfing on the wave - now we just have to not fall off the board. “Ashley's got a diamond in his foot.” John Carew.
Quotes

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 27 April 2008
*Aston Villa drew with Everton after a dramatic finish to keep alive the race for fifth spot in the Premier League and a place in next season’s Uefa Cup.* Phil Neville’s strike put Everton ahead via a deflection off Martin Laursen. But Gabriel Agbonlahor tucked home a corner after 80 minutes to spark a spell of three goals in six minutes. Joesph Yobo volleyed home Lee Carsley’s cross but John Carew then headed in Gareth Barry’s cross to keep the gap between the teams to three points. Both teams have two fixtures left to play and though Everton currently occupy fifth spot, Villa have a marginally better goal difference. The result also meant that Liverpool are guaranteed to finish fourth in the Premier League and thus play Champions League football next season. Played on a sodden pitch at Goodison Park, there was little hint through most of the match of the dramatic finish that saw Villa twice force their way back onto level terms. Villa looked stunned after Yobo’s goal put Everton ahead for a second time just minutes after the visiting team had finally fashioned an equaliser. But the emotional rollercoaster soon swung in the other direction as Everton paid the price for allowing Barry the time and space to pick out Carew with an inviting cross. The first half had produced precious few clear chances, although Everton started well and might have scored through Yakubu after 19 minutes. Villa keeper Scott Carson dived to his left to palm away a shot from the Everton striker, who had dribbled past Nigel Reo-Coker before seeking out the bottom corner. The rebound fell invitingly to Manuel Fernandes but he shot tamely wide. Villa had gone into the match unchanged from the team that thrashed local rivals Birmingham 5-1 and came close to an opener when Ashley Young hit the crossbar with a superbly struck free-kick. Young also delivered a superb cross into the Everton area from another set piece but Olof Mellberg headed wide. Heavy rain greeted the start of the second half, making control difficult and leading to a series of frenetic exchanges as both sides struggled to retain possession. But, as with the opening 45 minutes, it was Everton who started with the greater endeavour and they were rewarded with a goal after 55 minutes. Yakubu’s ball across goal rolled out of the Villa area and was met by Neville, whose crisp strike defeated Carson via the crucial deflection off Laursen. Steven Pienaar almost doubled Everton’s lead with a cross-cum-shot that nearly eluded Carson, who recovered his position to palm the ball away at full strength. Time appeared to be running out for Villa and manager Martin O’Neill brought on Patrik Berger and Marlon Harewood. But it was Agbonlahor’s sharp reactions which finally restored parity for Villa. He lost Leon Osman and showed a deft touch to guide Barry’s corner into the roof of the net after the ball bounced off the skiddy surface. Yobo then volleyed home from six yards at the far post from Carsley’s dinked cross but Carew had the final say with his decisive header. *Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill: * “We have the ability to fight back. We knew this would be a difficult game and so it proved to be. “I felt the first goal was going to be vital and yet we managed to get something out of the game. “We are capable of scoring goals and we never gave up. We have a lot to play for over the last two games.”
Reports

🟨 27 Apr 2008, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

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