Game #4976
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 July 2008


Drew
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨
Intertoto Cup 3rd Round
Odense Boldklub
Fionia Park
Attendance: 12,000
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park
Odense Boldklub
2-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 7' | 76' |
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 July 2008
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Steve Sidwell
⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, John Carew, Assist by Ashley Young
🥅 | 25’ Goal, 1-1, (Odense Boldklub), Steve Sidwell o.g.
🟨 | 29’ Booking, John Carew
🟨 | 32’ Booking, Ashley Young
🕒 | HT Odense Boldklub 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 2-1, Martin Laursen, Assist by Ashley Young
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Steve Sidwell, Sub on, Wayne Routledge
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 2-2, (Odense Boldklub), Anders Möller Christensen
🕒 | FT Odense Boldklub 2-2 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
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Villa open the season after a break of just two months as they travel to Denmark for the Intertoto Cup and concede a last minute equaliser to leave the tie in the balance.
Villa face Odense Boldklub for the first time in competitive football, Odense become the 151st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 34th continental European opponents and their first from Denmark.
Midfielder Steve Sidwell makes his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Chelsea for a fee of £5,670,000 earlier this month to become the 807th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Ashley Young makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (53 Appearances) to make it W20 D19 L14, 11 Goals, 19 Assists and 18 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.76 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | #807 | £5,670,000 signing from Chelsea
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
Odense Boldklub


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Danish Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
Danish Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2006-07
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #84 |
Saturday, 19 July 2008
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🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Andrea De Marco | 🇮🇹 | Chiavari, 2007-2013
Kick off: 7.05pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 84 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 | 30 🟥 24 | 1.43
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andrea De Marco | 🇮🇹 | Chiavari, 2007-2013
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Renato Faverani, Riccardo Di Fiore
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 John Carew
🟨 Ashley Young
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill hands a debut to Steve Sidwell with Stuart Taylor recalled in goal following Scott Carson's departure.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.52 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |31.41 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 21.66 |
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 | 🔥 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Lars Olsen | 🇩🇰 |

Odense Boldklub
GK Arkadiusz Onyszko | 🇵🇱 |
CB Anders Möller Christensen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ |
CB Atle Roar Håland | 🇳🇴 |
RB Thomas Helveg | 🇩🇰 |
CB Chris Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
M Hans Henrik Andreasen | 🇩 🇰 |
M Ebsen Hansen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
M Henrik Hansen | 🇩🇰 |
W Johan Absalonsen | 🇩🇰 |
CF Djiby Fall | 🇸🇳 |
CF Björn Runström | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 |
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 | for M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ebsen Hansen | 🇩🇰 | (M Eric Djemba-Djemba (ex) | 🇨🇲 |)
🔁 | CF Björn Runström | 🇸🇪 | (W Christian Bolaños | 🇨🇷 |)

🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Elliot Parish | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Anders Lindegaard | 🇩🇰 |
RB Espen Ruud | 🇳🇴 |
CB Jonas Troest | 🇩🇰 |
M Morten Bisgaard | 🇩🇰 |
M Matti Lund Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
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
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 | | 2 | 2* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1* | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 5/18
SQUAD STATS

Home Nation 🇩🇰 : 8/13
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park


MATCH REPORTS






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