Game #4984
Aston Villa
Thursday, 18 September 2008


Won
1st Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
UEFA Cup
PFC Litex Lovech
Gradski, Lovech
Attendance: 7,000
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PFC Litex Lovech
1-3

Aston Villa

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MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 18 September 2008
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Carlos Cuéllar
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (PFC Litex Lovech), Ivelin Popov
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-1, Nigel Reo-Coker
🕒 | HT PFC Litex Lovech 1-1 Aston Villa
🟥 | 60’ Sending off, (PFC Litex Lovech), Cédric Cambon
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Craig Gardner, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🟥 | 71’ Sending off, (PFC Litex Lovech), Mihail Venkov
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-1, Gareth Barry (pen)
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Nigel Reo-Coker, Sub on, Wayne Routledge
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Moustapha Salifou
🟨 | 80’ Booking, Stiliyan Petrov
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 3-1, Stiliyan Petrov
🕒 | FT PFC Litex Lovech 1-3 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
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ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 18 September 2008
Martin O'Neill changes policy and names a broadly representative side for the UEFA Cup.
Villa travel to Bulgaria for the UEFA Cup first round and open up a commanding lead as Reo-Coker scores for the second game in succession.
Villa face PFC Litex Lovech for the first time in competitive football, Lovech become the 153rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 36th continental European opponents and their first from Bulgaria.
Centre back Carlos Cuéllar makes his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from Glasgow Rangers for a fee of £9,000,000 in August 2008 to become the 812th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Gareth Barry makes his 400th appearance for Villa as they beat nine men opponents to take three away goals into the second leg.
Gabriel Agbonlahor makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (93 Starts) to make it W36 D34 L30, 26 Goals, 11 Assists and 7 Bookings.
Brad Friedel concedes his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W6 D2 L0, 10 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.25 goals per game and 0 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.
Martin Laursen secures his 30th win on his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (73 Starts) to make it W30 D27 L18, 10 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | #812 | £9,000,000 signing from Rangers
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
PFC Litex Lovech


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Bulgarian Champions: 🏆🏆
Bulgarian Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2007-08
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #9 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Thursday, 18 September 2008
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🟩 18 Sep 2008, Villa 3-1 Lovech, Gradski
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Christoforos Zografos | 🇬🇷 | Athens, 2004-2008
Kick off: 3.20pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 92 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 32 🟥 25 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Christoforos Zografos | 🇬🇷 | Athens, 2004-2008
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Grigorios Panou, Afthanassios Nikolakopoulos
REFEREE PROFILE
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
CARDS

🟨 Stiliyan Petrov
CARDS

🟥 Mihail Venkov
🟥 Cédric Cambon
🟨 Cédric Cambon
🟨 Cédric Cambon
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Craig Gardner, James Milner (first start) and Carlos Cuéllar replace Curtis Davies, John Carew and Ashley Young.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.32 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.36 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 21.83 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 🟢 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W James Milner | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Stanimir Stoilov | 🇧🇬 |

PFC Litex Lovech
GK Uros Golubović | 🇷🇸 |
LB Dudú Paraíba | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
LB Mihail Venkov | 🇧🇬 | 🟥 |
CB Cédric Cambon | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Plamen Nikolov | 🇧🇬 |
RB Stanislav Manolev | 🇧🇬 |
M Dzemal Berberović | 🇧🇦 |
M Tom | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Sandrinho | 🇧🇷 |
M Ivelin Popov | 🇧🇬 | ⚽ |
CF Wilfried Nilflore | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 68’ |
🔁 W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 | for M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 74’ |
🔁 M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 78’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Dudú Paraíba | 🇧🇷 | (CB Alexandre Barthe | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | M Tom | 🇧🇷 | (CF Emil Angelov | 🇧🇬 |)
🔁 | CF Wilfried Nilflore | 🇫🇷 | (M Jérémy Acédo | 🇫🇷 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Todor Todorov | 🇧🇬 |
M Momchil Tzvetanov | 🇧🇬 |
CF Kroum Bibishkov | 🇧🇬 |
CF Roberto Eduardo | 🇧🇷 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | | 29 | 24* | 6 | 2 | 13* | 9 | 7 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 3* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 5/18
SQUAD STATS

Home Nation 🇧🇬 : 5/14
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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