Game #4988
Aston Villa
Thursday, 2 October 2008


Drew
1st Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
UEFA Cup
PFC Litex Lovech
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,230
🟨 2 Oct 2008, Villa 1-1 Lovech, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-1

PFC Litex Lovech

Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 27' |
🟨 2 Oct 2008, Villa 1-1 Lovech, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 2 October 2008
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Marlon Harewood, Assist by Ashley Young
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 PFC Litex Lovech
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 1-1, (PFC Litex Lovech, pen), Wilfried Nilflore
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Isaiah Osbourne
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 PFC Litex Lovech
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
🟨 2 Oct 2008, Villa 1-1 Lovech, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Villa entertain Litex but can only draw for the second home European game in succession yet still qualify for the second round thanks to their aggregate victory.
Once again Martin O'Neill's cup changes see Villa struggle but their first leg result is enough to see them progress to the UEFA Cup Group Stages.
Wayne Routledge makes his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Queens Park Rangers for a fee of £603,000 in January 2009. Routledge had only joined Villa from Tottenham Hotspur in January 2008 for a fee of £1,530,000 making 8 appearances, 6 as substitute during his 12 months with Villa and a record of W3 D3 L2.
Brad Friedel makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D2 L0, 11 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.10 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (10%) so far in his Villa career.
🟨 2 Oct 2008, Villa 1-1 Lovech, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 | 2008 | 🕒 8 | 2 (6) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 11 | #806 |
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
🟨 2 Oct 2008, Villa 1-1 Lovech, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Thursday, 2 October 2008
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Tony Chapron | 🇫🇷 | Normandy, 2007-2017
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 96 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 | 33 🟥 26 | 1.50
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 2 Oct 2008, Villa 1-1 Lovech, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tony Chapron | 🇫🇷 | Normandy, 2007-2017
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Emmanuel Boisdenghien, Laurent Ugo
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Petere Zanev
🟨 Ivelin Popov
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill once again makes a raft of changes for a Cup game with Zat Knight, Wayne Routledge (first start in 7), Marlon Harewood, Moustapha Salifou (first start in 7), James Milner and Carlos Cuéllar replacing Curtis Davies, Gareth Barry, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Nigel Reo-Coker and Martin Laursen.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.58 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.40 |
Youngest Player |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 22.76 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 |
W James Milner | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Stanimir Stoilov | 🇧🇬 |

PFC Litex Lovech
GK Todor Todorov | 🇧🇬 |
LB Dudú Paraíba | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Alexandre Barthe | 🇫🇷 |
CB Plamen Nikolov | 🇧🇬 |
CB Petere Zanev | 🇧🇬 | 🟨 |
RB Stanislav Manolev | 🇧🇬 |
M Dzemal Berberović | 🇧🇦 |
M Tom | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Sandrinho | 🇧🇷 |
M Ivelin Popov | 🇧🇬 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Wilfried Nilflore | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Dudú Paraíba | 🇧🇷 | (M Aleksandar Tsvetanov | 🇧🇬 |)
🔁 | M Tom | 🇧🇷 | (CF Emil Angelov | 🇧🇬 |)
🔁 | M Ivelin Popov | 🇧🇬 | (CF Du Bala | 🇧🇷 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Pavel Golubovich | 🇧🇾 |
M Jeremy Acedo | 🇳🇱 |
M Aleksandar Tsvetkov | 🇧🇬 |
CF Kroum Bibishkov | 🇧🇬 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | | 26 | 13* | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10* | 11 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 6* |
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: 0/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 4/18
SQUAD STATS

Home Nation 🇧🇬 : 7/14
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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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