Game #5000
Aston Villa
Thursday, 4 December 2008


Lost
Group F
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
UEFA Cup
MŠK Žilina
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,797
🟥 4 Dec 2008, Villa 1-2 MŠK Žilina, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-2

MŠK Žilina

Assist(s) | Marlon Harewood | 28' |
🟥 4 Dec 2008, Villa 1-2 MŠK Žilina, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 4 December 2008
🥅 | 16’ Goal, 0-1, (MŠK Žilina), Vladimir Leitner
🥅 | 19’ Goal, 0-2, (MŠK Žilina), Peter Štyvar
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-2, Nathan Delfouneso, Assist by Marlon Harewood
🟨 | 29’ Booking, Nathan Delfouneso
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 MŠK Žilina
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Isaiah Osbourne, Sub on, James Milner
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Moustapha Salifou, Sub on, Gareth Barry
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Nathan Delfouneso, Sub on, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🟥 | 79’ Sending off, (MŠK Žilina), Vladimir Leitner
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 MŠK Žilina
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, 4 December 2008
Villa suffer their first UEFA Cup setback of the campaign after Martin O'Neill's mass changes don't work out once again but Villa still progress to the Round of 32 with a game still to play.
Villa carry their indifferent League form to Slovakia and lose to Žilina after a much changed line up falls two behind after twenty minutes and are unable to recover.
Villa play their 5,000th game in League and Cup football.
Villa face MŠK Žilina for the first time in competitive football, Žilina become the 156th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 39th continental European opponents and their second from Slovakia after ŠK Slovan Bratislava in their 1993-94 UEFA Cup campaign.
Ashley Young makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (72 Starts) to make it W31 D24 L20, 15 Goals, 29 Assists and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
James Milner makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W21 D13 L16, 3 Goals, 12 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.33 games played so far in his Villa career.
Nathan Delfouneso scores his first goal on his 4th start in a Villa shirt (4 Appearances) to make it W2 D1 L1, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Marlon Harewood contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W14 D10 L12, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Moustapha Salifou makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) to make it W5 D2 L3 so far in his Villa career.
🟥 4 Dec 2008, Villa 1-2 MŠK Žilina, 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
MŠK Žilina


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Slovak League Champions: 🏆🏆
Slovak National League Champions: 🏆
Slovak Super Liga Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Slovak Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2006-07
MŠK Žilina
PREVIOUS MATCH

MŠK Žilina
SUBSEQUENT MATCH
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #25 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Thursday, 4 December 2008
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Espen Berntsen | 🇳🇴 | Vang, 2008
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 108 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 | 36 🟥 30 | 1.50
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Espen Berntsen | 🇳🇴 | Vang, 2008
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Erik Ræstad, Odd-Jarle Larsen
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Nathan Delfouneso
CARDS

🟥 Vladimir Leitner
🟨 Vladimir Leitner
🟨 Vladimir Leitner
🟨 Mario Pečalka
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 again makes a raft of changes for the UEFA Cup with Zat Knight (first start in 5), Craig Gardner (first start in 5), Moustapha Salifou (first start in 5), Nigel Reo-Coker, Isaiah Osbourne (first start in 14), Marlon Harewood (first start in 12), Nathan Delfouneso (first start) and Brad Guzan replacing James Milner, Curtis Davies, Brad Friedel, Gareth Barry, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Steve Sidwell, Stiliyan Petrov and Martin Laursen.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.85 |
Oldest Player |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 29.40 |
Youngest Player |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 17.85 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Dušan Radolský | 🇸🇰 |

MŠK Žilina
GK Dusan Perniš | 🇸🇰 |
LB Vladimir Leitner | 🇸🇰 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Mario Pečalka | 🇸🇰 | 🟨 |
CB Benjamin Vomáčka | 🇨🇿 |
CB Jozef Piaček | 🇸🇰 |
CB Ondrej Šourek | 🇨🇿 |
RB Peter Pekarík | 🇸🇰 |
M Zdeno Štrba | 🇸🇰 |
M Robert Jež | 🇸🇰 | 🔁 |
CF Ádauto | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Štyvar | 🇸🇰 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W James Milner | 🏴 | for M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | for M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | 68’ |
🔁 F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | for F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Robert Jež | 🇸🇰 | (LB Lucas Tesák | 🇸🇰 |)
🔁 | CF Ádauto | 🇧🇷 | (M Admir Vladavić | 🇧🇦 |)
🔁 | CF Peter Štyvar | 🇸🇰 | (M Emil Rilke | 🇨🇿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Miroslav Seman | 🇸🇰 |
M Pavol Poliacek | 🇸🇰 |
CF Ivan Belak | 🇸🇰 |
CF Mislav Karoglan | 🇭🇷 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W James Milner | 🏴 | | 50 | 6* | 3 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 16* | - | - | 5 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | | 3* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 6/18
SQUAD STATS

Home Nation 🇸🇰 : 9/14
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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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