Game #5002
Aston Villa
Saturday, 13 December 2008


Won
4th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Bolton Wanderers
Villa Park
Attendance: 35,134
🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-2

Bolton Wanderers

Assist(s) | Martin Laursen | 25’ | Ashley Young | 68’ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 78’ |
🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 13 December 2008
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Johan Elmander
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Martin Laursen
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 2-1, Own Goal, Kevin Davies
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 3-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Ashley Young
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, James Milner, Sub on, Nigel Reo-Coker
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 4-1, Ashley Young, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 4-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Kevin Davies
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Nicky Shorey
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Bolton Wanderers
Match Statistics
Possession F | 54%
Possession A | 46%
Shots F | 16
Shots A | 12
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 10
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 17
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
🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 13 December 2008
Villa make it consecutive League wins for the first time since October as they climb to fourth in the table.
Ashley Young contributes his 30th assist in a Villa shirt on his 77th appearance (74 Starts) to make it W33 D24 L20, 18 Goals, 30 Assists and 12 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.60 games played so far in his Villa career.
Martin Laursen contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 89th appearance (87 Starts) to make it W38 D30 L21, 11 Goals, 5 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Carlos Cuéllar secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (15 Starts) to make it W10 D3 L5 and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Brad Friedel concedes his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 22md appearance to make it W14 D5 L3, 25 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.14 goals per game, 6 Clean Sheets (27%) and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, 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
Bolton Wanderers


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58
🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Game | #17 |
Manager Game | #110 |
Saturday, 13 December 2008
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🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Lee Probert | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2003-2019
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 110 | 🟩 | 44 🟨 | 36 🟥 30 | 1.53
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Probert | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2003-2019
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 23 Sep 07, Villa 2-0 Everton (h)
Cards: 🟨
Assistants: Mike Mullarkey, Stephen Child
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Andrew O’Brien
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.44 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.60 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 22.18 |
🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 🔥 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Gary Megson | 🏴 |

Bolton Wanderers
GK Jussi Jääskeläinen | 🇫🇮 |
LB Jlloyd Samuel (ex) | 🇹🇹 |
CB Gary Cahill (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Andrew O’Brien | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Grétar Steinsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Kevin Nolan | 🏴 |
M Fabrice Muamba | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Matthew Taylor | 🏴 |
M Gavin McCann (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Johan Elmander | 🇸🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Kevin Davies | 🏴 | ⚽ |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | for W James Milner | 🏴 | 68’ |
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 81’ |
🔁 LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Fabrice Muamba | 🏴 | (LB Ricardo Gardner | 🇯🇲 |)
🔁 | CF Johan Elmander | 🇸🇪 | ⚽ | (CF Ebi Smolarek | 🇦🇹 |)

🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

GK Ali Al Habsi | 🇴🇲 |
CB Danny Shittu | 🇳🇬 |
CB Chris Basham | 🏴 |
W Riga Mustapha | 🇳🇱 |
CF Tope Obadeyi | 🏴 |
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
🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | | 60 | 1* | 3 | 4 | 28* | 16 | 16 | - | - | 12 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 18* |
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: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 4/18
SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park
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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