Game #5004
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 December 2008


Won
3rd (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Premier League
West Ham United
Upton Park
Attendance: 31,353
🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park
West Ham United
0-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 December 2008
🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Carlos Cuéllar, Sub on, Nigel Reo-Coker
🟨 | 72’ Booking, James Milner
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Lucas Neill
🕒 | FT West Ham United 0-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 35%
Possession A | 65%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 20
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 8
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 8
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
🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 December 2008
Villa luck into a win at West Ham as the adage of 'Champions finding a way to win even when they play badly' adds to the excitement around the team Martin O'Neill built. Villa climb into the Premier League top three for the first time since September.
Villa make it three successive League wins and are unbeaten in six Premier League games to move 3rd in the table after 18 games.
Ashley Young makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (78 Appearances) to make it W33 D24 L20, 18 Goals, 30 Assists and 12 Bookings.
🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
West Ham United


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80
🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #112 |
Saturday, 20 December 2008
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🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 112 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 36 🟥 31 | 1.53
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Matches Officiated: 29
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 9
🟥 : 11
🆘 : 4
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 Aug 08, Villa 2-3 Stoke (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Andy Garratt, Simon Beck
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

🟨 James Milner
CARDS

🟨 Lucas Neill
🟨 Craig Bellamy
🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Stilyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Gareth Barry, Brad Friedel, Curtis Davies and James Milner replace Brad Guzan, Nathan Delfouneso, Nicky Shorey, Moustapha Salifou, Marlon Harewood, Nigel Reo-Coker, Craig Gardner and Zat Knight.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.46 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.62 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 22.20 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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

West Ham United
GK Robert Green | 🏴 |
LB Hérita Ilunga | 🇨🇩 |
CB Lucas Neill | 🇦🇺 | 🟨 |
CB Matthew Upson | 🏴 |
CB Calum Davenport | 🏴 |
M Scott Parker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Mark Noble | 🏴 |
M Valon Behrami |🇨🇭| 🔁 |
M Jack Collison | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Craig Bellamy | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Carlton Cole (ex) | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | for CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 58’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Scott Parker | 🏴 | (M Hayden Mullins | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Valon Behrami |🇨🇭| (M Lee Bowyer | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Jack Collison | 🏴 | (CF Diego Tristán | 🇪🇸 |)

🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Jan Lastuvka | 🇨🇿 |
RB Julien Faubert | 🇫🇷 |
W Luis Boa Morte | 🇵🇹 |
CF David Di Michele | 🇮🇹 |
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
🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | | 62 | 2* | 3 | 4 | 29* | 16 | 17 | - | - | 12 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 19* |
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: 5/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
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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
🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park


MATCH REPORTS






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