Game #5035
Aston Villa
Sunday, 30 August 2009


Won
8th (+4)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Fulham
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,917
🟩 30 Aug 2009, Villa 2-0 Fulham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0

Fulham

Assist(s) | James Milner | 59’ |
🟩 30 Aug 2009, Villa 2-0 Fulham, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 30 August 2009
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ciaran Clark
⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, John Pantsil
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by James Milner
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Nigel Reo-Coker, Sub on, John Carew
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Steve Sidwell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Fulham
Match Statistics
Possession F | 43%
Possession A | 57%
Shots F | 9
Shots A | 6
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 9
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 9
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
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Villa put their European disappointment behind them to record successive Premier League victories following their opening day defeat.
Centre back Ciaran Clark, 19, makes his Villa debut after coming through the ranks as a schoolboy and signing professional forms with the club in July 2008 to become the 820th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
James Milner makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt to make it W35 D21 L25, 10 Goals, 18 Assists and 11 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.89 games played so far in his Villa career.
John Carew secures his 30th win on his 80th appearance in a Villa shirt (70 Starts) to make it W30 D26 L24, 32 Goals, 7 Assists and 9 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.05 starts he has made so far in his Villa career.
Brad Friedel secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 49th appearance to make it W25 D13 L11, 59 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.20 goals per game, 15 Clean Sheets (31%), 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Carlos Cuéllar secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 42nd appearance (38 Starts) to make it W20 D9 L13 and 5 Bookings.
Steve Sidwell collects his 9th booking in a Villa shirt on his 29th appearance (23 Starts) to make it W17 D5 L7, 4 Goals, 1 Assist, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a rate of a card every 2.90 games so far in his Villa career.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | #820 | Youth Team promotiion
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
Fulham


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #3 |
Manager Game | #143 |
Sunday, 30 August 2009
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🟩 30 Aug 2009, Villa 2-0 Fulham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 143 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 | 45 🟥 41 | 1.51
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Matches Officiated: 31
🟩 : 13
🟨 : 7
🟥 : 11
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 15 Mar 09, Villa 1-2 Tottenham (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Martin Yerby, Mike Mullarkey
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Steve Sidwell
CARDS

🟨 Dickson Etuhu
🟨 Jonathan Greening
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 hands a debut to Ciaran Clark and recalls Brad Friedel, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Steve Sidwell as John Carew, Brad Guzan, Emile Heskey, Fabian Delph and Curtis Davies (injury) make way.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.31 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 38.31 |
Youngest Player |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 19.94 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Roy Hodgson | 🏴 |

Fulham
GK Mark Schwarzer | 🇦🇺 |
LB Paul Konchesky | 🏴 |
CB Aaron Hughes (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
CB Brede Hangeland | 🇳🇴 |
RB John Paintsil | 🇬🇭 |
M Dickson Etuhu | 🇳🇬 | 🟨 |
M Jonathan Greening | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 |
W Diomansy Kamara | 🇸🇳 |
CF Clint Dempsey | 🇺🇸 |
CF Erik Nevland | 🇳🇴 | (CF Andy Johnson | 🏴 |)
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | for M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 72’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Erik Nevland | 🇳🇴 | (CF Andy Johnson | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Pascal Zuberbühler | 🇨🇭 |
RB Stephen Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
CB Chris Smalling | 🏴 |
M Chris Baird | 🇬🇧 |
M Zoltán Gera | 🇭🇺 |
M Bjorn Helge Riise | 🇳🇴 |
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 John Carew | 🇳🇴 | | 80 | 10* | 32 | 7 | 30* | 26 | 24 | - | - | 9 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 44* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 2/18
SQUAD STATS

Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/12
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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