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Game #5038

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Cardiff City

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,527

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Cardiff City

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Assist(s) | John Carew | 3' |

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by John Carew
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Cardiff City
🟨 | 61’ Booking, Fabian Delph
🟨 | 77’ Booking, Habib Bèye
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Craig Gardner, Sub on, Marc Albrighton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Cardiff City

Match Statistics

Possession F | 54%
Possession A | 46%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 17
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 12
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 17
Fouls A | 13

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

  • Martin O'Neill makes his customary changes for the Cup as Villa squeeze past Championship side Cardiff at Villa Park with Peter Whittingham and Riccardo Scimeca being welcomed back to their boyhood club. Peter Enckelman also returned but everyone looked a little embarrassed.

  • Gabriel Agbonlahor's 4th goal in 4 games wins it for Villa on his 147th appearance (135 Starts) to make it W59 D44 L44, 39 Goals, 16 Assists and 12 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.67 games played so far in his Villa career.

  • Left back Nicky Shorey, 28, makes his 39th and final appearance of his difficult spell with Villa (37 Startds) before moving on to West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £1,620,000 in August 2010. Shorey had joined for £3,960,000 just 13 months earlier during which time he recorded W20 D8 L11, 2 Assist and 2 Bookings.

  • Peter Enckelman, Riccardo Scimeca and Peter Whittingham return to Villa Park with Cardiff. 

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2008-10 🕒 39 | 37 (2) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 29 | #809 |

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Cardiff City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1926-27

Aston Villa

Cardiff City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Cardiff City

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Wednesday, 23 September 2009

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🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wythenshaw, 2006-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 146 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 45 🟥 41 | 1.54

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wythenshaw, 2006-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Kevin Hayward, Guy Stretton

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Fabian Delph
🟨 Habib Bèye

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🟨 Gábor Gyepes

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Habib Bèye, Nicky Shorey, Fabian Delph, Brad Guzan and Craig Gardner replace Richard Dunne, Stephen Warnock, Steve Sidwell, Ashley Young and Brad Friedel.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.39 |

Oldest Player |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 | 32.70 |

Youngest Player |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.85 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB James Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Dave Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

GK Peter Enckelman (ex) | 🇫🇮 |
LB Tony Capaldi | 🇬🇧 |
CB Gábor Gyepes | 🇭🇺 | 🟨 |
CB Anthony Gerrard | 🇮🇪 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Adam Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gavin Rae | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Chris Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Joe Ledley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Peter Whittingham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jay Bothroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Michael Chopra | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Gavin Rae | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Aaron Wildig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK David Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Miguel Comminges | 🇫🇷 |
CB Paul Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Mark Hudson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Josh Magennis | 🇬🇧 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 5/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/18

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bomb Squad | 1 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I have had a conversation with him. ”It shall remain private as far as I'm concerned. If Nigel or sources close to him want to divulge what was said, that's up to him or them. "That's how I'm going to end it." Martin O’Neill on Nigel Reo-Coker. "I would never take anything like that [team spirit] for granted, particularly in this day and age. "I never have done as a manager and I wouldn't be foolish enough to believe that [would be the case] all the time, even when things are going well." Martin O’Neill seems worried. "Nigel is in the squad. There is nothing else to say.” Martin O’Neill on Nigel Reo-Coker following their training ground bust-up. "I don't concern myself about not being fantastically popular. "I think it is important to have some distance. "Players are in power and I will never begrudge the top quality player getting well paid. ”But when it is handed down to very average players who have that kind of power it can become a bit of an irritant." Martin O’Neill doubles down. "I think Guzan performing as strongly as he is, is keeping Friedel on his toes. ”I’ve got a lot of time for Guzan. I think he is going to become a real proper keeper. With him arriving at the club, Friedel is performing as strongly as ever." Martin O’Neill on his ‘keeper options.
Quotes

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 23 September 2009

*Gabriel Agbonlahor’s third-minute goal booked Aston Villa’s place in the fourth round of the Carling Cup.* Agbonlahor back-heeled John Carew’s low near-post cross after Cardiff had clumsily lost possession in midfield. Gabor Gyepes and Joe Ledley headed just over for Cardiff, and Jay Bothroyd’s late effort was ruled out for offside. James Milner wasted a glorious chance to put the game to bed early in the second half when he hit the post from the penalty spot after Gyepes’s foul. For the second game in succession, there was no place for Nigel Reo-Coker in the Villa squad after a training-ground row with manager Martin O’Neil. Cardiff included three former Aston Villa players in their starting XI, and it was a mistake from one of those Villa old boys that led to the opening goal. Riccardo Scimeca was the culprit as his misplaced pass allowed Carew to race 40 yards down the right flank unchallenged before finding Agbonlahor at the near post. The striker’s first-time back-heel flick gave goalkeeper Peter Enckelman - another returning to his old stomping ground - no hope. Cardiff responded well as Gyepes and Joe Ledley headed just over in quick succession, while Gavin Rae’s deflected shot warmed Brad Guzan’s hands in the Villa goal. With Bothroyd used as a lone striker, the visitors made the most of the extra man in midfield and caused their hosts plenty of problems from free-kicks and crosses into the box. But the decisive touch was missing and the half ended with Stiliyan Petrov forcing Enckelman into his first save of note. Villa almost started the second half as they had the first, but Carew could not match his strike partner’s accuracy as he headed an inviting Milner cross wide. The visitors were then handed an even bigger let off on 58 minutes when Milner’s penalty hit the post after Petrov had been felled by Gyepes. Cardiff’s response was to send on top-scorer Michael Chopra from the bench. The change had little effect as the meanest defence in the Premier League stood firm to secure victory, but they were thankful for a marginal offside decision which denied Bothroyd and the need for extra time. *Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill:* “I think that Cardiff were never out of it, and played some nice football, but we seemed to be in reasonable control, and I am delighted to have won and avoided another defeat in the competition. “Agbonlahor is on fire at the moment, he is playing brilliantly for us. He has got so much confidence now. “The goal he scored was maybe the sort he would not have attempted three-quarters of the way through last season, but he has so much confidence.”
Reports

🟩 23 September 2009, Villa 1-0 Cardiff, Villa Park.

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