Game #5053
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 December 2009


Won
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Stoke
Villa Park
Attendance: 35,852
🟩 19 Dec 2009, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Stoke City

Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 61’ |
🟩 19 Dec 2009, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 December 2009
🔁 | 23’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, John Carew
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Stoke City
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-0, John Carew, Assist by Ashley Young
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Stewart Downing, Sub on, Steve Sidwell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
Match Statistics
Possession F | 57%
Possession A | 43%
Shots F | 17
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 12
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
🟩 19 Dec 2009, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Villa make it four consecutive League wins in eight unbeaten games but remain fourth in the table tied on points with third place Arsenal who are up next and who Villa beat with ease on their own ground last season.
Villa beat Stoke's team of journeymen for the first time after their re-emergence as a top flight side the previous season. As a result Villa extend their unbeaten run to eight with six wins including the last five in all competitions.
Gabriel Agbonlahor makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (162 Appearances) to make it W66 D50 L46, 44 Goals, 20 Assists and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Carlos Cuéllar secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 59th appearance (55 Starts) to make it W30 D15 L14, 1 Goal, 1 Assist 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Luke Young secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 52nd appearance (50 Starts) to make it W25 D13 L14, 1 Goal and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 19 Dec 2009, Villa 1-0 Stoke, 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
Stoke


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
🟩 19 Dec 2009, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #161 |
Saturday, 19 December 2009
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🟩 19 Dec 2009, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Lee Probert | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2003-2019
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 161 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 51 🟥 43 | 1.57
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Probert | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2003-2019
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 31 Oct 09, Villa 1-1 Everton (a)
Cards: 🟨
Assistants: Andy Newbold, Gary Stott
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Andy Wilkinson
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 names an unchanged line up for the third successive game for the first time this season and for the first time since April 2008.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.66 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 38.62 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 23.20 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W James Milner | 🏴 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Tony Pulis | 🏴 |

Stoke
GK Thomas Sørensen (ex) | 🇩🇰 |
CB Danny Higginbotham | 🏴 |
CB Danny Collins | 🏴 |
CB Abdoulaye Faye | 🇸🇳 |
RB Andy Wilkinson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Salif Diao | 🇸🇳 | 🔁 |
M Dean Whitehead | 🏴 |
M Matthew Etherington | 🏴 |
W Tuncay Şanlı, | 🇹🇷 |
CF Mamady Sidibé | 🇲🇱 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF John Carew | 🇧🇬 | ⚽ | for CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 23’ |
🔁 M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | for W Stewart Downing | 🏴 | 81’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | (M Rory Delap | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | M Salif Diao | 🇸🇳 | (CF Ricardo Fuller | 🇯🇲 |)
🔁 | CF Mamady Sidibé | 🇲🇱 | (CF James Beattie | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Steve Simonsen | 🏴 |
CB Leon Cort | 🇬🇾 |
LB Danny Pugh | 🏴 |
M Liam Lawrence | 🇮🇪 |
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 | 🇳🇴 | | 96 | 16* | 36* | 11 | 38* | 32 | 26 | - | - | 10 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 60* |
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: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 1/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
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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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