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Game #5054

Aston Villa

Sunday, 27 December 2009

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Lost

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Arsenal

Emirates Stadium

Attendance: 60,056

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 27 December 2009

🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Ashley Young
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, John Carew
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Cesc Fàbregas
🟨 | 76’ Booking, Carlos Cuéllar
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Fabian Delph
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Cesc Fàbregas
🥅 | 90’+1 Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Abou Diaby
🟨 | 90’+4 Booking, Fabian Delph
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Possession F | 38%
Possession A | 62%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 19
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 12
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 10
Fouls F | 18
Fouls A | 14

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

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ON THIS DAY

Sunday, 27 December 2009

  • Villa's eight game unbeaten run comes to an end as they lose to Arsenal by a scoreline that heavily flattered the Gunners. 

  • Villa lose for the first time in 9 under Martin O'Neill.

  • Fabian Delph collects his fourth booking in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance (4 Starts) at a rate of a card every 2 games he has played to make it W4 D1 L3 and 4 Bookings.

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2004-05

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Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #162 |
Sunday, 27 December 2009

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🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Kick off: 1.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 162 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 51 🟥 44 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Matches Officiated: 15
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 Nov 09, Villa 1-1 Tottenham (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Mike Mullarkey, Mike Bull

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Ashley Young
🟨 Carlos Cuéllar
🟨 Fabian Delph

🟨 Alex Song

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up for the fourth successive game for the first time this season and for the first time since April 2008.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.68 |

Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 38.64 |

Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.22 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

MANAGER

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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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

Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |

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Arsenal

GK Manuel Almunia | 🇪🇸 |
LB Armand Traoré | 🇸🇳 |
CB Thomas Vermaelen | 🇧🇪 |
CB William Gallas | 🇫🇷 |
RB Bacary Sagna | 🇫🇷 |
M Abou Diaby | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
M Samir Nasri | 🇫🇷 |
M Denílson | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Alex Song | 🇨🇲 | 🟨 |
CF Eduardo | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
F Andrey Arshavin | 🇷🇺 |

Line Ups

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | for CF Emile Heskey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63’ |
🔁 M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Denílson | 🇧🇷 | (M Cesc Fàbregas | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ | ⚽ |)
🔁 | M Cesc Fàbregas | 🇪🇸 | (M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Eduardo | 🇭🇷 | (W Theo Walcott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB James Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Lukasz Fabiański | 🇵🇱 |
CB Mikaël Silvestre | 🇫🇷 |
RB Emmanuel Eboué | 🇨🇮 |
CF Carlos Vela | 🇲🇽 |

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

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 1/18

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 2/18

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

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MATCH QUOTES

“It is two big tests but the confidence is flying at the moment with the way the team is playing. "The team have proved they can do well against the big teams. We are not fearing anyone we play at the moment, and those teams [Arsenal and Liverpool] will be aware we have punished the top sides. "It wasn't pretty at times [against Stoke] but that is sign that we can do both sides of the game. ”We have got a lot of attacking options but we can defend at times as well and make it dogged. It was a good win for us and it sets us up nicely for the two games coming up. It will be tough against Arsenal and Liverpool but we will try and win. We won't sit back. I think the manager likes us to get forward and get goals. "He has got a little bit more of a stronger squad this season than maybe last season. James Collins has been one of our best players and he can't get in the team at the moment – that tells you something. "It is a headache for the manager at times but I am sure it is one that he likes.” Stewart Downing prę-match. “You can draw all sorts of conclusions from just one game and we have to look at the bigger picture. “If there is anything to learn from the game we will try to do it and have just to keep going ourselves. “We are up there in the league because we deserve to be. Now it is down to us to see if we can maintain the form which put us there in the first place.” Martin O’Neill.
Quotes

🟥 27 Dec 2009, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 27 December 2009

*Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas came off the bench to inspire his side to a victory over Aston Villa.* Fabregas picked himself up after being fouled by Richard Dunne and curled in a 25-yard free-kick with aplomb. The goal came after Villa keeper Brad Friedel had denied William Gallas from point-blank range and kept out an Andrey Arshavin shot. A first-time finish from Fabregas after a Theo Walcott pass and an Abou Diaby strike wrapped up the win for Arsenal. Fabregas had started as a substitute because of a hamstring problem and was brought on after 57 minutes to give his side extra impetus in beating a stubborn Villa side. The move paid off for manager Arsene Wenger but he will be concerned that his skipper aggravated his injury in sprinting on to Walcott’s ideally weighted pass and had to be replaced on 84 minutes. However, the victory moved the Gunners to within four points of Premier League leaders Chelsea with a game in hand over their London rivals. Villa had already beaten Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United so far this season to show encouraging signs that they are mentally tougher and have a stronger squad to avoid the same collapse as last season in the chase for a top four place. Their credentials for another top four assault were under the microscope at the Emirates and they were found wanting ahead of another stern test of their resolve and depth when they play Liverpool on Tuesday. Prior to the introduction of Fabregas, the game had proved an intriguing and tight contest after Arsenal missed the chance to take an early lead with Villa caught cold. Diaby forced his way past Stephen Warnock and laid the ball to Eduardo, who turned Dunne for a clear sight of goal only to strike a tame effort straight at keeper Friedel. Denilson powered a 25-yard shot over the Villa goal but the visitors had heeded the warning signs and quickly raised their game. Villa adopted the same strategy which helped them impressively beat the Gunners at the Emirates last season as they soaked up pressure and played on the counter-attack. The pace of Ashley Young and Gabriel Agbonlahor, the midfield energy of James Milner and aerial strength of Emile Heskey was key to Villa’s tactics. But a wary Arsenal were wise to the Villa ploy and a Young strike looping over the bar after a deflection off Alexandre Song was a rare threat on their goal. Villa’s defence was aiming for a fifth clean sheet and looked sturdy enough before they had some scares as Arsenal upped their intensity and urgency as they started to dominate. Gallas came close for the home side when he tried to turn in an Eduardo knock-down but Friedel blocked and Carlos Cuellar cleared and Friedel again foiled Arsenal by saving an Arshavin shot. Villa finally buckled when Dunne fouled Fabregas, who rewarded Arsenal’s pressure when he sent a free-kick over the Villa wall and into the top corner. Armand Tarore’s sweeping pass found Walcott on the right flank and he set up Fabregas for the second as Villa found Arsenal too hot to handle. And Diaby added the gloss to the win when he ran at a retreating Villa defence and found the bottom corner with a precise strike past the despairing dive of Friedel. *Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill:* “You can draw all sorts of conclusions from just one game and we have to look at the bigger picture. “If there is anything to learn from the game we will try to do it and have just to keep going ourselves. “We are up there in the league because we deserve to be. Now it is down to us to see if we can maintain the form which put us there in the first place.”
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