Game #5080
Aston Villa
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Won
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,788
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
1-0
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 83’ |
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 25 April 2010
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🟨 | 53’ Booking, Carlos Cuéllar
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Emile Heskey
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 1-0, James Milner (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City
Match Statistics
Possession F | 52%
Possession A | 48%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 16
Shots on Target F | 6
Shots on Target A | 14
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 16
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Villa win for the third consecutive game, and a 4th in 5 under Martin O'Neill.
Villa have just 1 defeat in the last 16 under Martin O'Neill and move up one to 5th place in the Premier League keeping a top four finish in sight with two games left to play.
Villa complete the double over Birmingham for the third succssive season and for the fourth time in the last 7 seasons in which the clubs have met in League footballl.
Villa have now won 6 consecutive matches against their neighbours to make it 12 wins and 2 draws in their last 18 meetings dating back to 1987.
Brad Friedel sets a new club record for the most clean sheets in a single Premier League season with 15. Friedel’s latest clean sheet comes on his 86th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W41 D27 L18, 100 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.16 goals per game, 29 Clean Sheets (34%), 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Richard Dunne secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 42nd appearance to make it W20 D15 L7, 3 Goals and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Stiliyan Petrov makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (157 Appearances) to make it W68 D52 L37, 6 Goals, 7 Assists and 24 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Birmingham City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #188 |
Sunday, 25 April 2010
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022
Kick off: 12.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 188 | 🟩 | 80 🟨 | 60 🟥 48 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022
Matches Officiated: 21
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 7
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 14 Apr 10, Villa 2-2, Everton (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: John Flynn, Jake Collin
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up for the fourth successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.48 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 38.96 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 23.55 |
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Alex McLeish | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Joe Hart | 🏴 |
RB Stephen Carr | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Liam Ridgewell (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Roger Johnson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Grégory Vignal | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Lee Bowyer | 🏴 |
M Barry Ferguson | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Sebastian Larsson | 🇸🇪 |
M Craig Gardner (ex) | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F James McFadden | 🏴 |
CF Cameron Jerome | 🏴 |
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 70’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Grégory Vignal | 🇫🇷 | (RB Stuart Parnaby | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Barry Ferguson | 🏴 | (M Keith Fahey (yth) | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | M Craig Gardner (ex) | 🏴 | (F Kevin Phillips (ex) | 🏴 |)
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Maik Taylor | 🇬🇧 |
M Michel | 🇪🇸 |
M Teemu Tainio | 🇫🇮 |
CF Christian Benítez | 🇪🇨 |
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
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | | 54 | 17* | 7 | 3 | 24* | 18 | 12 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 82* |
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 2/18
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 25 April 2010, Villa 1-0, Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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