Game #5171
Aston Villa
Saturday, 18 August 2012
Lost
15th
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Premier League
West Ham United
Attendance: 34,172
Upton Park
West Ham United
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Karim El Ahmadi one of four debuts in Paul Lambert's first game in charge as Villa lose on the opening day under the new boss, Saturday, 18 August 2012.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 August 2012
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ron Vlaar, Matt Lowton, Karim El Ahmadi, Brett Holman
🟨 | 39’ Booking, Ciaran Clark
🥅 | 40’ Goal, (West Ham United), Kevin Nolan
🕒 | HT West Ham United 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Brett Holman, Sub on, Andreas Weimann
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Charles N’Zogbia, Sub on, Gary Gardner
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Fabian Delph, Sub on, Barry Bannan
🕒 | FT West Ham United 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa lost their first game under Paul Lambert and had now failed to win their last nine Premier League away games whilst Villa players did not find a single teammate with any of their 10 crosses against promoted West Ham.
Meanwhile, centre back Ron Vlaar, 27, and midfielder Karim El Ahmadi, 27, made their Villa debuts after joining from Feyenoord for £3,420,000 and £2,520,000 respectively.
Winger Brett Holman also made his debut aged 28 after joining from AZ Alkmaar on a free transfer in July 2012 as did right back Matt Lowton, 23, following his move from League One side Sheffield United for a fee of £3,380,000, also in July 2012.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
West Ham United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE HISTORY
West Ham United
Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2012-13 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 18 August 2012
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 1 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 0 🟥 1 | 0.00
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Matches Officiated: 31
🟩 : 13
🟨 : 11
🟥 : 7
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 9 Apr 12, Villa 1-1 Stoke (h)
Cards: 🟨
Assistants: Jake Collin, Simon Long
TEAM NEWS
Paul Lambert hands debuts to Ron Vlaar, Karim El Ahmadi, Brett Holman and Matt Lowton as inexplicably the newly appointed Villa boss reconstitutes Gérard Houllier's infamous 'bomb squad' of first team players not to be considered for duty and immediately places defensive lynchpins Alan Hutton and Stephen Warnock in purgatory. Meanwhile, Brad Guzan, released by Villa at the end of the previous campaign, appears in the squad having been re-signed by Lambert.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.45 |
Oldest Player |
GK Shay Given | 36.35 |
Youngest Player |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | 21.34 |
MANAGER
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 | 🟢 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | 🟢 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Brett Holman | 🇦🇺 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Sam Allardyce | 🏴 |
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West Ham United
GK Jussi Jääskeläinen | 🇫🇮 |
CB Winston Reid | 🇳🇿 |
LB George McCartney | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
CB James Collins (ex) | 🏴 |
RB Guy Demel | 🇨🇮 |
M Kevin Nolan | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Matthew Taylor | 🏴 |
M Momo Diamé | 🇸🇳 |
W Ricardo Vaz Tê | 🇵🇹 |
CF Carlton Cole (ex) | 🏴 | 🔁 |
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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | for W Brett Holman | 🇦🇺 | 61’ |
🔁 M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | for W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | 74’ |
🔁 M Barry Bannan | 🏴 | for M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | 77’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | LB George McCartney | 🇬🇧 | (RB Joey O’Brien | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | M Kevin Nolan | 🏴 | (CB James Tomkins | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Carlton Cole (ex) | 🏴 | (CF Modibo Maiga | 🇲🇱 |)
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
F Graham Burke | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stephen Henderson | 🇮🇪 |
M Gary O'Neil | 🏴 |
M Alou Diarra | 🇫🇷 |
CF Nicky Maynard | 🏴 |
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SQUAD STATS
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1st XI: £59.05m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
Homegrown: 7/18
SQUAD STATS
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Team Cost: £20.61m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 3 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
Illness | 1 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
Bomb Squad | 2 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
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Not Reported
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
🟢 RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 |
🟢 M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 |
🟢 W Brett Holman | 🇦🇺 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 66%
Possession A | 34%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 7
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 17
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Saturday, 18 August 2012
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