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Game #5224

Aston Villa

Saturday, 28 September 2013

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Won

9th (+4)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Premier League

Manchester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,063

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-2

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State of Abu Dhabi

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🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 September 2013

🥅 | 45’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Yaya Touré
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester City
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 1-1, Karim El Ahmadi, Assist by Leandro Bacuna
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester City), Edin Džeko
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Yacouba Sylla
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 2-2, Leandro Bacuna
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 3-2, Andreas Weimann, Assist by Brad Guzan
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Andreas Weimann, Sub on, Jordan Bowery
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Manchester City

Match Statistics

Possession F | 33%
Possession A | 67%
Shots F | 8
Shots A | 21
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 7
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 13
Fouls F | 13
Fouls A | 8

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 September 2013

  • Villa bounce back from their Tottenham hammering to secure a win as thrilling as it was unexpected to give rise to an iconic image of celebrating in front of the Holte.

  • Paul Lambert’s Villa arguably deliver their third great result in 54 games under his stewardship with this backs to the wall victory against an expensively assembled outfit. 

  • The win showed a hitherto absent steel in Lambert's side, doubly so given the team was troubled with injuries to key players. 

  • As a result the game proved a source of hope that it could kickstart form for Villa in a way their previous victories (over Liverpool in December 2012 and Arsenal on the opening day of this season) had not. 

  • Villa climb to 9th in the Premier League table after six games as they had now won three and lost three of their opening matches.

  • Leandro Bacuna scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W4 D0 L2 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

  • Brad Guzan contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 73rd appearance (71 Starts) to make it W29 D15 L29, 1 Assist, 108 Goals Conceded, 15 Clean Sheets, 1.64 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Ron Vlaar secures his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 39th appearance to make it W15 D8 L16, 2 Goals and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Andreas Weimann secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance (43 Starts) to make it W25 D16 L21, 16 Goals, 3 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

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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

Manchester City

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As Manchester City:

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

As Abu Dhabi:

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆*
FA Cup Winners: 🏆*
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 2011-12

* Under Investigation

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Abu Dhabi: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2013-14 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 28 September 2013

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🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Mike Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chester, 1997-2018
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 54 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 | 11 🟥 23 | 1.31

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chester, 1997-2018
Matches Officiated: 13
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 2 Feb 13, Villa 3-3 Everton (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Gary Beswick, Ron Ganfield

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Yacouba Sylla

🟨 Samir Nasri

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Brad Guzan, Ciaran Clark, Andreas Weimann, Fabian Delph and Antonio Luna replace Jed Steer, Joe Bennett, Marc Albrighton, Aleksandar Tonev and Matt Lowton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.62 |

Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 29.07 |

Youngest Player |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 22.12 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 🔥 |
LB Antonio Luna | 🇪🇸 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | ⚽ |
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | 🟨 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Manuel Pellegrini | 🇨🇱 |

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Manchester City

GK Joe Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Aleksandar Kolarov | 🇷🇸 |
CB Vincent Kompany | 🇧🇪 |
CB Matija Nastasić | 🇷🇸 |
RB Pablo Zabaleta | 🇦🇷 |
M James Milner (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Samir Nasri | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Fernandinho | 🇧🇷 |
M Yaya Touré | 🇨🇮 | ⚽ |
CF Álvaro Negredo | 🇪🇸 |
CF Edin Džeko | 🇧🇦 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 F Jordan Bowery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 80’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Samir Nasri | 🇫🇷 | (RB Jesús Navas | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Edin Džeko | 🇧🇦 | (CF Stevan Jovetić | 🇲🇪 |)

Substitutes

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 |
CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Costel Pantilimon | 🇷🇴 |
LB Gaël Clichy | 🇫🇷 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Javi García | 🇪🇸 |

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

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI: £27.03m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Homegrown: 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 4/18

SQUAD STATS

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Villa face the most expensive side in their history as Manchester City eclipse the previous record set by Chelsea in December 2012 by £3m.

Team Cost: £256.19m

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/18

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 6 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bomb Squad | 2 |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 6 |
F Graham Burke | 🇮🇪 | Shrewsbury
M Samir Carruthers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | MK Dons
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Fulham
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 | Stoke
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Notts County

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“People coming here probably would have thought Manchester City would have won comfortably but our performance was fantastic. “I am absolutely proud of the players. We seem to be doing it the hard way, winning away and finding it difficult at home, but we were fantastic. “We are doing pretty fine at the minute. I don’t put any pressure on the lads - just try and let them enjoy their football and try and win as many games as they can.” Paul Lambert, Saturday, 28 September 2013.
Quotes

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sky Sports*
Saturday, 28 September 2013

Aston Villa stun Manchester City with a 3-2 win at Villa Park Aston Villa twice came from behind to earn an unlikely 3-2 win over Manchester City in the Premier League at Villa Park Goals from Karim El Ahmadi and Leandro Bacuna cancelled out efforts from Yaya Toure and Edin Dzeko with Andreas Weimann popping up with the winner for Paul Lambert’s men. The home side found themselves outplayed for long periods of the game, but somehow managed to take all three points to leave City still looking for their first win away from home this season. City started brightly and created their first chance of the game after just three minutes when Dzeko dummied Aleksandar Kolarov’s cross inside the box for James Milner and the former Villa man flashed his shot just wide of the target. The visitors were dominating possession in the early stages and Samir Nasri created a chance for Dzeko on eight minutes when he slipped in the striker inside the box and his shot brought a smart save from Brad Guzan. Villa’s only effort of note in the first half was a free-kick from El Ahmadi which sailed well over the crossbar as Lambert’s men struggled to get hold of the ball. Ciaran Clark had a lucky escape on 39 minutes when he hacked Kolarov’s dangerous cross just over his own crossbar and from the resulting corner City went close to breaking the deadlock when Dzeko headed down into the path of Toure and he saw his shot knocked off the line through a combination of Clark and Libor Kozak. Toure was inches away from scoring a minute before the break when his deflected shot from the edge of the box flew just wide of the far post with Guzan well beaten in goal. However, from the resulting corner City finally made the breakthrough when Villa failed to clear Nasri’s delivery and Toure was on hand to volley the ball through the legs of Guzan. Villa stunned City six minutes into the second half when they equalised with their first attack after the break with a controversial goal from El Ahmadi. Bacuna slipped in El Ahmadi inside the box with the midfielder appearing to be marginally offside, but there was no offside flag raised and he drilled his shot low into the corner past Joe Hart. The goal stung City into action and they restored their lead five minutes later when Dzeko rose highest to meet Nasri’s in-swinging corner. Villa dragged themselves back into the game on 73 minutes when Weimann won a free kick 25 yards from goal after a foul by Matija Nastasic and Bacuna stepped up to curl a superb free-kick over the wall and past a stranded Hart. Two minutes later Villa turned the game on its head with a real route one effort from Weimann after some comical defending from City. Guzan pumped a long goalkick straight down the middle and Vincent Kompany and Nastasic both left the ball to each other allowing Weimann to go clear on goal and he managed to beat the onrushing Hart to the ball to poke it past the keeper and into the empty net. City threw everything at Villa in the closing stages, but Villa held to claim a memorable win and their first home victory in the Premier League this season.
Reports

🟩 28 September 2013, Villa 3-2 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park.

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