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Game #5239

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 January 2014

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

FA Cup

Sheffield United

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,038

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-2

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Sheffield United

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🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 January 2014

🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Jamie Murphy
🟨 | 34’ Booking, Ciaran Clark
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield United
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Aleksandar Tonev, Sub on, Nicklas Helenius
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 1-1, Nicklas Helenius
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield United), Ryan Flynn
🟨 | 84’ Booking, Ashley Westwood
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Fabian Delph
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Sheffield United

Match Statistics

Possession F | 67%
Possession A | 33%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 7
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 8
Corners A | 1
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 13

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 January 2014

  • Paul Lambert's New Years' Resolution to make himself even more unpopular gets off to a great start as he throws away a Cup run to leave Villa with eleven defeats in twenty three games including losses to two League One sides including one only just promoted from the fourth tier of English football.

  • Paul Lambert’s Villa lose for the seventh time in ten home games to crash out of the FA Cup to League One Sheffield United. 

  • Hardly helping Lambert’s cause was his Houllier-esque idiotic comments about the value of the FA Cup that he had to speedily backtrack.

  • Nicklas Helenius scores his first goal on his 6th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (0 Starts). Having only joined in July 2013 for £1,350,000 from Aalborg, like so many of Paul Lambert's signings, Helenius was completely out of this depth in the Premier League and would be released on a free to Aalborg in July 2015 with a record of W2 D0 L4, 0 Goals, 0 Assists

  • Ashley Westwood makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (48 Starts) to make it W15 D13 L22, 1 Goal, 7 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 | 2013-14 🕒 6 | 0 (6) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 17 | #860 |

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Aston Villa

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

Sheffield United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25

Aston Villa

Sheffield United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2013-14 |
Matchday | #23 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Saturday, 4 January 2014

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🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: David Coote | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottinghamshire, 2010-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
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

🕒 69 | 🟩 | 23 🟨 | 16 🟥 30 | 1.23

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Coote | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottinghamshire, 2010-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Lee Betts, Constantine Hatzidakis

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Ciaran Clark
🟨 Ashley Westwood
🟨 Fabian Delph

🟨 George Long
🟨 Neill Collins

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jed Steer, Ciaran Clark, Marc Albrighton and Aleksandar Tonev replace Brad Guzan, Nathan Baker, Ron Vlaar and Gabriel Agbonlahor.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.36 |

Oldest Player |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.59 |

Youngest Player |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.30 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

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Aston Villa

GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
LB Antonio Luna | 🇪🇸 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |

MANAGER

Nigel Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

GK George Long | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Matt Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Harry Maguire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neill Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Tony McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ryan Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Michael Doyle | 🇮🇪 |
M Stephen McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jose Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Jamie Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Chris Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ | for W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 | 60’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Jose Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Conor Coady | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Jamie Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Shaun Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Chris Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Terry Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Janoi Donacien | 🇱🇨 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 |
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 |
F Jordan Bowery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Howard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Florent Cuvelier | 🇧🇪 |
CF Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Febian Brandy | 🇰🇳 |

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

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 5/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 15/18

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |

Bomb Squad | 1 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 6 |
M Samir Carruthers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | MK Dons
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Fulham
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 | Stoke
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Notts County
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 | Middlesbrough
LB Enda Stevens | 🇮🇪 | Doncaster

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“If they [Premier League managers] were being honest, they probably would do [without the FA Cup]” Paul Lambert, Friday, 3 January 2014. “I never decried the FA Cup in any shape or form. “I never demeaned the competition. I respect its history. I put out the strongest team I could do to try to win the game. “The FA Cup is a brilliant competition and everybody wants to do well in it. “If you look at my own career, I won things in cup competitions. I won a few leagues here and there but actually won competitions so I am not degrading it. “I don’t think we did enough to go through and that is me being honest. “Good luck to Sheffield United in the next round. “We had a lot of the ball and huffed and puffed. It was one of those kind of games. “I know it (an upset) can happen and it is not a great feeling when things like that happen to you.” Paul Lambert, Saturday, 4 January 2014.
Quotes

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

Opens in New Window

*Sky Sports*
Saturday, 4 January 2014

League One Sheffield United send Aston Villa crashing out Sheffield Utd picked up a Premier League scalp and a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 2-1 win at Aston Villa. Strikes from Jamie Murphy and Ryan Flynn were enough to see Nigel Clough’s League One giant-killers spring a surprise at Villa Park, with Nicklas Helenius offering a solitary reply for the hosts. Paul Lambert admitted prior to the game that cup competitions sit some way down his list of priorities, and the Scot need not concern himself with them for the remainder of the season after being humbled on home soil. Murphy’s opener arrived with 20 minutes on the clock, with a deflected effort making its way past Villa’s rookie goalkeeper Jed Steer. Helenius stepped off the bench to restore parity on 75 minutes, but United were not to be denied and Flynn rifled into the roof of the net nine minutes from time to secure a memorable success. *Shock* Villa’s day went badly from the start - Nathan Baker injuring himself in the warm-up and having to be replaced by Aleksandar Tonev, and the visitors more than held their own until Murphy gave them a shock lead. The Blades striker made the most of some hesitant Villa defending to cut in from the left flank and drill a hard, low shot which appeared to take a deflection off Andreas Weimann on its way past Steer. The goal briefly sparked the home side into life as Matthew Lowton clattered a shot against team-mate Weimann from an Antonio Luna cross, then Christian Benteke was inches from connecting with a cross-field ball from Fabian Delph. But as the first half neared its conclusion it was the visitors who looked likely to grab a second goal, Tony McMahon causing problems in the Villa box with his low cross from the right, and a Murphy ball from the left blocked by Villa captain Ciaran Clark as Chris Porter lurked in front of goal. Benteke missed two glorious chances to equalise for Villa in the final minute of the first half, twice heading horribly wide after misjudging two crosses from Marc Albrighton. Continuing to make a mockery of their lowly league position, the Blades started the second half in fine fashion with Flynn bringing two consecutive saves out of Villa keeper Steer. In response, Villa were struggling to muster any sort of attacking threat and their best chance to equalise in the 55th minute had an element of fortune about it as Albrighton’s cross from the right almost caught out George Long. *Dominate* Lambert threw on an additional striker in Helenius but the Blades continued to dominate and could have increased their lead on the hour when Steer spilled a low drive from Flynn and Villa were somewhat fortunate to be in a position to boot the ball away from danger. Villa struggled to muster any attacking threat whatsoever until the 70th minute when Albrighton set up Benteke who toe-poked his shot straight at Long, then moments later Benteke fed Ashley Westwood whose shot from the left side of the box was scooped high and wide of target. But the home side finally grabbed a scarcely deserved equaliser in the 75th minute when Weimann’s shot in the box took a big deflection and found substitute Helenius who fired home from the left side of the box. If Villa thought they had turned the game around the visitors had other ideas. First Porter burst into the box straight from the re-start and scooped a glorious chance just over the bar, then Flynn flashed a shot across the face of goal. But Flynn made amends in the 81st minute with a stunning strike to put the Blades back in front, cutting across the edge of the Villa box before unleashing a mighty left-foot shot past Steer in front of the massed ranks of visiting fans. Benteke bicycle-kicked Villa’s final effort over the bar deep into injury-time and the final whistle sparked wild celebrations among the visiting contingent - and boos for Lambert’s men.
Reports

🟥 4 January 2014, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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