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Game #5263

Aston Villa

Saturday, 20 September 2014

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Lost

3rd (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 40,013

🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-3

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 September 2014

🥅 | 32’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Mesut Özil
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Danny Welbeck
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Aly Cissokho o.g.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-3 Arsenal
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Andreas Weimann, Sub on, Jack Grealish
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Kieran Richardson, Sub on, Charles N’Zogbia
🟨 | 83’ Booking, Ciaran Clark
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Carlos Sánchez, Sub on, Leandro Bacuna
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Possession F | 29%
Possession A | 71%
Shots F | 6
Shots A | 9
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 5
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 9

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 September 2014
  • Villa's unbeaten run comes crashing down as they are well beaten by Arsenal at Villa Park.

  • Paul Lambert’s Villa lose their first Premier League game of the season and fall back to third in the early table as a result. 

  • Andreas Weimann makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (74 Starts) to make it W34 D25 L41, 22 Goals, 8 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Ciaran Clark collects his 30th booking in a Villa shirt on his 109th appearance (98 Starts) to make it W34 D27 L48, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 30 Bookings so far in his Villa career. Clark has now picked up a booking every 3.63 games he has played.

  • Jack Grealish makes his 5th appearance for Villa (1 Start) to make it W2 D0 L3 so far in his Villa career.

  • Meanwhile, off the pitch, in a move that stretches credulity beyond reason, Paul Lambert is handed a fresh deal to keep him at the club for another 4 years despite a record of W30 D20 L43 at a rate of 1.18 points per game - the worst record of any Villa manager after 93 games in charge.

🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

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: 2013-14

FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2014-15 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #93 |
Saturday, 20 September 2014

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🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Mike Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chester, 2008-2017
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

🕒 93 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 | 20 🟥 43 | 1.18

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chester, 2008-2017
Assistants: Ian Hussin, Mark Scholes

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Ciaran Clark

CARDS
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🟨 Calum Chambers
🟨 Aaron Ramsey
🟨 Jack Wilshere

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ciaran Clark and Carlos Sánchez replace Nathan Baker and Ashley Westwood.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.38 |

Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 30.05 |

Youngest Player |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 23.14 |

Referee

🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

MANAGER

Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Philippe Senderos |🇨🇭|
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Cleverley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | 🔁 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |

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Arsenal

GK Wojciech Szczęsny | 🇵🇱 |
LB Kieran Gibbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Per Mertesacker | 🇩🇪 |
CB Laurent Koscielny | 🇫🇷 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Mikel Arteta | 🇪🇸 |
M Mesut Özil | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ |
M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Santi Carzola | 🇪🇸 |
W Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Danny Welbeck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 46’ |
🔁 W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | for LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77’ |
🔁 M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | for M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | 86’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (M Tomáš Rosický | 🇨🇿 |)
🔁 | W Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Jack Wilshere | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | CF Danny Welbeck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | (CF Lukas Podolski | 🇩🇪 |)

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK David Ospina | 🇨🇴 |
M Francis Coquelin | 🇫🇷 |
M Abou Diaby | 🇫🇷 |
CF Alexis Sánchez | 🇨🇱 |

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

🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI: £32.80m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 2/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 3/18

SQUAD STATS
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Team Cost: £168.55m

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/18

🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 6 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 9 |
CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 | Aalborg BK
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | Kayseri Erciyesspor
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster
LB Antonio Luna | 🇪🇸 | Hellas Verona
F Daniel Johnson | 🇯🇲 | Chesterfield
W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 | Celtic
RB Janoi Donacien | 🇱🇨 | Tranmere
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Brighton
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Brighton

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 20 Sep 2014, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
”I don’t know what kind of virus it is but it is certainly doing its rounds at the training ground so we will clear that place for a couple of days. “To play Arsenal you need everyone fit and we never had that, but all credit to them for the second half - the lads were running on empty. “The players have been brilliant at the start of the season and if somebody had said we would have 10 points by this time I would have taken it.” Paul Lambert, Saturday, 20 September 2014.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 20 September 2014
*Danny Welbeck opened his Arsenal account as three goals in four minutes helped the Gunners beat Aston Villa.* Arsenal opened the scoring when Welbeck put Mesut Ozil through on goal and the German slotted home calmly. Ozil repaid the favour by crossing for Welbeck to sidefoot in from close-range as the England striker scored for the first time in 16 club games. Villa defender Aly Cissokho turned a Kieran Gibbs shot into his own net and the Midlands side failed to recover. Arsenal were fortunate to escape with only a 2-0 defeat from Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League in midweek, while they had drawn three Premier League games before the trip to the Midlands. They ended that stutter in form with devastating goal blitz in which two of their more criticised stars in Ozil and Welbeck did the damage as the Gunners made it 16 games at Villa Park without defeat. Villa had been this season’s surprise package and a win would have moved them top of the Premier League, but they are now third with the Gunners moving up to fourth. The defeat was the first in the league suffered by Villa this season as a combination of Arsenal’s first-half performance and a virus that had swept through their camp proved too much for them to handle. Villa boss Paul Lambert had lost defender Nathan Baker and midfielder Ashley Westwood to the illness but said that, despite other players “not feeling the best”, his side would “go for it”. The home side were initially true to his word as Gunners keeper Wojciech Szczesny had to palm a Fabian Delph shot around a post and then save a Ciaran Clark header at point-blank range. But when Arsenal click into gear they are difficult to stop, which a stunned Villa found to their cost as they conceded three goals in quick succession. Ozil put the Gunners in front when he ran onto a beautifully-weighted Welbeck pass before sliding a left-foot shot past keeper Brad Guzan. The World Cup winner went from goalscorer to provider when he crossed for Welbeck to score with a first-time sidefoot from six yards, before a Gibbs shot was turned into his own net by Cissokho. The pressure was on Welbeck before the game after he had missed glorious chances against both Manchester City and Dortmund but he helped relieve it the same venue where he scored twice for former club Manchester United in a 3-0 win last season. Wenger had been forced to defend Ozil after some low key performances from the World Cup winner so far this season and the playmaker repaid his manager’s faith as Arsenal comfortably closed out the game after their goal burst.
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