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Game #5279

Aston Villa

Sunday, 4 January 2015

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

FA Cup

Blackpool

Villa Park

Attendance: 21,837

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Blackpool

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Assist(s) | Carlos Sánchez | 88' |

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 4 January 2015

🟨 | 22’ Booking, Alan Hutton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Blackpool
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Ciaran Clark
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Tom Cleverley, Sub on, Charles N’Zogbia
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Andreas Weimann
🟨 | 77’ Booking, Charles N’Zogbia
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 1-0, Christian Benteke, Assist by Carlos Sánchez
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Joe Cole, Sub on, Leandro Bacuna
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackpool

Match Statistics

Possession F | 66%
Possession A | 34%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 6
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 5
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 8

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Sunday, 4 January 2015

  • Villa struggle to beat relegation threatened Championship side Blackpool in the third round of the FA Cup as they sink ever further under Paul Lambert.

  • Alan Hutton makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (52 Appearances) despite having been at the club for over 3 years following Paul Lambert  refusal to select Hutton for 88 games between May 2012 and August 2014. Hutton belatedly makes it W12 D19 L21, 1 Goal, 2 Assists, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Shay Given makes only his second appearance in a Villa shirt since 25 January 2013 and second his season having been ostracised by Paul Lambert for the last 59 games. Given's return to the side left him with 45 Appearances since signing under Alex McLeish 3 years previously and W11 D16 L18, 67 Goals Conceded, 9 Clean Sheets and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

  • Ashley Westwood secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 84th appearance (82 Starts) to make it W25 D20 L39, 3 Goals, 9 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Carlos Sánchez contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (14 Starts) to make it W5 D7 L6, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Blackpool

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53

Aston Villa

Blackpool

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackpool

Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Blackpool

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Blackpool

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2014-15 |
Matchday | #22 |
Manager Game | #109 |
Sunday, 4 January 2015

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🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 109 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 26 🟥 50 | 1.15

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Matches Officiated: 33
🟩 : 11
🟨 : 9
🟥 : 13
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 Oct 14, Villa 0-2 Abu Dhabi (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Rob Merchant, Richard West

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Alan Hutton
🟨 Ciaran Clark
🟨 Charles N'Zogbia

None

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Shay Given, Joe Cole, Ashley Westwood and Jack Grealish replace Brad Guzan, Ron Vlaar (injury), Leandro Bacuna, Andreas Weimann and Gabriel Agbonlahor.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.24 |

Oldest Player |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 | 38.73 |

Youngest Player |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.33 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

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Aston Villa

GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | 🔥 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Cleverley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Joe Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Lee Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

GK Joe Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charles Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Peter Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Darren O’Dea | 🇮🇪 |
RB Tony McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Perkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andrea Orlandi | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Jamie O’Hara | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Waddington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Steve Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Nathan Delfouneso (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | for M Tom Cleverley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63’ |
🔁 F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |
🔁 M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | for M Joe Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90’+1 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Andrea Orlandi | 🇪🇸 | (W Thomas Barkhuizen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Mark Waddington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Dom Telford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Steve Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Ishmael Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Riccardo Calder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Elliot Parish (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Nyron Nosworthy | 🇯🇲 |
M Henry Cameron | 🇳🇿 |
W Chris Eagles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 4/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/18

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Philippe Senderos | 🇨🇭 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |

Suspension | 1 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 12 |
CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 | Aalborg BK
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | Kayseri Erciyesspor
LB Antonio Luna | 🇪🇸 | Hellas Verona
W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 | Celtic
RB Janoi Donacien | 🇱🇨 | Tranmere
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Brighton
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Yeovil
LB Enda Stevens | 🇮🇪 | Doncaster
F Daniel Johnson | 🇯🇲 | Oldham
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Forest
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | Wigan

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"But an under-par Villa had to dig deep to reach the fourth round against a Blackpool team nine points from safety at the bottom of the Championship."
Quotes

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 4 January 2015

*Christian Benteke scored two minutes from the end to save Aston Villa from embarrassment against Championship strugglers Blackpool.* The 24-year-old controlled Carlos Sanchez’s pass on his chest and rifled a shot past Joe Lewis from 18 yards. But an under-par Villa had to dig deep to reach the fourth round against a Blackpool team nine points from safety at the bottom of the Championship. The visitors were denied a goal when Shay Given saved Ishmael Miller’s shot. Villa’s only other previous wins at Villa Park this term had been 2-1 league victories over Leicester last month and against Hull in August. In what has been a tough season, Paul Lambert’s side were knocked out of the Capital One Cup by Leyton Orient at home and the manager warned his players not to make the same mistake against a Blackpool side without an away win all season. But the Seasiders, who last met Villa in the Premier League in 2011, proved tough opposition and will feel they deserved a replay. Before Benteke’s late strike - the Belgian’s third goal of the season - the visitors had the best chance to go ahead, but substitute Miller’s rasping drive was tipped over by Given. Given, 38, was making only his second start of the season with number one Brad Guzan given the day off - one of five changes made by Lambert. The clubs last met in the FA Cup in January 1938, when Villa ran out 4-0 winners. It was never going to be a goal fest this time with neither side showing much cutting edge. Indeed Villa were on course for a third successive goalless draw at Villa Park - after sharing the points with Sunderland and Crystal Palace over the festive period - until Benteke’s moment of magic. While the result will be a relief for Lambert, it means more misery for Lee Clark, who took over at Blackpool in October but has guided them to only one win in 11 outings.
Reports

🟩 4 January 2015, Villa 1-0 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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