Game #5347
Aston Villa
Sunday, 7 August 2016


Lost
19th
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
Championship
Sheffield Wednesday
Hillsborough
Attendance: 30,060
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Sheffield Wednesday
1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 7 August 2016
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Pierluigi Gollini, Tommy Elphick, Ross McCormack
🟨 | 41’ Booking, Tommy Elphick
🟨 | 45’ Booking, Gary Gardner
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 66’ Booking, Nathan Baker
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Gary Gardner, Sub on, Aaron Tshibola 🟢
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Ross McCormack, Sub on, Jack Grealish
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 0-1, the (Sheffield Wednesday), Fernando Forestieri
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Leandro Bacuna, Sub on, André Green
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 48%
Possession A | 52%
Shots F | 12
Shots A | 17
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 9
Corners A | 12
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 14
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
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ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 7 August 2016
Roberto Di Matteo’s leads Villa for the first time.
This is Villa’s first game in the second tier of English football for 29 years.
Goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini, 21, drops a clanger on his Villa debut to gift Wednesday the win after joining from Hellas Verona for a fee of £4,500,000 in July 2016 to become the 889th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Centre Tommy Elphick makes his Villa debut aged 28 after joining from AFC Bournemouth for a fee of £3,510,000 in July 2016 to become the 890th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Midfielder Aaron Tshibola makes his Villa debut aged 21 as a 70’ substitute after his inexplicable signing from Reading for a fee of £5,310,000 in July 2016 to become the 891st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Tshibola's arrival had strong echoes of that of Michael Boulding in 2002 where a player of clearly insufficient quality was brought into the club, unlike Boulding however, Tshibola cost big money. The idiocy of the previous regime was clearly not completely over.
Forward Ross McCormack makes his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from Fulham for a fee of £12,870,000 earlier this month to become the 892nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Alan Hutton makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (93 Starts) to make it W18 D25 L57, 1 Goal, 4 Assists, 25 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Leandro Bacuna makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (78 Starts) to make it W27 D20 L53, 6 Goals, 6 Assists and 17 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Ashley Westwood loses for the 75th time in a Villa shirt on his 140th appearance (134 Starts) to make it W37 D28 L75, 5 Goals, 12 Assists and 24 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa midfielder Barry Bannan lines up for Wednesday.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | #889 | £4,500,000 signing from Hellas Verona
🟢 CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | #890 | £3,510,000 signing from Bournemouth
🟢 M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | #891 | £5,310,000 signing from Reading
🟢 F Ross McCormack | 🏴 | #892 | £12,870,000 signing from Fulham
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Sheffield Wednesday


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season 2016-17
Matchday | #1 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Sunday, 7 August 2016
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 | Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 2016
Referee: Steve Martin | 🏴 | Staffordshire, 2012-
Kick off: 4.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 | 2016
🕒 1 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 0 🟥 1 | 0.00
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Martin | 🏴 | Staffordshire, 2012-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Jonathan Hunt, Matt McGrath
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Tommy Elphick
🟨 Gary Gardner
🟨 Nathan Baker
CARDS

🟨 Tom Lees
🟨 Sam Hutchinson
🟨 Ross Wallace
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
With not all of the stench of relegation tainted players removed from the Villa squad, new boss Roberto Di Matteo retains Leandro Bacuna, Jordan Ayew, Rudy Gestede, Aly Cissokho and Ashley Westwood.
New signings Ross McCormack, Tommy Elphick and Pierluigi Gollini make their debuts.
Nathan Baker comes in after his season long, and relegation avoiding, loan away from the club.
Aaron Tshibola, Roberto Di Matteo’s left field and expensive signing from Reading, makes his squad debut.
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.77 |
Oldest Player: RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 31.71 |
Youngest Player: GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | 21.41 |
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MANAGER
Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 | 2016

Aston Villa
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | 🟢 |
LB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 🔁 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 |
F Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 |
F Ross McCormack | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Carlos Carvalhal | 🇵🇹 |

Sheffield Wednesday
GK Kieren Westwood | 🇮🇪 |
LB Daniel Pudil | 🇨🇿 |
CB Tom Lees | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Jack Hunt | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Kieran Lee | 🏴 |
M Almen Abdi |🇨🇭|
M Sam Hutchinson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ross Wallace | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Barry Bannan (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Steven Fletcher | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Fernando Forestieri | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | 🟢 | for M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | 70’ |
🔁 M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | for F Ross McCormack | 🏴 | 77’ |
🔁 W André Green | 🏴 | for M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Gary Hooper | 🏴 | for CF Steven Fletcher | 🏴 | 27’ |
🔁 | CF Atdhe Nuhiu | 🇽🇰 | for M Ross Wallace | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 | RB Liam Palmer | 🏴 | for RB Jack Hunt | 🏴 | 84’ |

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Joe Wildsmith | 🏴 |
M José Semedo | 🇵🇹 |
M Jérémy Hélan | 🇫🇷 |
CF Lucas João | 🇵🇹 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | | 1 | 1* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | | 33* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £49.14m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £5.31m
Team Cost: £54.45m
Squad Cost: £68.58m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 4/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £6.69m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £3.38m
Team Cost: £10.07m
Squad Cost: £12.83m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 2/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | £4.50m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | £9.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
LB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | £2.25m |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 | £4.23m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | £3.51m |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 | Free |
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | £5.31m |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 | £2.25m |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | £1.26m |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Youth |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W André Green | 🏴 | Youth |
F Ross McCormack | 🏴 | £12.87m |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | £10.80m |
CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | £7.65m |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Joe Wildsmith | 🏴 | Youth |
GK Kieren Westwood | 🇮🇪 | Free |
RB Liam Palmer | 🏴 | Youth |
LB Daniel Pudil | 🇨🇿 | Free |
RB Jack Hunt | 🏴 | Free |
CB Tom Lees | 🏴 | Free |
M Almen Abdi |🇨🇭| £3.12m |
M Jérémy Hélan | 🇫🇷 | £0.35m |
M Kieran Lee | 🏴 | Free |
M Ross Wallace | 🏴 | Free |
M Barry Bannan (ex) | 🏴 | Free |
M José Semedo | 🇵🇹 | Free |
M Sam Hutchinson | 🏴 | Loan |
F Fernando Forestieri | 🇮🇹 | £3.57m |
CF Gary Hooper | 🏴 | £3.38m |
CF Lucas João | 🇵🇹 | £2.41m |
CF Steven Fletcher | 🏴 | Free |
CF Atdhe Nuhiu | 🇽🇰 | Free |
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UNAVAILABLE

Out on Loan | 4 |
LB Riccardo Calder | 🏴 | Doncaster
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴 | Cheltenham
RB Niall Mason | 🏴 | Doncaster
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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