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Game #5370

Aston Villa

Monday, 26 December 2016

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Won

10th (+3)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Championship

Burton Albion

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,337

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

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Burton Albion

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🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 26 December 2016

⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Leandro Bacuna, Assist by Albert Adomah
🥅 | 31’ Goal, 1-1, (Burton Albion), Jamie Ward
🕒 | Aston Villa 1-1 Burton Albion
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Gary Gardner, Sub on, Jack Grealish
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Mile Jedinak, Sub on, Jordan Ayew
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 2-1, Ross McCormack
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Jonathan Kodjia, Sub on, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Burton Albion

Match Statistics

Possession F | 44%
Possession A | 56%
Shots F | 6
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 8

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 26 December 2016

  • Villa make it consecutive wins to record their seventh win in twelve Championship matches under Steve Bruce having managed just a single win in their previous twelve games under Roberto Di Matteo.

  • Villa face Burton Albion for the first time in competitive football, Burton become the 160th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Steve Bruce's Villa win successive Championship games for only the third time this season but they make it five home wins in a row for the first time since September 1998 under John Gregory. Villa rise to 10th in the table as a result.

  • Albert Adomah contributes his fifth assist in a Villa shirt on his 16th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W7 D6 L3, 1 Goal and 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.

  • Jack Grealish secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 64th appearance (36 Starts) to make it W20 D11 L33, 4 Goals, 6 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Mark Bunn concedes his 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance (16 Starts) to make it W5 D5 L7, 30 Goals Conceded, 5 Clean Sheets and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Alan Hutton secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 114th appearance (105 Starts) to make it W25 D28 L61, 1 Goal, 5 Assists, 28 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Burton Albion

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Burton Albion

Previous 5 vs. Burton Albion: None

Burton Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Burton Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2016-17​ |
Matchday | #24 |
League Game | #23 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Monday, 26 December 2016

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🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Steve Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Staffordshire, 2012-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 12 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 3 🟥 2 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Steve Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Staffordshire, 2012-
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟨 18 Nov 16, Villa 1-1 Brighton (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Jonathan Hunt, Mark Jones

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟨 John Mousinho
🟨 Jamie Ward

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Steve Bruce names an unchanged team for the first time.

Starting XI Average Age: | 28.15 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 32.42 |
Youngest Player: LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | 22.82 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 🔥 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | ⚽ |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |
F Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Nigel Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Burton Albion

GK Jon McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Damien McCrory | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB John Mousinho | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Kyle McFadzean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB John Brayford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Naylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lloyd Dyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Matt Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jackson Irvine | 🇦🇺 |
W Lucas Akins | 🇬🇩 |
W Jamie Ward | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | for M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 75’ |
🔁 F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 86’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Chris O’Grady | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Kyle McFadzean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 57’ |
🔁 | M Lee Williamson | 🇯🇲 | for W Jamie Ward (ex) | 🇬🇧 | 69’ |
🔁 | CF Stuart Beavon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Damien McCrory | 🇮🇪 | 89’ |

Substitutes

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Stephen Bywater | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Shaun Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tom Flanagan | 🇬🇧 |
W Marcus Harness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £55.35m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £10.80m
Team Cost: £66.15m
Squad Cost: £84.06m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 4/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £0.31m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £0.31m
Squad Cost: £0.31m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 14/18
Homegrown: 2/18

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | £4.50m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | £9.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £4.05m |

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3.51m |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £2.25m |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | £1.26m |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |

F Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £12.87m |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | £10.80m |
CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | £7.65m |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Jon McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Free |
GK Stephen Bywater | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

LB Damien McCrory | 🇮🇪 | Free |
RB John Brayford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

CB John Mousinho | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Kyle McFadzean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Shaun Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Tom Flanagan | 🇬🇧 | Free |

M Jackson Irvine | 🇦🇺 | £0.31m |
M Matt Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Lloyd Dyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
M Lee Williamson | 🇯🇲 | Free |
M Tom Naylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

W Marcus Harness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
W Lucas Akins | 🇬🇩 | Free |
W Jamie Ward (ex) | 🇬🇧 | Loan |

CF Stuart Beavon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CF Chris O’Grady | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 8 |
LB Riccardo Calder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheltenham
RB Niall Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | Fiorentina
M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 | Saint-Étienne
CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 | Walsall
F Harry McKirdy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stevenage

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“We were probably fortunate to win. We had the better chances but we found it a bit of a struggle. “I do not think anyone who watched the match will think differently. If we are going to go forward our football has got to be better. “We have tried to breathe a bit of life into the players. It has not been easy after the club had an awful start to the season.” Steve Bruce, Monday, 26 December 2016.
Quotes

🟩 26 Dec 2016, Villa 2-1 Burton, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Monday, 26 December 2016

Ross McCormack scored the winner for an under-par Aston Villa against Burton. The hosts took an early lead when Leandro Bacuna headed home a deep Albert Adomah cross. Jamie Ward then levelled for the visitors with an acrobatic volley from 12 yards out. Lloyd Dyer hit the post as Burton dominated the second half, but they were made to pay for their wastefulness when McCormack tapped home after Jordan Ayew’s cross. Defeat was harsh on the Brewers, who had the better of the game after former Villa trainee Ward levelled before the break. They nearly salvaged a point in the last second when Mark Bunn produced a superb save from Tom Naylor’s header. Villa, who improved once Ayew had replaced Mile Jedinak, remain unbeaten at home and are now 10th in the table. Nigel Clough’s men have lost their last four league games and are two points above the relegation zone.
Reports

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