Game #5390
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 April 2017


Lost
12th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Championship
Reading
Villa Park
Attendance: 30,742
🟥 15 Apr 2017, Villa 1-3 Reading, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-3

Reading

Assist(s) | Conor Hourihane | 14’ |
🟥 15 Apr 2017, Villa 1-3 Reading, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 April 2017
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Reading), Joseph Mendes
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-1, James Chester, Assist by Conor Hourihane
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Reading
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 1-2, (Reading), Joseph Mendes
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Jordan Amavi, Sub on, Scott Hogan
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Nathan Baker, Sub on, Jack Grealish
🟨 | 78’ Booking, Leandro Bacuna
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 1-3, (Reading, pen), Lewis Grabban
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Reading
Match Statistics
Possession F | 53%
Possession A | 47%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 7
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 6
Fouls A | 11
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
🟥 15 Apr 2017, Villa 1-3 Reading, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 April 2017
Villa lose for the first time in six as another strong run comes to an end with Steve Bruce's side now just playing for pride ahead of an expected promotion challenge in 2017-18.
Jack Grealish makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (42 Starts) to make it W21 D14 L40, 4 Goals, 7 Assists, 10 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
Jordan Amavi suffers his 20th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 46th appearance (37 Starts) to make it W15 D11 L20, 4 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟥 15 Apr 2017, Villa 1-3 Reading, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
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
Reading


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟥 15 Apr 2017, Villa 1-3 Reading, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2016-17 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Game | #42 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Saturday, 15 April 2017
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🟥 15 Apr 2017, Villa 1-3 Reading, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Scott Duncan | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2012-2020
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018
🕒 32 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 6 🟥 12 | 1.50
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 15 Apr 2017, Villa 1-3 Reading, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Scott Duncan | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2012-2020
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 16 Aug 16, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Daniel Robathan, Akil Howson
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Leandro Bacuna
CARDS

🟨 Jordan Obita
🟨 John Swift
🟨 Danny Williams
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 15 Apr 2017, Villa 1-3 Reading, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Conor Hourihane replaces Neil Taylor.
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.44 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 32.72 |
Youngest Player: LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | 23.12 |
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MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018

Aston Villa
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 🟨 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |
MANAGER
Jaap Stam | 🇳🇱 |

Reading
GK Ali Al Habsi | 🇴🇲 |
LB Jordan Obita | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Tyler Blackett | 🏴 |
CB Liam Moore | 🇯🇲 |
RB Chris Gunter | 🏴 |
M John Swift | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Danny Williams | 🇺🇸 | 🟨 |
M Liam Kelly | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
W Adrian Popa | 🇷🇴 | 🔁 |
CF Joseph Mendes | 🇬🇼 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | for LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | 62’ |
🔁 M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | for CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Garath McCleary | 🇯🇲 | for W Adrian Popa | 🇷🇴 | 65’ |
🔁 | CF Yann Kermorgant | 🇫🇷 | for CF Joseph Mendes | 🇬🇼 | 69’ |
🔁 | M George Evans | 🏴 | for M Liam Kelly | 🇮🇪 | 87’ |

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
RB James Bree | 🏴 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Anssi Jaakkola | 🇫🇮 |
CB Tiago Ilori (ex) | 🇵🇹 |
M Jordon Mutch | 🏴 |
W Yakou Méïté | 🇨🇮 |
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
🟥 15 Apr 2017, Villa 1-3 Reading, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | | 9 | 4* | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5* | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | | 4* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £48.69m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £9.45m
Team Cost: £58.14m
Squad Cost: £64.80m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 4/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £7.34m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £0.56m
Team Cost: £7.90m
Squad Cost: £11.60m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
Homegrown: 2/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Youth |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | Loan |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | £9.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB James Bree | 🏴 | £3.15m |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | £3.51m |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 | Free |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | £3.06m |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | £1.26m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Youth |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Anssi Jaakkola | 🇫🇮 | Free |
GK Ali Al Habsi | 🇴🇲 | Free |
RB Chris Gunter | 🏴 | £2.57m |
LB Tyler Blackett | 🏴 | £1.54m |
LB Jordan Obita | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Tiago Ilori (ex) | 🇵🇹 | £3.70m |
CB Liam Moore | 🇯🇲 | £0.99m |
M Danny Williams | 🇺🇸 | £1.72m |
M Liam Kelly | 🇮🇪 | Youth |
M John Swift | 🏴 | Free |
M George Evans | 🏴 | Free |
M Jordon Mutch | 🏴 | Loan |
W Adrian Popa | 🇧🇪 | £0.52m |
W Yakou Méïté | 🇨🇮 | Free |
W Garath McCleary | 🇯🇲 | Free |
CF Yann Kermorgant | 🇫🇷 | £0.56m |
CF Joseph Mendes | 🇬🇼 | Free |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | Loan |
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UNAVAILABLE

Out on Loan | 9 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
RB Niall Mason | 🏴 | Doncaster
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | Fiorentina
M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 | Saint-Étienne
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | Atalanta
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | Olympiacos
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | Forest
CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 | Bradford
CF Ross McCormack | 🏴 | Forest
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS









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