Game #5392
Aston Villa
Sunday, 23 April 2017


Won
12th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Championship
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Attendance: 40,884
🟩 23 Apr 2017, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Birmingham City

Assist(s) | None
🟩 23 Apr 2017, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 23 April 2017
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🟨 | 62’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
⚽ | 68’ Goal, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Albert Adomah, Sub on, Gary Gardner
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Scott Hogan, Sub on, Conor Hourihane
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City
Match Statistics
Possession F | 48%
Possession A | 52%
Shots F | 3
Shots A | 4
Shots on Target F | 0
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 1
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 15
Fouls A | 15
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
🟩 23 Apr 2017, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 23 April 2017
Villa cruise to victory - their 8th win in 12 - as the mercurial Gebriel Agbonlahor scores the winning goal to defeat Villa's neighbours yet again.
Villa extend their unbeaten League run against Birmingham to 10 games to make it 14 wins and 5 draws in their last 24 meetings with their neighbours dating back to 1987.
Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his 86th goal in a Villa shirt on his 384th appearance (338 Starts) to make it W133 D105 L146, 86 Goals, 45 Assists, 49 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.93 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Sam Johnstone makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D2 L10, 24 Goals Conceded and 8 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.
Nathan Baker secures his 40th win in a Villa shirt on his 120th appearance (112 Starts) to make it W40 D24 L56, 1 Goal, 15 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Meanwhile, off the pitch it is revealed that former Villa centre back Ugo Ehiogu had died aged just 44 after suffering a heart attack. Ugo had played for Villa between 1991 and 2000 making 303 appearances (286 starts) scoring 15 goals.
🟩 23 Apr 2017, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, 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
Birmingham City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2011-12
🟩 23 Apr 2017, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2016-17 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Game | #44 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Sunday, 23 April 2017
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🟩 23 Apr 2017, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Kick off: 12.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018
🕒 34 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 6 🟥 13 | 1.50
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Assistants: Adam Crysell, Neil Davies
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Gabriel Agbonlahor
CARDS

🟨 Paul Robinson
🟨 Ryan Shotton
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 23 Apr 2017, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Neil Taylor, Henri Lansbury, Leandro Bacuna, Alan Hutton and Albert Adomah replace Tommy Elphick, James Bree, Gary Gardner, Jordan Amavi and Jonathan Kodjia.
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.28 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 32.74 |
Youngest Player: M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 21.63 |
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MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018

Aston Villa
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Harry Redknapp | 🏴 |

Birmingham City
GK Tomasz Kuszczak | 🇵🇱 |
LB Paul Robinson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Jonathan Grounds | 🏴 |
CB Ryan Shotton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Emilio Nsue | 🇬🇶 |
M Maikel Kieftenbeld | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Craig Gardner (ex) | 🏴 |
M Jacques Maghoma | 🇨🇩 | 🔁 |
M David Davis | 🏴 |
CF Che Adams | 🏴 |
CF Lukas Jutkiewicz | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🟨 | ⚽ | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 59’ |
🔁 M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | for W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 76’ |
🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | for CF Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Greg Stewart | 🏴 | for M Jacques Maghoma | 🇨🇩 | 85’ |
🔁 | LB Cheick Keita | 🇲🇱 | for M Maikel Kieftenbeld | 🇳🇱 | 89’ |

🟩 23 Apr 2017, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
RB James Bree | 🏴 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Adam Legzdins | 🏴 |
RB Josh Dacres-Cogley | 🏴 |
M Robert Tesche | 🇩🇪 |
M Krystian Bielik | 🇵🇱 |
M Stephen Gleeson | 🇮🇪 |
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
🟩 23 Apr 2017, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | | 384 | 46* | 86* | 45 | 133* | 105 | 146 | - | - | 49* | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | | 66* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £33.48m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £3.15m
Team Cost: £36.63m
Squad Cost: £53.19m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 4/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £5.97m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £1.98m
Team Cost: £7.95m
Squad Cost: £7.95m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 2/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | Loan |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | £9.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB James Bree | 🏴 | £3.15m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | £3.51m |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | Youth |
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 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | Youth |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Adam Legzdins | 🏴 | Youth |
GK Tomasz Kuszczak | 🇵🇱 | Free |
LB Cheick Keita | 🇲🇱 | £1.46m |
RB Emilio Nsue | 🇬🇶 | £1.03m |
RB Josh Dacres-Cogley | 🏴 | Youth |
LB Paul Robinson | 🏴 | Free |
CB Ryan Shotton | 🏴 | £0.31m |
CB Jonathan Grounds | 🏴 | Free |
M Craig Gardner (ex) | 🏴 | £1.50m |
M Maikel Kieftenbeld | 🇳🇱 | £0.21m |
M Jacques Maghoma | 🇨🇩 | Free |
M David Davis | 🏴 | Free |
M Stephen Gleeson | 🇮🇪 | Free |
M Robert Tesche | 🇩🇪 | Free |
M Krystian Bielik | 🇵🇱 | Loan |
CF Che Adams | 🏴 | £1.89m |
CF Lukas Jutkiewicz | 🏴 | £1.03m |
CF Greg Stewart | 🏴 | £0.52m |
🟩 23 Apr 2017, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Suspension | 1 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |
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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