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Game #5397

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 August 2017

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Lost

21st (-13)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Championship

Cardiff City

Cardiff City Stadium

Attendance: 23,899

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Cardiff City

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 August 2017

🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
🔁 | 31’ Sub off, Ahmed Elmohamady, Sub on, Albert Adomah
🕒 | HT Cardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Neil Taylor
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Henri Lansbury, Sub on, Callum O’Hare
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 0-2, (Cardiff City), Junior Hoilett
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 0-3, (Cardiff City), Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Josh Onomah, Sub on, Conor Hourihane
🕒 | FT Cardiff City 3-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Possession F | 59%
Possession A | 41%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 10
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 9

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

Saturday, 12 August 2017

  • Villa are hammered at Cardiff to leave them without a win in the opening two Championship games of the season under Steve Bruce.

  • Sam Johnstone concedes his 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance to make it W8 D4 L12, 30 Goals Conceded and 8 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

  • Henri Lansbury makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (19 Starts) to make it W7 D4 L9, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Former Villa defender Joe Bennett lines up for Cardiff.

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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

Cardiff City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY

Cardiff City

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Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

League 🕒 49 | 🟩 24 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 67 | 🥅 55 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 5 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 0 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #39 |
Saturday, 12 August 2017

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Tim Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 2012-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

🕒 39 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 8 🟥 15 | 1.44

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tim Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 2012-
Assistants: Nicholas Hopton, Adam Matthews

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Tim Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 2012-
🕒 3 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 3 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 3 | 🟩 0% | 🟨 0% | 🟥 100% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | 0.33 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Neil Taylor

CARDS

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None

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

Steve Bruce recalls Sam Johnstone, Neil Taylor, Glenn Whelan, Henri Lansbury, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Alan Hutton, John Terry and Ahmed Elmohamady.

Starting XI Average Age: | 28.89 |
Oldest Player: CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 36.70 |
Youngest Player: M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.31 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

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Aston Villa

GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 🔁 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Neil Warnock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

GK Neil Etheridge | 🇵🇭 |
RB Lee Peltier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Sean Morrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Sol Bamba | 🇨🇮 |
LB Joe Bennett (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Joe Ralls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Aron Gunnarsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Loïc Damour | 🇫🇷 |
W Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Junior Hoilett | 🇨🇦 | ⚽ |
CF Kenneth Zohoré | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | for RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 31’ |
🔁 F Callum O’Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 58’ |
🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | for M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Jazz Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | for LB Joe Bennett (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63’ |
🔁 | CF Danny Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 86’ |
🔁 | W Matty Kennedy | 🇬🇧 | for CF Kenneth Zohoré | 🇩🇰 | 89’ |

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 |
RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Bryan Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
CB Bruno Ecuele Manga | 🇬🇦 |
CB Greg Halford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Lee Tomlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £27.45m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £6.30m
Team Cost: £33.75m
Squad Cost: £39.19m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 2/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £3.22m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £1.55m
Team Cost: £4.77m
Squad Cost: £13.03m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 1/18

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.49m |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £4.05m |
RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3.15m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Exchange |

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £8.37m |
CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 | Free |

M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3.06m |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | £1.80m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |

F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Bryan Murphy | 🇮🇪 | Free |
GK Neil Etheridge | 🇵🇭 | Free |

RB Lee Peltier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
LB Joe Bennett (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
RB Jazz Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Free |

CB Bruno Ecuele Manga | 🇬🇦 | £5.42m |
CB Sean Morrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3.22m |
CB Sol Bamba | 🇨🇮 | Free |
CB Greg Halford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

M Joe Ralls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Aron Gunnarsson | 🇮🇸 | Free |
M Loïc Damour | 🇫🇷 | Free |

W Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
W Junior Hoilett | 🇨🇦 | Free |
W Matty Kennedy | 🇬🇧 | Free |

F Lee Tomlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £2.84m |
CF Danny Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1.55m |
CF Kenneth Zohoré | 🇩🇰 | Free |

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 4 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | Atalanta
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | MK Dons
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | Marseille

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

*Villa boss Steve Bruce* ”Everything went wrong apart from the first 20 minutes. We made a bad mistake for the first goal and after that it was on the verge of embarrassing at times. It was a rude awakening for us. We didn’t do the basics well and we looked fragile. Overall, it was a difficult afternoon. “We have to do more. We are Aston Villa and we come with a big reputation. But away from home we have to be aware of what’s coming. There were two decent chances at 0-0, but we didn’t take them. It’s one of the biggest defeats I’ve had in the Championship, we lost all our shape and balance.”
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sky Sports*
Saturday, 12 August 2017

Aston Villa’s difficult to start to the new Sky Bet Championship season continued as they were thrashed 3-0 by Cardiff. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scored in either half and Junior Hoilett also found the net for Neil Warnock’s Bluebirds as the home side boasted the cutting edge that Villa lacked. Steve Bruce’s visitors were limited in attack and after being held at home by Hull on the opening weekend, this was another reminder for Villa that they will not have things all their own way this season. Cardiff, watched by owner Vincent Tan, were fully deserving winners of this encounter and Kenneth Zohore and Mendez-Laing played starring roles to put Warnock’s men top of the Championship table. With two league wins so far this season and no goals conceded, Warnock could not have wished for a better start. Promotion favourites Villa made a fast start in the Welsh capital, Scott Hogan firing over and then having an effort saved at point-blank range by the diving Neil Etheridge. At the other end, Hoilett’s shot was spilled but then recovered by visiting goalkeeper Sam Johnstone. The Manchester United loanee also saved well from striker Zohore before the home side took the lead. It was a simple goal, Hoilett’s cross finding Mendez-Laing at the back post, the former Rochdale winger rising between John Terry and Neil Taylor to head home in the 21st minute. Villa lost Ahmed Elmohamady to injury on the half-hour mark, Albert Adomah his replacement, and Bruce’s team went into half-time with a 1-0 deficit to overcome. Johnstone was again the man to Villa’s rescue at the start of the second period. The goalkeeper saved expertly from both Mendez-Laing and Zohore, before Villa’s best chance of the game arrived. Henri Lansbury’s corner from the right was headed down by James Chester, a slight deflection off Joe Bennett beating Etheridge but not the crossbar. It was to cost Villa dear. Bruce’s introduction of Callum O’Hare for Lansbury almost immediately coincided with Cardiff’s second and it was a goal for which Zohore could take the credit. The powerful Danish striker interested Premier League newcomers Brighton this summer, and the way he danced down the touchline before crossing for Hoilett to tap home showed he has the class to play at a higher level. Zohore gave Villa’s experienced centre-half pairing of Terry and Chester a torrid afternoon and when Mendez-Laing slotted home a third after breezing past Alan Hutton, the game was decided as a contest. Villa, as they had done all afternoon, huffed and puffed for a way back into the contest but could not break through and Bruce will know his team have real work to do if they are to challenge the Championship’s best this season. Steve Bruce: ”Everything went wrong apart from the first 20 minutes. We made a bad mistake for the first goal and after that it was on the verge of embarrassing at times. It was a rude awakening for us. We didn’t do the basics well and we looked fragile. Overall, it was a difficult afternoon. “We have to do more. We are Aston Villa and we come with a big reputation. But away from home we have to be aware of what’s coming. There were two decent chances at 0-0, but we didn’t take them. It’s one of the biggest defeats I’ve had in the Championship, we lost all our shape and balance.”
Reports

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