Game #5432
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 February 2018


Won
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Championship
Sheffield Wednesday
Hillsborough
Attendance: 28,604
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Sheffield Wednesday
2-4

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Robert Snodgrass | 67’ |
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 February 2018
🥅 | 14’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Sean Clare
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-1, Lewis Grabban
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Lucas João
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 51’ Sub off, Alan Hutton, Sub on, Neil Taylor
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Josh Onomah, Sub on, Keinan Davis
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 2-2, Glenn Whelan, Assist by Robert Snodgrass
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Scott Hogan, Sub on, Mile Jedinak
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 3-2, Conor Hourihane
⚽ | 90’+3 Goal, 4-2, Robert Snodgrass (pen)
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-4 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 53%
Possession A | 47%
Shots F | 6
Shots A | 14
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 1
Fouls A | 16
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
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 February 2018
Villa win for the first time in three in dramatic fashion as cult heroes are made as an eighth win in ten is recorded.
Conor Hourihane scores his 10th goal and secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 50th appearance (45 Starts) to make it W25 D9 L16, 10 Goals, 5 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Robert Snodgrass contributes his 10th assist in a Villa shirt on his 29th appearance (28 Starts) to make it W17 D7 L4, 7 Goals, 10 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Glenn Whelan scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 25th start (27 Appearances) to make it W14 D7 L6, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
What makes a football player a legend for a club’s fans? See Robert Snodgrass on 90’.
John Terry makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W13 D6 L6, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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
Sheffield Wednesday


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #34 |
Manager Game | #74 |
Saturday, 24 February 2018
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🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Neil Swarbrick | 🏴 | Preston, 2005-2018
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018
🕒 74 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 16 🟥 23 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neil Swarbrick | 🏴 | Preston, 2005-2018
Matches Officiated: 17
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 9
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 Apr 16, Villa 2-4 Southampton (h)
Incidents: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Nicholas Hopton, Daniel Robathan
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Daniel Pudil
🟨 Joey Pelupessy
🟨 George Boyd
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Glenn Whelan and Ahmed Elmohamady return whilst Lewis Grabban makes his first start for Villa.
Mile Jedinak, Birkir Bjarnason and Axel Tuanzebe drop out.
Starting XI Average Age: | 28.40 |
Oldest Player: CB John Terry | 🏴 | 37.18 |
Youngest Player: M Josh Onomah | 🏴 | 20.84 |
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018

Aston Villa
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Jos Luhukay | 🇳🇱 |

Sheffield Wednesday
GK Joe Wildsmith | 🏴 |
LB Morgan Fox | 🏴 |
LB Daniel Pudil | 🇨🇿 | 🟨 |
CB Frederico Venâncio | 🇵🇹 |
RB Jack Hunt | 🏴 |
RB Sean Clare | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Adam Reach | 🏴 |
M Joey Pelupessy | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
W George Boyd | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Atdhe Nuhiu | 🇽🇰 |
CF Lucas João | 🇦🇴 | ⚽ |
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | for RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 51’ |
🔁 CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | for M Josh Onomah | 🏴 | 60’ |
🔁 M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | for F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
None

🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Cameron Dawson | 🏴 |
CB Glenn Loovens | 🇳🇱 |
RB Ash Baker | 🏴 |
M Jacob Butterfield | 🏴 |
M David Jones | 🏴 |
W Jack Stobbs | 🏴 |
CF Jordan Rhodes | 🏴 |
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
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | | 36 | 2* | 0 | 1 | 18* | 9 | 9 | - | - | 5 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | | 80* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £27.54m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £4.14m
Team Cost: £31.68m
Squad Cost: £36.54m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 1/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £8.58m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £18.65m
Squad Cost: £18.65m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 3/18
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | Loan |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB John Terry | 🏴 | Free |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
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 Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | Loan |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | Loan |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

Only eight of the 18-man Wednesday squad that beat Villa three months previously featured in this game with only 3 players featuring in both line ups.
GK Joe Wildsmith | 🏴 | Youth |
GK Cameron Dawson | 🏴 | Youth |
LB Morgan Fox | 🏴 | £0.70m |
LB Daniel Pudil | 🇨🇿 | Free |
RB Jack Hunt | 🏴 | Free |
RB Sean Clare | 🏴 | Free |
RB Ash Baker | 🏴 | Free |
CB Glenn Loovens | 🇳🇱 | Free |
CB Frederico Venâncio | 🇵🇹 | Loan |
M Adam Reach | 🏴 | £5.06m |
M Joey Pelupessy | 🇳🇱 | £0.43m |
M David Jones | 🏴 | Free |
M Jacob Butterfield | 🏴 | Loan |
W Jack Stobbs | 🏴 | Youth |
W George Boyd | 🏴 | Free |
CF Jordan Rhodes | 🏴 | £10.07m |
CF Lucas João | 🇦🇴 | £2.39m |
CF Atdhe Nuhiu | 🇽🇰 | Free |
🟩 24 Feb 2018, Villa 4-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
Out on Loan | 7 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | Atalanta
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | Marseille
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Barnsley
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | Reading
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | Antwerp
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴 | Grimsby
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS









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