Game #5434
Aston Villa
Saturday, 10 March 2018


Won
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Championship
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Villa Park
Attendance: 37,836
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Aston Villa
4-1

Wolves

Assist(s) | Lewis Grabban | 8’ | Robert Snodgrass | 57’ | Albert Adomah | 62’ | Henri Lansbury | 85’ |
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 March 2018
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Albert Adomah, Assist by Lewis Grabban
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 1-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Diogo Jota
🟨 | 44’ Booking, Albert Adomah
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-1, James Chester, Assist by Robert Snodgrass
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 3-1, Lewis Grabban, Assist by Albert Adomah
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Albert Adomah, Sub on, Birkir Bjarnason
🟨 | 79’ Booking, Conor Hourihane
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Conor Hourihane, Sub on, Henri Lansbury
🟨 | 83’ Booking, Jack Grealish
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 4-1, Birkir Bjarnason, Assist by Henri Lansbury
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Lewis Grabban, Sub on, Scott Hogan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Match Statistics
Possession F | 42%
Possession A | 58%
Shots F | 3
Shots A | 6
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 13
Fouls A | 14
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, 10 March 2018
Villa hammer Wolverhampton's Champions League ringers as automatic promotion looks to be possible.
Villa put the runaway leaders to the sword in a scintillating second half performance.
As refreshing as the result was just as welcome was the positive, objective nature of Steve Bruce's post match statements standing in direct contrast to some of his earlier proclamations. Villa had certainly turned a corner in recent months, the boss seemed to have done so too.
Neil Taylor secures his 20th win for Villa on his 38th appearance (36 Starts) to make it W20 D9 L9, 1 Assist, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Albert Adomah contributes his 16th assist in a Villa shirt on his 70th appearance (59 Starts) to make it W34 D16 L20, 18 Goals, 16 Assists, and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
John Terry secures his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 27th appearance to make it W15 D6 L6, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Lewis Grabban contributes his 1st assist and scores his 4th goal in a Villa shirt and for the fourth consecutive game on his 6th appearance (3 Starts) to make it W4 D1 L1, 4 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
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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
Wolverhampton Wanderers


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Saturday, 10 March 2018
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: David Coote | 🏴 | Nottinghamshire, 2010-24
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018
🕒 76 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 | 16 🟥 23 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Coote | 🏴 | Nottinghamshire, 2010-24
Assistants: Shaun Hudson, Nicholas Hopton
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Albert Adomah
🟨 Conor Hourihane
🟨 Jack Grealish
CARDS

🟨 Danny Batth
🟨 Alfred N’Diaye
🟨 Diogo Jota
🟨 Hélder Costa
🟨
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 Jack Grealish and Mile Jedinak as Scott Hogan and Glenn Whelan drop out.
Starting XI Average Age: | 29.57 |
Oldest Player: CB John Terry | 🏴 | 37.28 |
Youngest Player: M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 22.51 |
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MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018

Aston Villa
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Nuno Espírito Santo | 🇵🇹 |

Wolverhampton Wanderers
GK John Ruddy | 🏴 |
LB Barry Douglas | 🏴 |
CB Danny Batth | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Willy Boly | 🇨🇮 |
CB Conor Coady | 🏴 |
RB Matt Doherty | 🇮🇪 |
M Alfred N’Diaye | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 |
M Rúben Neves | 🇵🇹 |
W Ivan Cavaleiro | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
W Diogo Jota | 🇵🇹 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Léo Bonatini | 🇧🇷 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ | for W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 75’ |
🔁 M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | 🔥 | for M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 81’ |
🔁 F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | for CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Benik Afobe | 🇨🇩 | for W Ivan Cavaleiro | 🇵🇹 | 67’ |
🔁 | CB Romain Saïss | 🇲🇦 | for CB Danny Batth | 🏴 | 68’ |
🔁 | W Hélder Costa | 🇦🇴 | 🟨 | for W Diogo Jota | 🇵🇹 | 76’ |

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
RB James Bree | 🏴 |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Will Norris | 🏴 |
CB Roderick Miranda | 🇵🇹 |
CB Ryan Bennett | 🏴 |
M Morgan Gibbs-White | 🏴 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | | 30 | 14* | 3* | 2 | 18* | 3 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | | 82* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £19.80m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £14.31m
Team Cost: £34.11m
Squad Cost: £37.26m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 1/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £49.37m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £16.51m
Team Cost: £65.88m
Squad Cost: £68.46m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 2/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | Loan |
RB James Bree | 🏴 | £3.15m |
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 Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴 | Loan |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | Loan |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | Loan |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

Fresh from a sudden ability to attract Champions League players to a club that has spent 22 of the past 26 seasons outside the top flight, Wolves arrive at Villa Park with a squad costing over £68m. The squad itself is peppered with Portuguese internationals as well as a number of advantageous loan deals that will be transformed into permanent transfers at season end but avoid being in contravention of FFP.
Questions abound as to how it works and what it means but the presence of the ‘super agent’ Jorge Mendes alongside Wolves’ new owners Fosun suggest this is either a brand new model for running a football club or an age old sleight of hand that won’t end well.
GK John Ruddy | 🏴 | Free |
GK Will Norris | 🏴 | Free |
LB Barry Douglas | 🏴 | £0.98m |
RB Matt Doherty | 🇮🇪 | £0.08m |
CB Willy Boly | 🇨🇮 | £10.80m |
CB Romain Saïss | 🇲🇦 | £3.60m |
CB Roderick Miranda | 🇵🇹 | £2.58m |
CB Conor Coady | 🏴 | £2.52m |
CB Danny Batth | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Ryan Bennett | 🏴 | Free |
M Rúben Neves | 🇵🇹 | £16.11m |
M Morgan Gibbs-White | 🏴 | Youth |
M Alfred N’Diaye | 🇸🇳 | Loan |
W Hélder Costa | 🇦🇴 | £12.91m |
W Ivan Cavaleiro | 🇵🇹 | £6.88m |
CF Diogo Jota | 🇵🇹 | £12.00m |
CF Léo Bonatini | 🇧🇷 | Loan |
CF Benik Afobe | 🇨🇩 | Loan |
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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |
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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