Game #5453
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 August 2018
Drew
4th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Championship
Reading
Attendance: 33,405
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-1
Reading
Assist(s) | Anwar El Ghazi | 51’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Alan Hutton under pressure, 25 August 2018
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 August 2018
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Anwar El Ghazi
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Reading
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Conor Hourihane
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 1-0, Ahmed Elmohamady, Assist by Anwar El Ghazi
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on, Albert Adomah
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Jonathan Kodija, Sub on, Neil Taylor
🥅 | 90'+3 Goal, 1-1, (Reading, pen), Sam Baldock
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Reading
ON THIS DAY
Winger Anwar El Ghazi made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining on a season long loan from LOSC Lille creating an assist for Ahmed Elmohamady’s second goal of the season on 51’.
Villa had now drawn the last 3 Championship fixtures vs. Brentford, Reading and Ipswich and had only managed to beat Hull City and Wigan Athletic. At the season end of those opponents Brentford would hold the highest league position of 11th, with the remaining sides finishing 20th, 24th and relegated, 13th and 18th.
The disenchantment with Steve Bruce’s approach and results was growing as was the Villa boss’s intolerance of criticism.
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: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Reading
Previous 5 vs. Reading: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Saturday, 25 August 2018
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Darren England | 🏴 | Doncaster, 2015-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 95 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 22 🟥 28 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Darren England | 🏴 | Doncaster, 2015-
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 20 Feb 18, Villa 1-1 Preston (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: James Mainwaring, Billy Smallwood
TEAM NEWS
Glenn Whelan drops out with Albert Adomah as Anwar El Ghazi, making his Villa debut, and Birkir Bjarnason come into the team.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.86 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 34.08 |
Youngest Player: CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 20.78 |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | ⚽ |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 🟢 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Paul Clement | 🏴 |
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Reading
GK Vito Mannone | 🇮🇹 |
RB Andy Yiadom | 🇬🇭 |
CB Liam Moore | 🇯🇲 |
CB Tiago Ilori (ex) | 🇵🇹 |
LB Tyler Blackett | 🏴 |
M Leandro Bacuna (ex) | 🇨🇼 |
M David Meyler | 🇮🇪 |
W Modou Barrow | 🇬🇲 | 🔁 |
CF Sam Baldock | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Jón Böðvarsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
F Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | for W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 67’ |
🔁 LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | for CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 | 90’+1 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | W Yakou Méïté | 🇨🇮 | 🟨 | for W Modou Barrow | 🇬🇲 | 46’ |
🔁 | W Josh Sims | 🏴 | 🟨 | for F Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | 67’ |
🔁 | CF Marc McNulty | 🏴 | for CF Jón Böðvarsson | 🇮🇸 | 81’ |
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Sam Walker | 🏴 |
CB John O'Shea | 🇮🇪 |
M John Swift | 🏴 |
M Liam Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
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SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £44.55m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £6.30m
Team Cost: £50.85m
Squad Cost: £55.89m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 2/18
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £20.75m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £1.16m
Team Cost: £21.91m
Squad Cost: £21.91m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
Homegrown: 1/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 | Loan |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | £3.51m |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | Loan |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | £1.80m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | Youth |
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Vito Mannone | 🇮🇹 | £1.98m |
GK Sam Walker | 🏴 | Free |
LB Tyler Blackett | 🏴 | £1.54m |
RB Andy Yiadom | 🇬🇭 | Free |
CB Tiago Ilori (ex) | 🇵🇹 | £3.70m |
CB Liam Moore | 🇯🇲 | £0.99m |
CB John O'Shea | 🇮🇪 | Free |
M Leandro Bacuna (ex) | 🇨🇼 | £1.29m |
M Liam Kelly | 🇮🇪 | Youth |
M David Meyler | 🇮🇪 | Free |
M John Swift | 🏴 | Free |
W Modou Barrow | 🇬🇲 | £1.46m |
W Yakou Méïté | 🇨🇮 | Free |
W Josh Sims | 🏴 | Loan |
F Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | £6.43m |
CF Sam Baldock | 🏴 | £3.36m |
CF Marc McNulty | 🏴 | £1.16m |
CF Jón Böðvarsson | 🇮🇸 | Free |
UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |
Out on Loan | 4 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Small Heath
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Charlton
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴 | Emmen
RB Mitch Clark | 🏴 | Port Vale
UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 59%
Possession A | 41%
Shots F | 21
Shots A | 10
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 7
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 9
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 13
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Saturday, 25 August 2018
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