Game #5453
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 August 2018


Drew
4th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Championship
Reading
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,405
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-1

Reading

Assist(s) | Anwar El Ghazi | 51’ |
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park


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 Kodjia, Sub on, Neil Taylor
🥅 | 90'+3 Goal, 1-1, (Reading, pen), Sam Baldock
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Reading
Match Statistics
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
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
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 August 2018
Villa draw for a third successive game but remain unbeaten in five Championship matches.
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.
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’. El Ghazi becomes the 922nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Jonathan Kodjia makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (60 Appearances) to make it W26 D18 L16, 23 Goals, 5 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Axel Tuanzebe makes his 10th apperance for Villa (9 Starts) to make it W4 D5 L1 so far in his Villa career.
Ahmed Elmohamady scores his second goal in a Villa shirt on his 50th appearance (43 Starts) to make it W26 D14 L10, 6 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | #922 | Loanee from Lille
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
Reading


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Saturday, 25 August 2018
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🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park
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 | 🏴 | 2016-2018
🕒 95 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 22 🟥 28 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Darren England | 🏴 | Doncaster, 2015-
Assistants: James Mainwaring, Billy Smallwood
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Yakou Méïté
🟨 Josh Sims
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Glenn Whelan drops out with Albert Adomah as Anwar El Ghazi, making his Villa debut, and Birkir Bjarnason come into the team.
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.86 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 34.08 |
Youngest Player: CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 20.78 |
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018

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 Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Paul Clement | 🏴 |

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 | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | for W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 67’ |
🔁 LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | for CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 90’+1 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Yakou Méïté | 🇨🇮 | 🟨 | for W Modou Barrow | 🇬🇲 | 46’ |
🔁 | W Josh Sims | 🏴 | 🟨 | for F Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | 67’ |
🔁 | CF Marc McNulty | 🏴 | for CF Jón Böðvarsson | 🇮🇸 | 81’ |

🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Sam Walker | 🏴 |
CB John O'Shea | 🇮🇪 |
M John Swift | 🏴 |
M Liam Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
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
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | | 47 | 3* | 0 | 1 | 24 | 11* | 12 | - | - | 5 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 | | 4* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

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
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

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 |
🟨 25 Aug 2018, Villa 1-1 Reading, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

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

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS









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