Game #5455
Aston Villa
Saturday, 1 September 2018
Lost
12th (-8)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Championship
Sheffield United
Attendance: 26,030
Bramall Lane
Sheffield United
4-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Glenn Whelan | 61’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Not even Anwar can save us, 1 September 2018
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 September 2018
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Jack O’Connell
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield United), Mark Duffy
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 0-3, (Sheffield United), Oliver Norwood
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 3-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 0-4, (Sheffield United), Billy Sharp
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-4, Anwar El Ghazi, Assist by Glenn Whelan
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Axel Tuanzebe, Sub on, Conor Hourihane
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Alan Hutton, Sub on, Neil Taylor
🟨 | 83’ Booking, Jack Grealish for a bad foul
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 4-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
With problems on the pitch, in the background Steve Bruce saw fit to send first team talent Tommy Elphick and André Green out on loan with Jed Steer already away from the club despite obvious concerns over his replacement André Moreira.
On the pitch Villa’s underwhelming season to date became a full blown crisis with a torrid performance at Bramall Lane with the only positives being Anwar El Ghazi’s first goal for the club and the fact that the failings of the current set up were too bold to ignore. Failings that were not being helped by Steve Bruce’s increasingly ill-judged siege mentality and imagined enemies.
Change was needed it was just a case of how much credit Steve Bruce had in the bank after his commendable handling of the issues that had plagued Villa in 2017-18.
Forward Rushian Hepburn-Murphy made his final appearance for Villa aged 19 before being released by the club in June 2020. Hepburn-Murphy made 17 appearances for Villa without scoring.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Sheffield United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield United
Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 1 September 2018
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: James Linington | 🏴 | Isle of Wight, 2008-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 97 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 22 🟥 30 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: James Linington | 🏴 | Isle of Wight, 2008-
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 13 Jan 018, Villa 1-0 Forest (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: James Wilson, Rob Merchant
TEAM NEWS
Another round of changes after being knocked out of the EFL Cup by League One Burton. Ørjan Nyland, James Chester, Glenn Whelan, John McGinn, Jack Grealish, Mile Jedinak, Alan Hutton, Jonathan Kodija and Ahmed Elmohamady recalled with once again only Axel Tuanzebe and Anwar El Ghazi remaining from the defeated Cup side.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 28.28 |
Oldest Player: M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 34.66 |
Youngest Player: CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 20.81 |
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 Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 |
MANAGER
Chris Wilder | 🏴 |
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Sheffield United
GK Dean Henderson | 🏴 |
LB Enda Stevens (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jack O’Connell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Chris Basham | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB John Egan | 🇮🇪 |
RB Kieron Freeman | 🏴 |
M John Fleck | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Oliver Norwood | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
M Mark Duffy | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Billy Sharp | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF David McGoldrick | 🇮🇪 |
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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | for CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 63’ |
🔁 F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | for M John McGinn | 🏴 | 76’ |
🔁 LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | for RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 77’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M John Lundstram | 🏴 | for M John Fleck | 🏴 | 63’ |
🔁 | LB Danny Lafferty | 🇬🇧 | for M Mark Duffy | 🏴 | 72’ |
🔁 | CF Conor Washington | 🇬🇧 | for CF Billy Sharp | 🏴 | 81’ |
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 |
RB James Bree | 🏴 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Simon Moore | 🏴 |
CB Richard Stearman | 🏴 |
M Paul Coutts | 🏴 |
M Ben Woodburn | 🏴 |
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SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £44.28m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £3.15m
Team Cost: £47.43m
Squad Cost: £55.44m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 2/18
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £6.35m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £0.48m
Team Cost: £6.83m
Squad Cost: £8.10m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/18
Homegrown: ⭕/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 | 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 Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | Loan |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | £3.06m |
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 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | Youth |
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Simon Moore | 🏴 | £0.50m |
GK Dean Henderson | 🏴 | Loan |
LB Enda Stevens (ex) | 🇮🇪 | Free |
RB Kieron Freeman | 🏴 | Free |
LB Danny Lafferty | 🇬🇧 | Free |
CB John Egan | 🇮🇪 | £3.86m |
CB Richard Stearman | 🏴 | £0.77m |
CB Jack O’Connell | 🏴 | Free |
CB Chris Basham | 🏴 | Free |
M Oliver Norwood | 🇬🇧 | £1.89m |
M John Lundstram | 🏴 | £0.48m |
M John Fleck | 🏴 | Free |
M Mark Duffy | 🏴 | Free |
M Paul Coutts | 🏴 | Free |
M Ben Woodburn | 🏴 | Loan |
CF Billy Sharp | 🏴 | £0.60m |
CF David McGoldrick | 🇮🇪 | Free |
CF Conor Washington | 🇬🇧 | Free |
UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 2 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |
Out on Loan | 7 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Small Heath
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Charlton
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴 | Emmen
RB Mitch Clark | 🏴 | Port Vale
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | Kilmarnock
W André Green | 🏴 | Portsmouth
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | Hull
Not Selected | 1 |
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 |
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | 2015-18 | 🕒 17 | 2 (15) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 3 | #874 |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 61%
Possession A | 39%
Shots F | 9
Shots A | 9
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 1
Corners A | 9
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 18
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Saturday, 1 September 2018
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