Game #5455
Aston Villa
Saturday, 1 September 2018


Lost
12th (-8)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Championship
Sheffield United
Bramall Lane
Attendance: 26,030
🟥 1 Sep 2018, Villa 1-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
Sheffield United
4-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Glenn Whelan | 61’ |
🟥 1 Sep 2018, Villa 1-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane


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, Bad foul
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 4-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
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
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
🟥 1 Sep 2018, Villa 1-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 September 2018
Villa suffer their first Championship defeat of the season but it is a chastening one as they go four games without a win as the pressure ramps up on Steve Bruce.
Off the pitch Steve Bruce sees 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 becomes a full blown crisis with this torrid performance at Bramall Lane not being helped by Steve Bruce’s increasingly ill-judged siege mentality.
Change is clearly needed, it ia now a case of whether Steve Bruce has it in him to deliver it after his commendable handling of the issues that had plagued Villa in 2017-18.
Ørjan Nyland concedes his 10th goal in 5 games to make it W1 D3 L1, 10 Goals Conceded, 0 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.
Forward Rushian Hepburn-Murphy makes his 17th and final appearance (2 Starts) for Villa aged 19 before being released by the club in June 2020. Hepburn-Murphy made 17 appearances for Villa without scoring to leave with a record of W7 D4 L6.
Anwar El Ghazi scores his first goal for Villa on his 3rd appearance to make it W0 D1 L2, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
Off the pitch it is announced that new owners NWSE have appointed former Liverpool CEO Christian Purslow in the latest sign of new professionalism being brought into the club.
🟥 1 Sep 2018, Villa 1-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | 2015-18 🕒 17 | 2 (15) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 3 | #875 |
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 United


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25
🟥 1 Sep 2018, Villa 1-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 1 September 2018
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🟥 1 Sep 2018, Villa 1-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
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 | 🏴 | 2016-2018
🕒 97 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 22 🟥 30 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 1 Sep 2018, Villa 1-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Jack Grealish, Bad foul
CARDS

🟨 Chris Basham
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 1 Sep 2018, Villa 1-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
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.
Starting XI Average Age: | 28.28 |
Oldest Player: M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 34.66 |
Youngest Player: CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 20.81 |
🟥 1 Sep 2018, Villa 1-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018

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 Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |
MANAGER
Chris Wilder | 🏴 |

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 | 🇮🇪 |
🟥 1 Sep 2018, Villa 1-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 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
🔁 | M John Lundstram | 🏴 | for M John Fleck | 🏴 | 63’ |
🔁 | LB Danny Lafferty | 🇬🇧 | for M Mark Duffy | 🏴 | 72’ |
🔁 | CF Conor Washington | 🇬🇧 | for CF Billy Sharp | 🏴 | 81’ |

🟥 1 Sep 2018, Villa 1-4 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 |
RB James Bree | 🏴 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Simon Moore | 🏴 |
CB Richard Stearman | 🏴 |
M Paul Coutts | 🏴 |
M Ben Woodburn | 🏴 |
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