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Game #5457

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

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Won

7th (+5)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Championship

Rotherham United

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,991

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Rotherham United

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Assist(s) | Jonathan Kodjia | 27’ | Ahmed Elmohamady | 82’ |

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0 Tammy Abraham, Assist by Jonathan Kodjia
🟨 | 37’ Booking, Anwar El Ghazi, Bad foul
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Rotherham United
🟨 | 68’ Booking, Tammy Abraham, Bad foul
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on, Yannick Bolasie
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Jonathan Kodjia, Sub on, Albert Adomah
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 2-0, Yannick Bolasie, Assist by Ahmed Elmohamady
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Tammy Abraham, Sub on, James Bree
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Rotherham United

Match Statistics

Possession F | 60%
Possession A | 40%
Shots F | 14
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 16

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

  • Villa climb 6 places in the table as they win for the first time in six Championship games and for the first time since hitting an injury time winner in the second game of the season. 

  • The reaction from Steve Bruce to the win against a side who would be relegated at the season end simply underlined the concern that the Villa boss was no longer thinking clearly or objectively in his role.

  • Tammy Abraham scores his first goal and collects his first caution in a Villa shirt on his second appearance to make it W1 D1 L0, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

  • Yannick Bolasie scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his second appearance (0 Starts) to make it W1 D1 L0 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

  • Ørjan Nyland keeps his 1st clean sheet on his 7th appearance to make it W2 D4 L1, 11 Goals Conceded and 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.

  • Jonathan Kodjia contributes his 6th Assist in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance (52 Starts) to make it W27 D19 L17, 23 Goals, 6 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Rotherham United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Rotherham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Rotherham United

Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Game | #8 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Tuesday, 18 September 2018

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🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Andy Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hampshire, 2012-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 99 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 23 🟥 30 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Andy Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hampshire, 2012-
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 31 Mar 18, Villa 0-0 Hull (a)
Incidents: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Mark Dwyer, Tim Wood

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Anwar El Ghazi, Bad foul
🟨 Tammy Abraham, Bad foul

🟨 Joe Mattock
🟨 Semi Ajayi

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Neil Taylor, Albert Adomah and Axel Tunazebe make way as Conor Hourihane earns a rare start with Anwar El Ghazi and Jonathan Kodjia recalled.

Starting XI Average Age | 27.69 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 34.15 |
Youngest Player: CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.98 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

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Aston Villa

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 🔥 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Paul Warne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Rotherham United

GK Marek Rodák | 🇸🇰 |
LB Ryan Manning | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
LB Joe Mattock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Zac Vyner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Semi Ajayi | 🇳🇬 | 🟨 |
CB Richard Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Will Vaulks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ryan Williams | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
M Richie Towell | 🇮🇪 |
CF Kyle Vassell | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
CF Michael Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | ⚽ | for W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 73’ |
🔁 W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | for CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 81’ |
🔁 RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 86’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Jon Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Kyle Vassell | 🇬🇧 | 59’ |
🔁 | CF Jamie Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Ryan Manning | 🇮🇪 | 68’ |
🔁 | M Anthony Forde | 🇮🇪 | for M Ryan Williams | 🇦🇺 | 76’ |

Substitutes

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Lewis Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Billy Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ben Wiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Matt Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £45.90m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £6.30m
Team Cost: £52.20m
Squad Cost: £55.53m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 1/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £0.40m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £0.58m
Team Cost: £0.98m
Squad Cost: £0.98m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 1/18

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £4.05m |
RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3.15m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £8.37m |
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 |
W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | Loan |

CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Lewis Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Free |
GK Marek Rodák | 🇸🇰 | Loan |

RB Billy Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
LB Joe Mattock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
LB Ryan Manning | 🇮🇪 | Loan |

CB Semi Ajayi | 🇳🇬 | Free |
CB Richard Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Zac Vyner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

M Jon Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.51m |
M Will Vaulks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £0.40m |
M Ryan Williams | 🇦🇺 | Free |
M Anthony Forde | 🇮🇪 | Free |
M Ben Wiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Matt Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
M Richie Towell | 🇮🇪 | Loan |

CF Jamie Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.07m |
CF Michael Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CF Kyle Vassell | 🇬🇧 | Free |

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |

Out on Loan | 8 |
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
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | Melbourne

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

*Villa boss Steve Bruce* “I thought it was comfortable. We needed to get that second goal a little earlier and then it might have been one of those great nights. “But, overall, with all the nonsense that’s been written, I’m pleased. We’ve won a game, we are in the top six and it looks a bit more rosy for everybody. “I’ve always wanted to play two up top and for some reason here, it hasn’t really happened. We’ve got the personnel to do it, you’ve seen that tonight, those two [Abraham and Kodjia] will be a threat for anybody.”
Quotes

🟩 18 September 2018, Villa 2-0 Rotherham, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

Opens in New Window

*BBC Sport*
Tuesday, 18 September 2018

*Loan duo Tammy Abraham and Yannick Bolasie opened their Aston Villa accounts as victory over Rotherham ended a five-game winless run to ease the pressure on boss Steve Bruce.* Twice-capped England striker Abraham, on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea, collected Jonathan Kodjia’s clever through ball to put Villa ahead in the first half. Rotherham could have equalised but skipper Richard Wood headed Will Vaulks’ cross inches wide with 13 minutes remaining. Everton loanee Bolasie sealed the points eight minutes from the end with a diving header from Ahmed Elmohamady’s cross as Villa recorded a first league win since 11 August. If Villa think that was a long wait, Rotherham’s travelling support might well take umbrage - the Millers are now approaching two and a half years without a Championship away win. Of United’s 29 second-tier travels since a 4-0 trouncing of MK Dons in April 2016, the Millers have now lost 26 and drawn three - a paltry three points from a possible 87. It was a run they never looked like ending at Villa Park with the hosts in control from the first whistle, as Millers keeper Marek Rodak had to save smartly from an instinctive Kodjia effort four minutes in. Villa’s new-look front two looked sharp and Kodjia provided a lovely cushioned pass for Abraham to tuck Villa ahead on 27 minutes. Abraham, a transfer deadline day arrival at Villa Park, has already proven his Championship credentials with 23 goals in 41 games during a similar stay at Bristol City in 2016-17. Scoring has not been an issue for Villa - defending has been their problem and this was their first league clean sheet of the season, although they were grateful to see Wood’s 77th-minute header float wide. Substitute Bolasie eased any jitters with a late second, illustrating the options Bruce has at his disposal as Villa eased themselves back into the top six. *Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce told BBC Radio WM 95.6:* “I thought it was comfortable. We needed to get that second goal a little earlier and then it might have been one of those great nights. “But, overall, with all the nonsense that’s been written, I’m pleased. We’ve won a game, we are in the top six and it looks a bit more rosy for everybody. “I’ve always wanted to play two up top and for some reason here, it hasn’t really happened. We’ve got the personnel to do it, you’ve seen that tonight, those two [Abraham and Kodjia] will be a threat for anybody.”
Reports

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