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Game #5458

Aston Villa

Saturday, 22 September 2018

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Lost

13th (-6)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Championship

Sheffield Wednesday

Villa Park

Attendance: 35,572

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

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Sheffield Wednesday

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🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 22 September 2018

🟨 | 8’ Booking, James Chester, Bad foul
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Marco Matias
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-1, John McGinn
🟨 | 55’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad foul
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Steven Fletcher
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Albert Adomah, Sub on, Yannick Bolasie
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Jonathan Kodjia, Sub on, Anwar El Ghazi
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Match Statistics

Possession F | 54%
Possession A | 46%
Shots F | 18
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 15
Fouls A | 12

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 22 September 2018

  • Villa lose for the second time in four to leave them with one win in seven as the increasingly erratic Steve Bruce lives on borrowed time.

  • Four days after saying “with all the nonsense that’s been written, I’m pleased. We’ve won a game, we are in the top six" Steve Bruce sees his Villa side defeated at home by Sheffield Wednesday and languishing in 13th place. 

  • Once again Steve Bruce unhelpfully chooses to make it all about himself and showed no sign or inclination to address the core issues of his tactics and team selection. 

  • John McGinn scored his first for Villa on his 8th appearance - a truly great Villa Park goal cementing his already legendary status with a strike for the ages on 53’. 

  • Jack Grealish makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (120 Appearances) to make it W42 D25 L53, 9 Goals, 14 Assists, 19 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

  • Former Villa midfielder Barry Bannan lined up for Sheffield Wednesday.

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, 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

Sheffield Wednesday

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Game | #9 |
Manager Game | #100 |
Saturday, 22 September 2018

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🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: David Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 2008-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
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

🕒 100 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 23 🟥 31 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 2008-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Steven Meredith, Matt Foley

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 James Chester, Bad foul
🟨 John McGinn, Bad foul

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🟨 Ashley Baker

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Anwar El Ghazi misses out and is replaced by Albert Adomah.

Starting XI Average Age: | 28.38 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 34.16 |
Youngest Player: CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.99 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, 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 Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Jos Luhukay | 🇳🇱 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Cameron Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Daniel Pudil | 🇨🇿
LB Matt Penney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tom Lees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Michael Hector | 🇯🇲 |
RB Ashley Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Joey Pelupessy | 🇳🇱 |
M Barry Bannan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Adam Reach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Marco Matias | 🇵🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Steven Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | for W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 68’ |
🔁 W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | for CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 78’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Atdhe Nuhiu | 🇽🇰 | for CF Steven Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 78’ |
🔁 | CF Lucas João | 🇦🇴 | for W Marco Matias | 🇵🇹 | 84’ |

Substitutes

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Joe Wildsmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Morgan Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Josh Onomah (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Connor Kirby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Fraser Preston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £40.95m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £8.10m
Team Cost: £49.05m
Squad Cost: £53.73m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 1/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £8.15m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £2.39m
Team Cost: £10.54m
Squad Cost: £11.24m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 5/18

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, 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 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 Cameron Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
GK Joe Wildsmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

LB Morgan Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £0.70m |
LB Matt Penney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
LB Daniel Pudil | 🇨🇿 | Free |
RB Ash Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Free |

CB Tom Lees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Michael Hector | 🇯🇲 | Loan |

M Adam Reach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £5.06m |
M Joey Pelupessy | 🇳🇱 | £0.43m |
M Connor Kirby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Barry Bannan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Free |
M Josh Onomah (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

W Marco Matias | 🇵🇹 | £2.66m |
W Fraser Preston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Youth |

CF Lucas João | 🇦🇴 | £2.39m |
CF Steven Fletcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Free |
CF Atdhe Nuhiu | 🇽🇰 | Free |

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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

Out on Loan | 9 |
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
CF Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Central Coast Mariners

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

*Villa boss Steve Bruce* “It’s difficult at the moment. No matter what I do, in some people’s eyes I’m not going to be the right fit. “There’s nothing I can do about that. I will stay on the ropes and stay with it. That will never change with me. I’m never going to walk away from a challenge - and it’s certainly been a challenge. “In some people’s eyes, I will never be the answer. That’s obvious, but the one thing that changes it is results, so we need a few results. I do believe we’ve got the nucleus of a very decent team again, given time.”
Quotes

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 22 September 2018

*Steve Bruce says he is “never going to walk away” as Aston Villa manager despite seeing his side booed off the pitch after losing at home to Sheffield Wednesday.* The Owls consigned Villa to their first home defeat of the season in Bruce’s 100th game in charge of the club. Wednesday took the lead just after the break when the ball broke to Marco Matias on the edge of the area and he fired a crisp shot into the bottom corner. John McGinn levelled with a stunning volley that went in off the underside of the bar but Steven Fletcher scored Wednesday’s winner with a header from a Joel Pelupessy cross. After Villa dropped to 13th in the Championship table, Bruce acknowledged the supporters’ discontent at the final whistle. Bruce told BBC WM 95.6: “I can understand people’s frustrations and disappointments but that’s only the fifth time in my two years that we’ve been beaten here. “It’s difficult at the moment. No matter what I do, in some people’s eyes I’m not going to be the right fit. “There’s nothing I can do about that. I will stay on the ropes and stay with it. That will never change with me. I’m never going to walk away from a challenge - and it’s certainly been a challenge. “In some people’s eyes, I will never be the answer. That’s obvious, but the one thing that changes it is results, so we need a few results. I do believe we’ve got the nucleus of a very decent team again, given time.” Villa, who have now won just three of their opening nine Championship games, allowing Wednesday - who won 2-1 at Villa Park for the second season in succession - moved above them to 10th. After a slow start to the season, Wednesday, who host league leaders Leeds on Friday, have taken 13 points from their past six games.
Reports

🟥 22 September 2018, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.

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