Game #5460
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 2 October 2018


Drew
13th (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Championship
Preston North End
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,331
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-3

Preston North End

Assist(s) | Ahmed Elmohamady | 26’ | John McGinn | 37’ | Axel Tuanzebe | 90’+1 |
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Jonathan Kodjia, Assist by Ahmed Elmohamady
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 2-0, Tammy Abraham, Assist by John McGinn
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Preston North End
🟥 | 54’ Sending off, James Chester
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 2-1, (Preston North End, pen), Daniel Johnson
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Tammy Abraham, Sub on, James Bree
🟨 | 71’ Booking, Jack Grealish
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Jonathan Kodjia, Sub on, Yannick Bolasie
🟨 | 78’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad foul
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 2-2, (Preston North End), Paul Gallagher
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Conor Hourihane, Sub on, Glenn Whelan
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 2-3, (Preston North End), Louis Moult
⚽ | 90’+1 Goal, 3-3, Yannick Bolasie, Assist by Axel Tuanzebe
💥 | 90+7’ Missed Penalty, Glenn Whelan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-3 Preston North End
Match Statistics
Possession F | 43%
Possession A | 57%
Shots F | 12
Shots A | 19
Shots on Target F | 6
Shots on Target A | 7
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 13
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
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Villa need an injury time goal for the fourth time this season to rescue a result but now have just one win in nine as madness descends at Villa Park and Steve Bruce departs.
Bruce had led Villa for 102 games, finished 13th and 4th in the EFL Championship table and been Championship Play Off Runners Up in 2017-18.
Having 4 games earlier said “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.” Steve Bruce elected to take both his centre forwards off by the 74’ with Villa leading 2-1.
Preston soon capitalised and within 12 minutes had opened up a 3-2 lead. With both his penalty takers off the field it was left to Glenn Whelan to take the 97’ spot kick awarded for a foul on Birkir Bjarnason. Whelan (73 appearances, 2 goals) missed.
James Chester is sent off on his 107th appearance to make it W45 D32 L30, 7 Goals, 1 Assist, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Birkir Bjarnason makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (43 Appearances) to make it W23 D8 L12, 6 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Goalkeeper Mark Bunn makes his 21st and final appearance for Villa (20 Starts) aged 33 before being released by the club in July 2019. On his return to the side for the first time in six months Bunn conceded 3 goals in a game with regular ‘keeper Ørjan Nyland on the bench. Nyland had conceded 14 goals in 13 games so far this season at a rate of 1.08 goals per game. It was these sort of decisions and the self absorbing commentary from him that ultimately cost Steve Bruce his job. Bunn left the club with a record of W5 D7 L9, 36 Goals Conceded, 5 Clean Sheets and 5 Bookings.
Jack Grealish collects his 20th booking in a Villa shirt on his 122nd Appearances (77 Starts) to make it W42 D27 L53, 9 Goals, 14 Assists, 20 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
Steve Bruce is sacked by Villa following the Preston draw as his reign comes to a pitiful and humiliating end involving a red face and a cabbage. Bruce had steadied the ship after five years of rapid decline under Houllier, McLeish, Lambert, Sherwood, Garde and Di Matteo and would take Villa within 90 minutes of promotion in 2017-18 whilst navigating a financial crisis. Despite that, his time at Villa would fall apart in 2018 and he would leave with a decent second tier record of 102 Games W46 D25 L31 at a rate of 1.60 points per game.
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | 2015-19 🕒 21 | 20 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 114 | #883 |
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
Preston North End


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End


Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨
League 🕒 103 | 🟩 51 | 🟨 17 | 🟥 35 | ⚽ 179 | 🥅 142 |
FA Cup 🕒 8 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 10 |
League Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 17 | 🥅 6 |
For the 55th time in 115 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 34 Preston 26. Both have done so on 5 occasions.
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2018-19
Matchday | #13 |
League Game | #11 |
Manager Game | #102 |
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
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🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Peter Bankes | 🏴 | Liverpool, 2016-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018
🕒 102 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 25 🟥 31 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Bankes | 🏴 | Liverpool, 2016-
Assistants: Daniel Leach, Mark Pottage
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟥 James Chester
🟨 Jack Grealish
🟨 John McGinn, Bad foul
CARDS

🟨 Ben Davies
🟨 Ben Pearson
🟨 Lukas Nmecha
🟨 Daniel Johnson
🟨 Louis Moult
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Steve Bruce recalled Mark Bunn in place of Ørjan Nyland for his first start of the season and first start since Sunday, 6 May 2018 which in itself was his only start of 2017-18. Indeed Mark Bunn's last run of games in the side had ended on Monday, 2 January 2017 - 21 months earlier.
Ahmed Elmohamady also returned to the starting line up with Mile Jedinak dropping out.
Scott Hogan returned to the squad having missed the start of the campaign due to injury.
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.68 |
Oldest Player: GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | 33.90 |
Youngest Player: CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 20.90 |
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | 🟥 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Alex Neil | 🏴 |

Preston North End
GK Chris Maxwell | 🏴 |
LB Andrew Hughes | 🏴 |
CB Ben Davies | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Paul Huntington | 🏴 |
RB Darnell Fisher | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ben Pearson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Alan Browne | 🇮🇪 |
M Ryan Ledson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Thomas Barkhuizen | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Callum Robinson (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
CF Lukas Nmecha | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 |
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 RB James Bree | 🏴 | for CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | 56’ |
🔁 W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | ⚽ | for CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 74’ |
🔁 M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | for M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Daniel Johnson (ex) | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ | 🟨 | for M Ryan Ledson | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | M Paul Gallagher | 🏴 | ⚽ | for W Thomas Barkhuizen | 🏴 | 77’ |
🔁 | CF Louis Moult | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | for RB Darnell Fisher | 🏴 | 83’ |

🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Declan Rudd | 🏴 |
LB Josh Earl | 🏴 |
RB Tom Clarke | 🏴 |
W Graham Burke (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
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
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB James Bree | 🏴 | | 21 | 7* | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5* | 7 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | | 1* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £32.76m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £4.68m
Team Cost: £37.44m
Squad Cost: £60.84m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 1/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £0.11m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £0.50m
Team Cost: £0.61m
Squad Cost: £1.89m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 2/18
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

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 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 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | Loan |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Declan Rudd | 🏴 | £0.98m |
GK Chris Maxwell | 🏴 | Free |
LB Josh Earl | 🏴 | Youth |
LB Andrew Hughes | 🏴 | Free |
RB Darnell Fisher | 🏴 | Free |
RB Tom Clarke | 🏴 | Free |
CB Ben Davies | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Paul Huntington | 🏴 | Free |
M Ben Pearson | 🏴 | £0.11m |
M Daniel Johnson (ex) | 🇯🇲 | £0.06m |
M Alan Browne | 🇮🇪 | Free |
M Ryan Ledson | 🏴 | Free |
M Paul Gallagher | 🏴 | Free |
W Graham Burke (ex) | 🇮🇪 | £0.30m |
W Thomas Barkhuizen | 🏴 | Free |
CF Louis Moult | 🏴 | £0.44m |
CF Callum Robinson (ex) | 🇮🇪 | Free |
CF Lukas Nmecha | 🇩🇪 | Loan |
🟨 2 Oct 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 |
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

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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