Game #5462
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 October 2018


Won
13th (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
Championship
Swansea City
Villa Park
Attendance: 41,326
🟩 20 Oct 2018, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Swansea City

Assist(s) | Ahmed Elmohamady | 8’ |
🟩 20 Oct 2018, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 October 2018
⚽ | 8’ Goal, Tammy Abraham, Assist by Ahmed Elmohamady
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Swansea City
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Ahmed Elmohamady, Sub on, Yannick Bolasie
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Albert Adomah, Sub on, Jonathan Kodjia
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Conor Hourihane
🟨 | 85’ Booking, John McGinn
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Swansea City
Match Statistics
Possession F | 47%
Possession A | 53%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 15
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 13
Fouls A | 8
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
🟩 20 Oct 2018, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 October 2018
A rapturous welcome greets new boss and Villa boy Dean Smith as his new side win for only the second time in eleven in his first game in charge.
John McGinn receives his fifth booking in his first 12 games for the club.
Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 50th start for Villa (58 Appearances) to make it W28 D16 L14, 2 Goals, 9 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Off the pitch it is announced that former chairman Herbert Douglas Ellis had passed away aged 94.
🟩 20 Oct 2018, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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
Swansea City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2012-13
🟩 20 Oct 2018, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Game | #13 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 20 October 2018
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🟩 20 Oct 2018, Villa 1-0 Swansea, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Andy Madley | 🏴 | Huddersfield, 2011-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021
🕒 1 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 0 🟥 0 | 3.00
Villa Career Form:
Champions
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy Madley | 🏴 | Huddersfield, 2011-
Assistants: Mark Russell, James Wilson
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 John McGinn
CARDS

🟨 Joe Rodon
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Dean Smith names his first Villa squad and James Chester returns from suspension and Albert Adomah is recalled as Conor Hourihane and James Bree miss out.
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.55 |
Oldest Player: RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 33.91 |
Youngest Player: CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 20.95 |
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MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021

Aston Villa
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Graham Potter | 🏴 |

Swansea City
GK Kristoffer Norffeldt | 🇸🇪 |
LB Martin Olsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Mike van der Hoorn | 🇳🇱 |
CB Joe Rodon | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Cian Harries | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Connor Roberts | 🏴 |
M Leroy Fer | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Bersant Celina | 🇽🇰 |
M Jay Fulton | 🏴 |
W Barrie McKay | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Oliver McBurnie | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | for RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 64’ |
🔁 CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | for W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 74’ |
🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Daniel James | 🏴 | for CB Cian Harries | 🏴 | 50’ |
🔁 | M Tom Carroll | 🏴 | for W Barrie McKay | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 | M Matt Grimes | 🏴 | for M Leroy Fer | 🇳🇱 | 70’ |

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Erwin Mulder | 🇳🇱 |
RB Kyle Naughton | 🏴 |
CB Cameron Carter-Vickers | 🇺🇸 |
M George Byers | 🏴 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | | 7 | 7* | 2 | 0 | 2* | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | | 101* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £23.85m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £14.76m
Team Cost: £38.61m
Squad Cost: £53.83m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 1/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £15.61m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £6.40m
Team Cost: £22.01m
Squad Cost: £27.69m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 2/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
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 John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | £1.80m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
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 Kristoffer Nordfeldt | 🇸🇪 | £0.73m |
GK Erwin Mulder | 🇳🇱 | Free |
RB Kyle Naughton | 🏴 | £5.68m |
LB Martin Olsson | 🇸🇪 | £3.96m |
RB Connor Roberts | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Mike van der Hoorn | 🇳🇱 | £2.15m |
CB Cian Harries | 🏴 | £0.24m |
CB Joe Rodon | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Cameron Carter-Vickers | 🇺🇸 | Loan |
M Leroy Fer | 🇳🇱 | £4.82m |
M Tom Carroll | 🏴 | £4.47m |
M Bersant Celina | 🇽🇰 | £2.93m |
M Matt Grimes | 🏴 | £1.93m |
M Jay Fulton | 🏴 | Free |
M George Byers | 🏴 | Free |
W Barrie McKay | 🏴 | £0.48m |
W Daniel James | 🏴 | Free |
CF Oliver McBurnie | 🏴 | £0.30m |
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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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