Game #5523
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 December 2019


Lost
18th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Watford
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 21,348
🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road
Watford
3-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 December 2019
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-1, (Watford), Troy Deeney
🕒 | HT Watford 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Jota, Sub on, Anwar El Ghazi
🟥 | 57’ Sending off, (Watford), Adrian Mariappa
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Matt Targett, Sub on, Frédéric Guilbert
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 0-2, (Watford, pen), Troy Deeney
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 0-3, (Watford), Ismaïla Sarr
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Henri Lansbury, Sub on, Jonathan Kodjia
🟨 | 90’+6 Booking, Jack Grealish
🕒 | FT Watford 3-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 49%
Possession A | 51%
Shots F | 19
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 6
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 16
Fouls A | 9
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
🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 December 2019
Villa's worst performance of the season sees humiliation at Vicarage Road.
Villa's difficulties in their first season back in the Premier League reach a new high as they are heavily beaten by 10-man relegation rivals Watford.
Having shaken up the midfield Dean Smith had exposed the relative weakness (and slowness) of the available back up to the First XI.
Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (83 Starts) to make it W50 D23 L27, 3 Goals, 15 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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
Watford


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2019-20 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Game | #20 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Saturday, 28 December 2019
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🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021
🕒 62 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 13 🟥 21 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Assistants: Simon Bennett, Derek Eaton
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Jack Grealish
CARDS

🟥 Adrian Mariappa
🟨 Étienne Capoue
🟨 Ismaïla Sarr
🟨 Troy Deeney
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa shake up the midfield bringing in Conor Hourihane, Henri Lansbury (2nd League start) and Jota (4th League start) to replace wingers Anwar El Ghazi, Trézéguet and midfielder Marvelous Nakamba who are all relegated to the bench. Centre back James Chester is promoted to the bench at the expense of Björn Engels who drops out of the squad entirely.
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.62 |
Substitute Average Age: | 26.63 |
Oldest Player: GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | 33.73 |
Youngest Player: M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 21.65 |
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MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021

Aston Villa
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Jota | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 |
MANAGER
Nigel Pearson | 🏴 |

Watford
GK Ben Foster | 🏴 |
CB Adrian Mariappa | 🇯🇲 | 🟥 |
CB Craig Cathcart | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
CB Christian Kabasele | 🇧🇪 |
RB Kiko Femenía | 🇪🇸 |
M Abdoulaye Doucouré | 🇲🇱 |
M Will Hughes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Étienne Capoue | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
W Ismaïla Sarr | 🇸🇳 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Gerard Deulofeu | 🇪🇸 |
CF Troy Deeney | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | for W Jota | 🇪🇸 | 46’ |
🔁 RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | for LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | 66' |
🔁 CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | for M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | 73' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Nathaniel Chalobah | 🏴 | 🔁 | for M Will Hughes | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | CB Craig Dawson | 🏴 | for M Nathaniel Chalobah | 🏴 | 60’ |
🔁 | CB Adam Masina | 🇲🇦 | for CB Craig Cathcart | 🇬🇧 | 85’ |

🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Heurelho Gomes | 🇧🇷 |
M Domingos Quina | 🇵🇹 |
CF Andre Gray | 🇯🇲 |
CF Isaac Success | 🇳🇬 |
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
🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | | 56 | 9* | 10 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 19* | - | - | 7 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | | 12* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £85.50m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £24.21m
Team Cost: £109.71m
Squad Cost: £140.58m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 1/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £70.38m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £14.84m
Team Cost: £85.22m
Squad Cost: £116.52m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
Homegrown: ⭕/18
🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | £7.92m |
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | £14.04m |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | £4.50m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | £2.70m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | £3.06m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | £9.00m |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Jota | 🇪🇸 | £4.05m |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | £22.50m |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Ben Foster | 🏴 | £2.40m |
GK Heurelho Gomes | 🇧🇷 | Free |
CB Christian Kabasele | 🇧🇪 | £5.96m |
CB Craig Dawson | 🏴 | £5.15m |
CB Adam Masina | 🇲🇦 | £4.29m |
CB Adrian Mariappa | 🇯🇲 | Free |
CB Craig Cathcart | 🇬🇧 | Free |
RB Kiko Femenía | 🇪🇸 | Free |
M Abdoulaye Doucouré | 🇲🇱 | £9.09m |
M Will Hughes | 🏴 | £7.80m |
M Étienne Capoue | 🇫🇷 | £7.64m |
M Nathaniel Chalobah | 🏴 | £5.40m |
M Domingos Quina | 🇵🇹 | £0.94m |
W Ismaïla Sarr | 🇸🇳 | £25.72m |
CF Andre Gray | 🇯🇲 | £17.50m |
CF Isaac Success | 🇳🇬 | £12.86m |
CF Gerard Deulofeu | 🇪🇸 | £11.15m |
CF Troy Deeney | 🏴 | £0.62m |
🟥 28 Dec 2019, Villa 0-3 Watford, Vicarage Road
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 4 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Hamstring, 2 Nov 2019 [9]
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | 25 Nov 2019 [8]
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | 14 Dec 2019 [5]
M John McGinn | 🏴 | Ankle, 26 Dec 2019 [2]
Out on Loan | 6 |
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Livingston
RB James Bree | 🏴 | Luton
M Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 | Cheltenham
CF Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | Derby
CF Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | Stoke
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 | Coventry
Not Selected | 4 |
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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