Game #5546
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 15 September 2020


Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Burton Albion
The Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
(COVID-19)
🟩 15 Sep 2020, Villa 3-1 Burton, Pirelli
Burton Albion
1-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Neil Taylor | 39' | Henri Lansbury | 88' | Douglas Luiz | 90'+2 |
🟩 15 Sep 2020, Villa 3-1 Burton, Pirelli


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ollie Watkins
🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Burton Albion), Colin Daniel
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-1, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Neil Taylor
🕒 | HT Burton Albion 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 69’ Booking, Jacob Ramsey, Bad foul
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on Keinan Davis
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on Douglas Luiz
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on Jota
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 2-1, Jack Grealish, Assist by Henri Lansbury
⚽ | 90 ’+2’ Goal, 3-1, Keinan Davis, Assist by Douglas Luiz
🕒 | FT Burton Albion 1-3 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 70%
Possession A | 30%
Shots F | 17
Shots A | 6
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 11
Corners A | 1
Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 14
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
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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Villa open the Covid affected season late and in curious circumstances as they face and beat League one Burton in the EFL Cup.
Centre forward Ollie Watkins makes a goalscoring Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Brentford for a club record fee of £27,720,000 to become the 946th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Neil Taylor makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (92 Starts) to make it W48 D21 L31, 4 Assists, 14 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Ørjan Nyland makes his 36th and final appearance for Villa (34 Starts) to make it W12 D12 L12, 54 Goals Conceded and 8 Clean Sheets.
Keinan Davis scores his 5th goal for the club on his 68th appearance (25 Starts) to make it W29 D16 L23, 5 Goals, 4 Assists and 2 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Marvelous Nakamba secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 35th appearance (25 Starts) to make it W10 D7 L18, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey, 19, makes his first start for Villa after three previous appearances as substitute.
🟩 15 Sep 2020, Villa 3-1 Burton, Pirelli

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | #946 | €34.00m / £28.82m signing from Brentford
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | 2018-20 🕒 36 | 34 (2) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 24 | #919 |
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
Burton Albion


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


Season | 2020-21 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #85 |
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
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🟩 15 Sep 2020, Villa 3-1 Burton, Pirelli
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Oliver Langford | 🏴 | West Midlands, 2009-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021
🕒 85 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 | 19 🟥 32 | 1.42
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Oliver Langford | 🏴 | West Midlands, 2009-
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 Apr 19, Villa 3-1 Wednesday (a)
Incidents: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Rob Merchant, Nicholas Greenhalgh
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Jacob Ramsey, Bad foul
CARDS

🟨 Stephen Quinn
🟨 Lucas Akins
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 15 Sep 2020, Villa 3-1 Burton, Pirelli

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
New signing Ollie Watkins makes his Villa debut as a typically EFL Cup line up is named, Jacob Ramsey is given a start and Jack Grealish - fresh after signing a new 5 year contract with the club - leads the team as captain once again.
Starting XI Average Age: 27.14 |
Oldest Player: RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 33.04 |
Youngest Player: M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 19.32 |
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MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021

Aston Villa
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | 🔴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Jake Buxton | 🏴 |

Burton Albion
GK Teddy Sharman-Lowe | 🏴 |
RB John Brayford | 🏴 |
CB Michael Bostwick | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Colin Daniel | 🏴 | ⚽ |
LB Kieran Wallace | 🏴 |
M Ryan Edwards | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
M Stephen Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Ben Fox | 🏴 |
W Lucas Akins | 🇬🇩 | 🟨 |
W Steven Lawless | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Kane Hemmings | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | ⚽ | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 71' |
🔁 M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔥 | for M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 71' |
🔁 W Jota | 🇪🇸 | for W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 80' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Owen Gallacher | 🏴 | for CB Michael Bostwick | 🏴 | 25’ |
🔁 | M Joe Powell | 🏴 | for M Ryan Edwards | 🇦🇺 | 66’ |
🔁 | M Ciaran Gilligan | 🇮🇪 | for W Steven Lawless | 🏴 | 66’ |

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CF Mbwana Samatta | 🇹🇿 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Ben Garratt | 🏴 |
CB Jevan Anderson | 🏴 |
M Charlie Williams | 🏴 |
CF Tom Hewlett | 🏴 |
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
🟩 15 Sep 2020, Villa 3-1 Burton, Pirelli

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | | 68 | 43* | 5* | 4 | 29* | 16 | 23 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | | 85* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £76.67m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £19.17m
Team Cost: £95.84m
Squad Cost: £123.33m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 2/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £0.00m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £0.00m
Squad Cost: £0.00m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/18
Homegrown: 3/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | £0.49m |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | £4.50m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | £20.60m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | £2.70m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | £3.06m |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Jota | 🇪🇸 | £4.05m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £27.72m |
CF Mbwana Samatta | 🇹🇿 | £10.53m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Ben Garratt | 🏴 | Free |
GK Teddy Sharman-Lowe | 🏴 | Loan |
LB Colin Daniel | 🏴 | Free |
LB Kieran Wallace | 🏴 | Free |
LB Owen Gallacher | 🏴 | Free |
RB John Brayford | 🏴 | Loan |
CB Michael Bostwick | 🏴 | Free |
CB Jevan Anderson | 🏴 | Free |
M Ciaran Gilligan | 🇮🇪 | Youth |
M Ben Fox | 🏴 | Youth |
M Ryan Edwards | 🇦🇺 | Free |
M Stephen Quinn | 🇮🇪 | Free |
M Joe Powell | 🏴 | Free |
M Charlie Williams | 🏴 | Free |
W Lucas Akins | 🇬🇩 | Free |
W Steven Lawless | 🏴 | Free |
CF Tom Hewlett | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Kane Hemmings | 🏴 | Free |
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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | ACL, 4 Jan 2020 [21]
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | ACL, 4 Jan 2020 [21]
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 | Achilles, 17 Jun 2020 [11]
Not Selected | 6 |
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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