Game #5547
Aston Villa
Monday, 21 September 2020
Won
9th
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Sheffield United
Attendance: Behind closed doors
(COVID-19)
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Sheffield United
Assist(s) | Tyrone Mings | 63' |
MATCH SUMMARY
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 21 September 2020
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash
🟥 | 12’ Sending off, (Sheffield United), John Egan
🟨 | 34’ Booking, Matt Targett
💥 | 36’ Penalty Save, Emiliano Martínez
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Conor Hourihane, Sub on, Keinan Davis
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 1-0, Ezri Konsa, Assist by Tyrone Mings
🟨 | 83’ Booking, Matty Cash
🟨 | 84’ Booking, John McGinn for a bad foul
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United
ON THIS DAY
Villa have now won three consecutive Premier League games at Villa Park for the first time since October 2007 under Martin O'Neill.
Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez makes his Villa debut aged 28 after joining from Arsenal for a fee of £19,580,000 the previous week.
Right back Matty Cash, 23, makes his Villa debut after joining from Nottingham Forest at the start of September for a fee of £14,180,000
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Sheffield United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield United
Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2020-21 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Monday, 21 September 2020
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Graham Scott | 🏴 | Oxford, 2008-
Kick off: 6.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 86 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 19 🟥 32 | 1.44
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Scott | 🏴 | Oxford, 2008-
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 Oct 19, Villa 0-3 Abu Dhabi (a) 🆘
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Edward Smart, Derek Eaton
TEAM NEWS
Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez and right back Matty Cash make their debuts whilst Tyrone Mings, Jack Grealish and Ollie Watkins - on his home debut - keep their places from the side that started at Burton Albion.
Kortney Hause, Ahmed Elmohamady, Neil Taylor, Marvelous Nakamba and Anwar El Ghazi drop to the subs bench, whilst Henri Lansbury, Jacob Ramsey and Ørjan Nyland drop out of the squad entirely. Coming in for their first starts of the season are Ezri Konsa, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Conor Hourihane, Trézéguet and Matt Targett.
There is no place in the squad for new winger Bertrand Traoré whilst Jed Steer is named as substitute goalkeeper.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 25.24 |
Oldest Player: M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 29.65 |
Youngest Player: M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 22.39 |
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 🟢 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | 🔥 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Chris Wilder | 🏴 |
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Sheffield United
GK Aaron Ramsdale | 🏴 |
RB George Baldock | 🏴 |
CB Jack O’Connell | 🏴 |
CB Chris Basham | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB John Egan | 🇮🇪 | 🟥 |
LB Enda Stevens (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
M John Fleck | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M John Lundstram | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Sander Berge | 🇳🇴 |
CF Oliver Burke | 🏴 |
CF David McGoldrick | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | for M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 62' |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CB Ethan Ampadu | 🏴 | for CF David McGoldrick | 🇮🇪 | 31’ |
🔁 | M Ben Osborn | 🏴 | for M John Fleck | 🏴 | 63’ |
🔁 | CF Oliver McBurnie | 🏴 | for CB Chris Basham | 🏴 | 68’ |
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Wes Foderingham | 🏴 |
LB Jack Robinson | 🏴 |
M Oliver Norwood | 🇬🇧 |
CF Billy Sharp | 🏴 |
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SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £138.15m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £138.15m
Squad Cost: £161.23m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 1/18
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £49.63m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £19.74m
Team Cost: £69.37m
Squad Cost: £71.86m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/18
Homegrown: ⭕/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £19.58m |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | £0.49m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 | £14.18m |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | £14.04m |
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 Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | £9.00m |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £27.72m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Sheffield United arrive at Villa Park with a squad of 18 containing 14 home nations players as well as 3 from the Republic of Ireland. Just one player comes from further afield.
GK Aaron Ramsdale | 🏴 | £17.60m |
GK Wes Foderingham | 🏴 | Free |
RB George Baldock | 🏴 | £0.64m |
LB Enda Stevens (ex) | 🇮🇪 | Free |
LB Jack Robinson | 🏴 | Free |
CB John Egan | 🇮🇪 | £3.86m |
CB Jack O’Connell | 🏴 | Free |
CB Chris Basham | 🏴 | Free |
CB Ethan Ampadu | 🏴 | Loan |
M Sander Berge | 🇳🇴 | £21.45m |
M Ben Osborn | 🏴 | £3.35m |
M Oliver Norwood | 🇬🇧 | £1.89m |
M John Lundstram | 🏴 | £0.48m |
M John Fleck | 🏴 | Free |
CF Oliver McBurnie | 🏴 | £16.39m |
CF Oliver Burke | 🏴 | £5.60m |
CF Billy Sharp | 🏴 | £0.60m |
CF David McGoldrick | 🇮🇪 | Free |
UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 3 |
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | Knee, ACL
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | Knee, ACL
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 | Thigh
Not Selected | 7 |
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 |
W Jota | 🇪🇸 |
CF Mbwana Samatta | 🇹🇿 |
UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
🟢 RB Matty Cash | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 72%
Possession A | 28%
Shots F | 18
Shots A | 4
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 10
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 12
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Monday 21 September 2020*
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