Game #5590
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 24 August 2021


Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
League Cup
Barrow
The Dunes Hotel Stadium
Attendance: 5,349
🟩 24 Aug 2021, Villa 6-0 Barrow, Dunes Hotel
Barrow
0-6

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Anwar El Ghazi | 10' | 62' | Frédéric Guilbert | 45'+2 | Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 88' |
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Cameron Archer, Assist by Anwar El Ghazi
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 2-0, Anwar El Ghazi (pen)
🟨 | Booking, Marvelous Nakamba, Handball
⚽ | 45’+2 Goal, 3-0, Anwar El Ghazi, Assist by Frédéric Guilbert
⏱️ | HT Barrow 0-3 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 4-0, Cameron Archer, Assist by Anwar El Ghazi
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on, Aaron Ramsey 🟢
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Carney Chukwuemeka, Sub on, Caleb Chukwuemeka 🟢
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 5-0, Frédéric Guilbert
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Frédéric Guilbert, Sub on, Hayden Lindley
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 6-0, Cameron Archer, Assist by Jaden Philogene-Bidace
⏱️ | FT Barrow 0-6 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 67%
Possession A | 33%
Shots F | 16
Shots A | 6
Shots on Target F | 9
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 0
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 14
Fouls A | 22
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, 24 August 2021
Dean Smith’s Villa hammer League Two Barrow in their first ever match against the Cumbrians thanks to a hat-trick from under 23 striker Cameron Archer as a youthful line up delivers an exciting glimpse of the future.
Villa face Barrow for the first time in competitive football, Barrow become the 162nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Cameron Archer scores a hat-trick on only his second appearance for the club (First Start) to make it W2 D0 L0 and 3 Goals so far in his Villa career.
Aaron Ramsey makes his sole appearance for Villa having graduated from the Villa youth teams before moving to Burnley for £14,000,000 in August 2023
Caleb Chukwuemeka makes his sole appearance for Villa before being released in June 2023.
Frédéric Guilbert made the last of his 32 appearances for the club (28 Starts) since joining from Caen in January 2019 to leave with a record of W11 D6 L15, 3 Goals, 3 Assists and 6 Bookings.
Conor Hourihane made his 151st and final appearance for the club since joining in January 2017 to lave a record of W67 D35 L49, 29 Goals, 22 Assists and 25 Bookings.
Anwar El Ghazi contributes his 40th goal involvement and scores his 25th goal for the club on his 110th appearance (85 Starts) to make it W40 D25 L45, 26 Goals, 15 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Jed Steer keeps his 10th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 34th appearance (33 Starts) since arriving at the club 8 years previously to make it W21 D3 L10, 33 Goals Conceded and 10 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.
The opposition, Barrow, didn’t feature a single homegrown player in their squad of 18 but fielded fourteen players from the home nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴 | #973 | Youth Team promotiion
🟢 CF Caleb Chukwuemeka | 🏴 | #974 | Youth Team promotiion
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 2017-21 🕒 151 | 122 (29) | ⚽ 29 | 🔥 22 | 🇺 33 | #901 |
🔴 RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | 2019-21 🕒 32 | 28 (4) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 20 | #936 |
🔴 CF Caleb Chukwuemeka | 🏴 | 2021 🕒 1 | 0 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 | #974 |
🔴 M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴 | 2021 🕒 1 | 0 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 4 | #973 |
🔴 M Hayden Lindley | 🏴 | 2021 🕒 2 | 0 (2) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #964 |
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
Barrow


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Barrow
PREVIOUS MATCH

Barrow
SUBSEQUENT MATCH
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2021-22 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #128 |
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Attendance | 5,349 |
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager | Dean Smith |
Kick off | 7.45pm |
Referee | Martin Coy, Durham |
Half Time Score | 3-0 |
Full Time Result | Won |
Full Time Score | 6-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWLWW |
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021
🕒 128 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 | 26 🟥 48 | 1.47
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Coy | 🏴 | Durham, 2012- 🆘
Assistants: Ivan Stanković, Conor Brown
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
No VAR in Period
CARDS

🟨 Marvelous Nakamba, Handball
CARDS

🟨 Connor Brown
🟨 Patrick Brough
🟨 Jason Taylor
🟨 Festus Arthur
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 makes ten changes from the side that beat Newcastle last time out with only Anwar El Ghazi keeping his place as Villa face League Two Barrow for the first time in their history.
Conor Hourihane makes his first start since November 2020 when he made his 150th appearance for the club.
Jed Steer and Frédéric Guilbert make their first starts since October 2020 whilst Cameron Archer comes into the line up for only his second start, two years after his debut.
Carney Chukwuemeka and Jaden Philogene-Bidace are handed their first starts for the club whilst returning are Axel Tuanzebe (first start since rejoining), Marvelous Nakamba, Matt Targett and Kortney Hause (first start of the season).
The bench features Caleb Chukwuemeka in his first ever Villa squad, as is Aaron Ramsey - with both brothers Carney and Jacob also in the line up and match day squad respectively.
Young ‘keeper Viljami Sinisalo appears in the squad for the first time whilst Sil Swinkels, Lamare Bogarde and Hayden Lindley, three heroes from the 2020-21 FA Cup third round also sit on the bench.
Starting XI Average Age: 24.83
Oldest Player: M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 30.58 |
Youngest Player: M Carney Chukwuemeka | 🏴 | 17.86 |
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MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021

Aston Villa
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 | 🔴 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | 🟨 |
M Carney Chukwuemeka | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 🔥 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Cameron Archer | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Mark Cooper | 🏴 |

Barrow
GK Paul Farman | 🏴 |
RB Connor Brown | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Remeao Hutton | 🇧🇮 |
CB Mark Ellis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Joe Grayson | 🏴 |
LB Patrick Brough | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Jason Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Tom White | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ollie Banks | 🏴 |
CF Offrande Zanzala | 🇨🇬 |
CF Josh Gordon | 🏴 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴 | 🟢 | for W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 63’ |
🔁 | CF Caleb Chukwuemeka | 🏴 | 🟢 | for M Carney Chukwuemeka | 🏴 | 71’ |
🔁 | M Hayden Lindley | 🏴 | for RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Josh Kay | 🏴 | for CF Josh Gordon | 🏴 | 60’ |
🔁 | W George Williams | 🏴 | for M Tom White | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 | CB Festus Arthur | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 | for CB Mark Ellis | 🏴 | 70’ |

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 |
CB Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 |
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Josh Lillis | 🏴 |
GK Scott Moloney | 🏴 |
CB James Jones | 🏴 |
LB Kgosi Ntlhe | 🇿🇦 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴 | | 1 | 1* | 0 | 0 | 1* | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | | 1* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £44.04m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £44.04m
Squad Cost: £44.04m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 10/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £0.00m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £0.00m
Squad Cost: £0.00m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/18
Homegrown: ⭕/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | £0.49m |
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Youth |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | £14.04m |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | £4.50m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | £2.70m |
CB Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 | Youth |
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Youth |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | Loan |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Carney Chukwuemeka | 🏴 | Youth |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
M Hayden Lindley | 🏴 | Youth |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Cameron Archer | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Caleb Chukwuemeka | 🏴 | Youth |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Paul Farman | 🏴 | Free |
GK Josh Lillis | 🏴 | Free |
GK Scott Moloney | 🏴 | Free |
RB Connor Brown | 🏴 | Free |
RB Remeao Hutton | 🇧🇮 | Free |
LB Patrick Brough | 🏴 | Free |
LB Kgosi Ntlhe | 🇿🇦 | Free |
CB Mark Ellis | 🏴 | Free |
CB Joe Grayson | 🏴 | Free |
CB James Jones | 🏴 | Free |
CB Festus Arthur 🇩🇪 | Loan |
M Jason Taylor | 🏴 | Free |
M Tom White | 🏴 | Free |
M Ollie Banks | 🏴 | Free |
M Josh Kay 🏴 | Free |
W George Williams 🏴 | Free |
CF Offrande Zanzala | 🇨🇬 | Free |
CF Josh Gordon | 🏴 | Free |
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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 6 |
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Knee, 10 Apr 2021 [12]
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | Ligament, 21 Apr 2021 [11]
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | Knee, 14 Aug 2021 [3]
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | 14 Aug 2021 [3]
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | Hamstring, 21 Aug 2021 [2]
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | Hamstring, 21 Aug 2021 [2]
Not Selected | 11 |
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Ashley Young | 🏴 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 |
W Emiliano Buendía
F Danny Ings | 🏴 |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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