top of page

Game #5649

Aston Villa

Sunday, 8 January 2023

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

FA Cup

Stevenage

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,343

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

Villa.gif

Stevenage

2509-2.png

Assist(s) | Danny Ings | 33' |

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 8 January 2023

⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-0, Morgan Sanson, Assist by Danny Ings
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stevenage
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Philippe Coutinho, Sub on, Emiliano Buendía
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Morgan Sanson, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Matty Cash (injury), Sub on, Ashley Young
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Danny Ings, Sub on, Ollie Watkins
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Ludwig Augustinsson (injury), Sub on, Lucas Digne
🟥 | 85’ Sending off, Leander Dendoncker
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 1-1, (Stevenage, pen), Jamie Reid
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 1-2, (Stevenage), Dean Campbell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Stevenage

Match Statistics

Possession F | 79%
Possession A | 21%
Shots F | 17
Shots A | 7
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 2
Fouls F | 5
Fouls A | 7

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

Villa.gif

ON THIS DAY

Sunday, 8 January 2023

  • Villa’s second string fail miserably and underline the desperate need for major investment and turnover in personnel outside Emery’s first XI.

  • Villa face Stevenage for the first time in competitive football, Stevenage become the 163rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Matty Cash makes his 85th appearance for Villa since signing from Forest in September 2020 and now has a record of W31 D13 L41, 4 Goals, 6 Assists, 19 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Leander Dendoncker receives his first card of any colour on his 11th appearance for Villa and it's a red. Dendoncker's Villa career now reads W4 D2 L5, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 1 Red Card.

  • Morgan Sanson scores his sole goal for the club on his 22nd Appearance (8 Starts) to make it W7 D5 L10, 1 Goal, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings.

  • Robin Olsen concedes his 16th goal in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W1 D0 L5, 16 Goals Conceded at a rate of 2.67 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (17%) so far in his Villa career.

  • Ludwig Augustinsson makes his 4th and final appearance for Villa (3 Starts) before having his loan terminated early by Unai Emery and leaving with a record of W1 D2 L2, 1 Booking.

  • Fellow surprise signing Jan Bednarek also suffers an early termination and leaves with a record of W1 D1 L2.

  • Villa record consecutive sub 40,000 crowds for the first time in five seasons with an attendance of 32,343 following a 39,978 gate in the previous fixture.

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

Villa.gif

DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Jan Bednarek | 🇵🇱 | 2022-23 🕒 4 | 2 (2) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 10 | #984 |
🔴 LB Ludwig Augustinsson | 🇸🇪 | 2022-23 🕒 5 | 3 (2) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 9 | #983 |

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Stevenage

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

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

Aston Villa

Stevenage

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Stevenage

Previous 5 vs. Stevenage: None

Stevenage

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
2509-2.png

Stevenage

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 2022-23 |
Matchday | #21 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Sunday, 8 January 2023
Attendance | - |

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Graham Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxford, 2008-
Kick off: 4.30pm
Half Time Score: 🟩 1-0
Full Time Result: 🟥 Lost
Full Time Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Villa.gif

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 7 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 1 🟥 3 | 1.43

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Villa.gif
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

Villa.gif

Referee: Graham Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxford, 2008-
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 9 April 2022, Villa 0-4 Tottenham (h)
Cards: 🟥

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Villa.gif

CARDS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

🟥 Leander Dendoncker

None

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

Villa.gif

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Unai Emery plumps for Villa's second string with no surprises for the game against League Two Stevenage. As much as it would have been lovely to see Villa Youth given an outing the lack of options still at the club probably forced his hand. Morgan Sanson, touted for a move away (again) makes his first start of these season and first since April and will probably receive the loudest roar of the day.

Starting XI Average Age: | 28.10 |
Bench Average Age: | 26.94 |
Squad Average Age: | 27.52 |
Subs Average Age: | 28.42 |
Oldest Starter: GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 32.46 |
Youngest Starter: M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 24.68 |
Oldest Squad Player: RB Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 37.53 |
Youngest Squad Player: F Kadan Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 16.98 |
Oldest Substitute: RB Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 37.53 |
Youngest Substitute: M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.63 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | 🔁 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jan Bednarek | 🇵🇱 | 🔴 |
LB Ludwig Augustinsson | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | 🟥 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 |
CF Danny Ings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Steve Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

2509-2.png

Stevenage

GK Taye Ashby-Hammond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Luther James-Wildin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dan Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terence VanCouten | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Carl Piergianni | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Max Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Jordan Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jake Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jake Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Danny Rose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Luke Norris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

🔁 | W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | for M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | 66’ |
🔁 | M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | 67’ |
🔁 | W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | 71’ |
🔁 | CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Danny Ings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72’ |
🔁 | LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | for LB Ludwig Augustinsson | 🇸🇪 | 81’ |

SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

🔁 | M Dean Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | for LB Max Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63’ |
🔁 | CF Jamie Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for CF Danny Rose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63’ |
🔁 | W David Amoo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Luke Norris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67’ |
🔁 | RB Kane Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Jake Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 68’ |
🔁 | CB Michael Bostwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Terence VanCouten | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 83’ |

Substitutes

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 |
F Kadan Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

GK Aaron Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

Villa.gif

1st XI Cost: £133.45m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: 0/11
Subs Cost: £92.16m
Team Cost: £226.61m
Squad Cost: £261.34m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/20
Homegrown: 2/20

SQUAD STATS

2509-2.png

1st XI Cost: £0.00m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £0.00m
Squad Cost: £0.00m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 17/17
Homegrown: ⭕/17

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £19.58m |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | £3.15m |

LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | £14.18m |
RB Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
LB Ludwig Augustinsson | 🇸🇪 | Loan |

CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £20.60m |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Jan Bednarek | 🇵🇱 | Loan |

M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | £18.00m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | £14.22m |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | £13.50m |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free |

W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | £34.56m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |

CF Danny Ings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £31.59m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £27.72m |
F Kadan Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

GK Aaron Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
GK Taye Ashby-Hammond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

RB Luther James-Wildin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
LB Max Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
RB Kane Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

CB Dan Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Terence Vancooten | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Carl Piergianni | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Michael Bostwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

M Jordan Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
M Jake Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
M Jake Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Free |
M Dean Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Loan |

W David Amos | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

CF Jamie Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CF Danny Rose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CF Luke Norris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Injury | 3 |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Achilles, 6 Aug 2022 [21]
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | Achilles, 20 Aug 2022 [19]
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Hamstring, 4 Jan 2023 [2]

Out On Loan | 11 |
M Finn Azaz | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth
CF Louie Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | MK Dons
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | Levante
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cardiff
RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Huddersfield
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Watford
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | Basaksehir
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Watford
FB Ben Chrisene | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kilmarnock
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | QPR
CF Cameron Archer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough

Not Selected | 3 |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg
Tables & Programmes

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH QUOTES

“I am upset, very disappointed and sorry with our supporters for this FA Cup because it was a very good opportunity to do something. It was a target. “I am going to wake up and continue the process. “I will be very demanding like I was, maybe more now. “We got 10 points from 15 but the last match we played against Wolves I was very, very upset because I was like, ‘Hey, we are starting so quickly again… not doing the tactical or individual demands I want to put out. And today it was different, completely different. “In my career I know everything. I know sometimes we have to lose. We have to make mistakes to really improve and to be demanding in the way we need. I think today we can tell nothing but we have to use, to learn as soon as possible how we can create a new way.” Unai Emery. --- “He was very sportsmanlike and wished me good luck in the next round. Listen, when you come here you’ve got to be very humble. He appealed for some decisions, we appealed for some decisions. But Unai was very, very humble, as Emi (Martinez) was. “They are all very humble. We’ll go back to our coach home. Our players as well will remember this for a long time. “A few of the Villa players gave them a hug and wished them well which speaks well of the playing squad here. “Emi (Martinez) played for me for four months at Rotherham and he was simply stunning at us. I was really annoyed when my staff came in and hugged him before the game but I was in the dressing room! “But he came up to me afterwards and said, ‘Typical Evans! Typical Evans! The underdog wins!’ Then he had a big smile. But I’ll catch up with him properly at some stage. “He was hurting, I could tell on his face and, if you’re Emi Martinez and that happens, you’re hurting. I could see the hurt on Watkins’ face, Ashley Young’s face. Is it hurt or embarrassment, maybe it’s both.” Stevenage manager Steve Evans. --- “Philippe Coutinho comes off. “The substitution took longer than usual as they had to dig him out of Luther James-Wildin’s back pocket.” Stevenage Twitter account.
Quotes

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH REPORTS

Opens in New Window

*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 8 January 2023

**League Two Stevenage produced an incredible late comeback to stun Premier League Aston Villa at Villa Park and reach the FA Cup fourth round.** The visiting players and manager Steve Evans celebrated with their supporters at full-time after two goals in the final two minutes clinched a magnificent victory. Substitute Dean Campbell fired in a superb 90th-minute winner after Jamie Reid’s equaliser from the penalty spot - the spot-kick awarded after last man Leander Dendoncker was shown a straight red card for bringing down Campbell. Morgan Sanson’s first goal for Villa had given Unai Emery’s side a half-time lead over a side ranked 59 places below them in the football pyramid. But the hosts, despite their overall superiority, were unable to extend their advantage and they were made to pay in a remarkable conclusion to the match. Fourth tier Stevenage’s reward is a trip to Championship outfit Stoke City in the fourth round, which takes place from 27 to 30 January. For 84 minutes, it all appeared rather straightforward for Aston Villa. But their bid to end their worst ever FA Cup losing run - which extends to an eighth match - unravelled from the moment Dendoncker was dispossessed on the edge of his own box and grabbed the shirt of Campbell. Referee Graham Scott appeared to initially award a free-kick but then produced a red card and pointed to the spot, allowing a video assistant referee review to confirm the penalty. Reid held his nerve to send Robin Olsen the wrong way and put Stevenage on course for a replay - a feat which would have been a fantastic achievement on its own. But the League Two side were not done yet and some quick thinking from Jake Reeves to pass his corner to Campbell resulted in the 21-year-old Scot drilling a shot into the bottom corner and sending the away fans into raptures. Villa have now progressed from just one FA Cup tie since reaching the 2015 final. Stevenage, meanwhile, are the first fourth tier side to beat a Premier League team in an away FA Cup tie for four years. Wasteful Villa made to pay A manager with a rich history in cup competitions, four-time Europa League winner Emery made his intentions clear this week as he announced he was preparing his side for this match with the objective of “winning the FA Cup”. Five years after he joined Barcelona in a £142m move from Liverpool in January 2018, Brazilian Philippe Coutinho started among eight changes from Villa’s midweek Premier League draw with Wolves. The hosts dictated from the start - they ended the match having averaged 78.6% possession - but Douglas Luiz’s long-range effort was the only test for goalkeeper Taye Ashby-Hammond before Stevenage offered their first warning. Luke Norris was unlucky to marginally mistime his run before he provided a great assist to set up Danny Rose for what the visitors momentarily believed was a shock opener. An intricate passing move produced Villa’s opener, Ings teeing up Frenchman Sanson for his first goal for the club, but Stevenage stuck to their task and almost had a stunning equaliser when Norris skimmed the top of the crossbar with an excellent curled attempt. They continued to defend resolutely as Villa increased the pressure after the break. Perhaps too keen to impress in his first start under Emery, the misfiring Coutinho left the field after 65 minutes, having had a match-leading five attempts but landing just one on target. There had been little to suggest the match would end as it did. After all, Stevenage scored with their only two shots on target. But what unfolded will live long in the memory of the 3,000 travelling fans present to witness a truly memorable fightback.
Reports

🟥 8 January 2023, Villa 1-2 Stevenage, Villa Park

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH VIDEO

Videos
bottom of page