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Game #5728

Aston Villa

2-0-1, 6 PTS

Saturday, 31 August 2024

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Won

6th (+6)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Premier League

Leicester City

0-1-2, 1 PTS

King Power Stadium

Attendance: 31,725

🟩 31 August 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power Stadium

Leicester City

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s): Ollie Watkins | 28' | Lucas Digne | 63’ |

🟩 31 August 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power Stadium

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 31 August 2024

❗| 2’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins assisted by Youri Tielemans
🟨 | 8’ Booking, Amadou Onana, Bad Foul
🔁 | 16’ Sub off, Leon Bailey (Injury), Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
❗| 21’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins assisted by Morgan Rogers
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-0, Amadou Onana, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🟨 | 40’ Booking, Youri Tielemans, Bad Foul
🕒 | 45’+3 HT Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Lamare Bogarde, Bad Foul
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Amadou Onana (Injury), Sub on, Ross Barkley
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-0, Jhon Durán, Assist by Lucas Digne
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 2-1, (Leicester City), Facundo Buonanotte
🟨 | 74’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad Foul
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Lamare Bogarde, Sub on, Kosta Nedeljkovic
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
💥 | 90’+1, 7 minutes of injury time signalled
🟨 | 90’+2 Booking, Jhon Durán, Bad Foul
🕒 | 90’+9 FT Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Villa Possession 42.9%
Opposition Possession 57.1%

Villa Shots 10
Opposition Shots 9

Villa Shots on Target 5
Opposition Shots on Target 3

Villa Shots off Target 3
Opposition Shots off Target 5

Villa Blocked Shots 2
Opposition Blocked Shots 1

Villa Touches in Box 22
Opposition Touches in Box 16

Villa Fouls 21
Opposition Fouls 13

Villa Corners 4
Opposition Corners 1

🟩 31 August 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power Stadium

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 31 August 2024

  • Amadou Onana scores his second goal in three appearances in a Villa shirt and becomes the 3rd player to score in each of his first 2 away Premier League appearances for the club after Robbie Keane (February 2012) and Moussa Diaby (August 2023). Onana now has a record of W2 D0 L1, 2 Goals and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Jhon Durán scores his second goal in three games this season and his 10th in 52 appearances (10 Starts) with his first touch just 131 seconds after coming on to make it W26 D10 L16, 10 Goals and 10 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every start he has made so far in his Villa career.

  • Lucas Digne contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 75th start (96 Appearances) to make it W43 D18 L35, 4 Goals, 11 Assists and 17 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Lamare Bogarde, 20, makes his second appearance in a Villa shirt and his first start and first League game, Bogarde’s only other appearance came in the FA Cup defeat to Liverpool when Villa fielded 16 debutants on 8 January 2021. Bogarde now has a record of W1 D0 L1, 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

  • Emiliano Martínez secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 162nd appearance to make it W75 D30 L47, 199 Goals Conceded, 54 Clean Sheets, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Jacob Ramsey makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (81 Starts) to make it W57 D19 L49, 13 Goals, 13 Assists and 16 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Morgan Rogers secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (15 Starts) to make it W10 D4 L5, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • John McGinn collects his 57th booking in a Villa shirt on his 239th appearance (229 Starts) as he closes on Gareth Barry’s total of 62 in 440 games.

  • Joe Gauci makes it 14 squad appearances without making his debut equalling Lee Collins record for an outfield player but still behind fellow goalkeeper Andy Marshall’s 34.

🟩 31 August 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power Stadium

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2020-21

Aston Villa

💰 Total Squad Cost incl. Loans : €520.74m / £443.76m

🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Squad Size incl. Loans : 42

8th Highest Squad Cost of 20 Premier League Clubs in 2024-25


🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Squad Size excl. Loans : 27

* Goalkeepers : 4

* Defenders : 6 

* Full Backs : 4

* Midfielders : 8

* Wingers : 3

* Forwards : 2


➡️   Loaned Out : 15 Players : €83.30m / £70.12m


💸 Last Transfer Window :

* Players In : 8

* Players Out : 12

* Fees Spent : €176.20m / £150.83m

* Fees Raised : €167.80m / £142.96m

* Profit on Sales : +€62.83m / +£53.53m

* Net Spend : +€8.40m / +£7.16m

Leicester City

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💰 Total Squad Cost incl. Loans : €308.50m / £259.71m

🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Squad Size incl. Loans : 32


🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Squad Size excl. Loans : 28

* Goalkeepers : 4

* Defenders : 4

* Full Backs : 4

* Midfielders : 9

* Wingers : 3

* Forwards : 4


➡️   Loaned Out : 4 Players : €25.80m / £21.72m


💸 Last Transfer Window :

* Players In : 9

* Players Out : 4

* Fees Spent : €86.80m / £73.07m

* Fees Raised : €35.40m / £30.00m

* Loss on Sales : -€11.50m / -£9.80m

* Net Spend : +€51.40m / +£43.27m

FIXTURE HISTORY

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

🟩 31 August 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power Stadium

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 2024-25
Matchday: #3
League Game: #3
Manager Game: #86
Date: Saturday, 31 August 2024
Attendance: 31,725

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Referee: David Coote | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottinghamshire, 2010-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 86 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 15 🟥 25 | 1.78

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

🟩 31 August 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power Stadium

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Coote | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottinghamshire, 2010-
Matches Officiated: 20
🟩 : 11
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 14 Aprll 2024, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Emirates Stadium
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Timothy Wood, Craig Taylor.
Fourth official: Darren Bond.
VAR: Alex Chilowicz.
Assistant VAR: Darren Cann.

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Amadou Onana, Bad Foul
🟨 Youri Tielemans, Bad Foul
🟨 Lamare Bogarde, Bad Foul
🟨 John McGinn, Bad Foul
🟨 Jhon Durán, Bad Foul

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🟨 Oliver Skipp, Bad Foul
🟨 Caleb Okoli, Bad Foul
🟨 Jamie Vardy, Bad Foul
🟨 Harry Winks

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Lamare Bogarde comes in for his first Premier League start aged 20 and second start in a Villa shirt. Matty Cash misses out with a hamstring problem suffered against Arsenal that’s likely to keep him out for a month and Diego Carlos misses his first squad of the season.

Sil Swinkles comes into the squad for the first time since February 2023.

Referee
Manager

🟩 31 August 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power Stadium

MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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Aston Villa

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Steve Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Mads Hermansen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Victor Kristiansen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Caleb Okoli | 🇮🇹 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Wout Faes | 🇧🇪 |
RB James Justin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Oliver Skipp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Harry Winks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Wilfred Ndidi | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
W Issahaku Fatawu | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
CF Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
CF Jamie Vardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Line Ups

🟩 31 August 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power Stadium

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 16’ |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 61’ |
🔁 | M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | 62’ |
🔁 | RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 | for M Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | 79’ |
🔁 | LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | for M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Stephy Mavididi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 67’ |
🔁 | M Bilal El Khannouss | 🇲🇦 | for M Oliver Skipp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 68’ |
🔁 | M Facundo Buonanotte | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ | for W Issahaku Fatawu | 🇬🇭 | 68’ |
🔁 | M Bobby De Cordova-Reid | 🇯🇲 | for M Wilfred Ndidi | 🇳🇬 | 89’ |
🔁 | W Kasey McAteer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Caleb Okoli | 🇮🇹 | 92’ |

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 |
GK Oliwier Zych | 🇵🇱 |
CB Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Daniel Iversen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Jannik Vestergaard | 🇩🇰 |
RB Ricardo Pereira | 🇵🇹 |
M Boubakary Soumaré | 🇫🇷 |

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

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SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Goalkeepers
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | €17.40m / £14.75m
GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 | €1.50m / £1.27m
GK Oliwier Zych | 🇵🇱 | Youth

Defenders
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | €33.00m / £27.97m
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €13.30m / £11.27m
CB Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 | Youth

Full Backs
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | €44.50m / £37.71m
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | €30.00m / £25.43m
RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 | €7.60m / £6.44m

Midfielders
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | €59.35m / £50.02m
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €9.40m / £7.97m
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | €3.10m / £2.63m
M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €5.90m / £5.00m
M Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Youth
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free

Wingers
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | €38.40m / £32.54m
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | €32.00m / £27.12m

Forwards
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €34.00m / £28.82m
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | €16.64m / £14.10m

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Goalkeepers
GK Mads Hermansen | 🇩🇰 | €7.70m / £6.53m | 24 |
GK Daniel Iversen | 🇩🇰 | €260k / £220k | 27 |

Defenders
CB Jannik Vestergaard | 🇩🇰 | €17.60m / £14.91m | 32 |
CB Wout Faes | 🇧🇪 | €17.00m / £14.41m | 26 |
🆕 CB Caleb Okoli | 🇮🇹 | €14.00m / £11.83m | 23 |

Full Backs
RB Ricardo Pereira | 🇵🇹 | €22.00m / £18.64m | 30 |
LB Victor Kristiansen | 🇩🇰 | €14.00m / £11.86m | 21 |
RB James Justin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €6.70m / £5.68m | 26 |

Midfielders
🆕 M Oliver Skipp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €23.50m / £20.03m | 23 |
🆕 M Bilal El Khannouss | 🇲🇦 | €20.50m / £17.26m | 20 |
M Boubakary Soumaré | 🇫🇷 | €20.00m / £16.95m | 25 |
M Wilfred Ndidi | 🇳🇬 | €17.60m / £14.91m | 27 |
M Harry Winks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €11.60m / £9.83m | 28 |
🆕 M Bobby De Cordova-Reid | 🇯🇲 | Free | 31 |
🆕 M Facundo Buonanotte | 🇦🇷 | Loan | 19 |

Wingers
🆕 W Issahaku Fatawu | 🇬🇭 | €17.00m / £14.42m | 20 |
W Stephy Mavididi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €7.50m / £6.36m | 26 |
W Kasey McAteer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 22 |

Forwards
🆕 CF Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | €5.90m / £4.97m | 32 |
CF Jamie Vardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €1.24m / £1.05m | 37 |

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 5 |
1. CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ACL, 20 Aug 2023 [58]
2. M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | ACL, 17 Feb 2024 [23]
3. RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | Hamstring, 31 Aug 2024 [1]
4. CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | Unknown, 31 Aug 2024 [1]
5. W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unknown, 31 Aug 2024 [1]

Out on Loan | 15 |
1. M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | €20.00m / £16.95m, 32, Vasco da Gama
2. M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 20, Shrewsbury
3. GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 21, Crewe
4. W Lewis Dobbin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €11.80m / £10.00m, 19, West Bromwich Albion
5. CB Josh Feeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Shrewsbury
6. F Louie Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €1.00m / £850k, 21, Stockport
7. RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 21, Preston
8. LB Lino Sousa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free, 19, Bristol Rovers
9. GK James Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Real Unión
10. LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | €13.50m / £11.44m, 31, Forest
11. CB Finley Munroe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Real Unión
12. M Samuel Iling-Junior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €14.00m / £11.89m, 20, Bologna
13. M Enzo Barrenechea | 🇦🇷 | €8.00m / £6.80m, 23, Valencia
14. M Rico Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free, 20, Port Vale
15. M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | €15.00m / £12.71m, 29, Anderlecht

Not Selected | 2 |
1. GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | €3.50m / £2.97m
2. CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €2.80m / £2.37m

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
1. GK Jakub Stolarczyk | 🇵🇱 | Free | 23 |
2. CF Patson Daka | 🇿🇲 | €30.00m / £25.42m | 25 |

Out on Loan | 4 |
1. CB Harry Souttar | 🇦🇺 | €17.00m / £14.41m, 25, Sheffield United
2. W Wanya Marçal | 🇵🇹 | Youth, 21, De Graafschap
3. CF Tom Cannon | 🇮🇪 | €8.80m / £7.46m, 21, Stoke
4. CB Ben Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 20, Oxford

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

"I’m very happy because after three matches we have six points. We lost against Arsenal but competed the way we wanted. To get three points here today is fantastic. "We competed very well in the first match against West Ham, in the second game against Arsenal and again here today. "We have some days off now. We want a rest. We need to prepare for the next weeks in the Premier League and the Champions League. "We have a lot of players going with the national teams now. It’s good, because it tells us the players are progressing. It’s fantastic. "Very happy. We competed like we did in the first two matches. It is a difficult moment for every team while playing with the transfer window still open. Some players might be confused as we are changing players in the Premier League and across the world. We played each match this month being competitive and focusing on them. "The Premier League is our first objective because through it we can play in Europe. The points today and the win at West Ham were fantastic. We achieved the points. Even against Arsenal we played very well. We tried to stay consistent in the same style and show the same commitment. "Today I am very happy, we spoke about our supporters before. We feel good playing away because they are supporting us and helping us. We can feel them that they are here and today was very important to play like we did, to compete and use different players as well. Lamare Bogarde played his first match, Duran scored a goal and Ross Barkley had a good impact. We closed August with three matches with six points and we have to be happy but keep going. "He [Lamare Bogarde] played comfortable. We played him in pre-season and when we use young players, it is because they have the potential. When we need them they must be ready, knowing our style, idea and demands. Bogarde played good matches in pre-season, trained every day and after the injuries to Cash and Carlos, we prepared for different options to choose the players playing there. Bogarde has qualities to play there and to do well. He played well. "Always we speak about his [Jhon Durán’s] potential and the most important is that he focuses and he has consistency with us. When he arrived in pre-season, he was focusing to stay with us. He has trained well and he has started playing against West Ham, last week and today. He is having chances and scoring. "He is focused. I didn’t need to speak a lot with him about his future because I watched him focusing here in training. He is playing as well doing what we were planning. He is scoring goals which is fantastic. The squad we have now, I am happy. Even with some injuries like Jaden, who wasn’t available until the last moment, Cash, Diego Carlos, Kamara, Mings, we have still have young players with potential as well. We have to give them chances to understand our style so they can play helping us like Lamare today. "Ollie didn’t score but I’m happy with him. This is the way. He’s playing very well. He’s doing his work but he’s getting his chances. He’s going to score. "Even when Watkins is not scoring, he is doing good work. He had two very good chances last week and today he had two very good chances. The goalkeeper saved them last week and now. We have to try and get the best performances individually and collectively. "It [Leon Bailey’s injury] is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury. "He [Jaden Philogene-Bidace] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today. In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain. "His [Amadou Onana’s] adaptation is being very good and he is understanding quickly everything. We are working with him a lot. He is hungry to grow up because he is young and he has lots of potential. Progressively he is adapting to our structure. Today I am also very happy with Ross Barkley. He was fantastic in the minutes he played. "One potential he has is from set-pieces. He scored against West Ham and then again today. His mentality is a good mentality. We are being very demanding with the mentality we want to build here. I am happy as the set-pieces are very important. We focus a lot on them with Austin and the players are aware of the importance of them. "Sometimes it depends how many injuries you have. Last year we struggled with three ACL injuries with Mings, Buendia and Kamara. We struggled as well with Moreno and Ramsey because they had injuries which for both of them a long time. We are ready in case we have injuries to choose in the squad different players being versatile. "For example, John McGinn is already ready to play in different positions. His versatility for us is very, very important. He plays very well and today on the right side he is fantastic. Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not. We need to have players who perform good collectively in the demands we have. "We were very demanding how we were closing the squad with the players we will need more or less in our plan and letting some players leave on loan and playing more minutes so they can get experiences, then coming back next year. We added young players to the squad like Lamare, Sil and there are other players in the under-21s who we can work with. Unai Emery.
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