Villa vs.
AZ Alkmaar
🟩 9 November 2023, ECL, Villa 2-1 AZ, Villa Park
Game #5687
Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Luis Godinho | 🇵🇹 | Borba, 2014-
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #18 |
European Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #45 |
Thursday, 9 November 2023
Attendance | 40,000 |
Scorer(s): Diego Carlos | 61’ | Ollie Watkins | 81’ |
Assist(s): Leon Bailey | 61’ | Douglas Luiz | 81’ |
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | 🔁
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 🔁
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 🔥 | 🔁
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 🔁
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Substitutes
🔁 | RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | for CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | 74’ |
🔁 | M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔥 | for M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 74’ |
🔁 | M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | for W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 74’ |
🔁 | W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 90’ |
🔁 | CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | for CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | 90’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
GK Filip Marschall | 🏴 |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 |
Starting XI
GK Mathew Ryan | 🇦🇺 |
RB Yukinari Sugawara | 🇯🇵 |
CB Bruno Martins Indi | 🇳🇱 |
LB Mees de Wit | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
LB David Møller Wolfe | 🇳🇴 |
M Riechedly Bazoer | 🇳🇱 | 🔥 |
M Jordy Clasie | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Sven Mijnans | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
W Ibrahim Sadiq | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
W Ruben van Bommel | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Vangelis Pavlidis | 🇬🇷 | ⚽ |
Substitutes
🔁 | CF Ernest Poku | 🇳🇱 | for W Ibrahim Sadiq | 🇬🇭 | 69’ |
🔁 | M Djordje Mihailovic | 🇺🇸 | for LB Mees de Wit | 🇳🇱 | 69’ |
🔁 | W Myron van Brederode | 🇳🇱 | for W Ruben van Bommel | 🇳🇱 | 69’ |
🔁 | W Jens Odgaard | 🇩🇰 | for M Sven Mijnans | 🇳🇱 | 88’ |
🔁 | M Oliveira Dantas | 🇵🇹 | for M Jordy Clasie | 🇳🇱 | 88’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Hobie Verhulst | 🇳🇱 |
GK Daniël Virginio Deen | 🇳🇱 |
CB Alexandre Penetra | 🇵🇹 |
CB Maxim Dekker | 🇳🇱 |
CB Wouter Goes | 🇳🇱 |
RB Denso Kasius | 🇳🇱 |
M Kenzo Goudmijn | 🇳🇱 |
W Jens Odgaard | 🇩🇰 |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Clément Lenglet, Assist by Leon Bailey
🎥 | 3’ VAR Review
💥 | 3’ Disallowed, 0-0, Goal incorrectly disallowed for offside
🕒 | 45’+3 HT Aston Villa 0-0 AZ Alkmaar
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 0-1, (AZ Alkmaar), Vangelis Pavlidis
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-1, Diego Carlos, Assist by Leon Bailey
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Ezri Konsa, Sub on, Matty Cash
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Youri Tielemans, Sub on, Douglas Luiz
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Moussa Diaby, Sub on, Nicolò Zaniolo
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 2-1, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Douglas Luiz
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Bertrand Traoré
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Diego Carlos, Sub on, Pau Torres
🕒 | 90’+6 HT Aston Villa 2-1 AZ Alkmaar
On This Day
Villa, undermined by VAR early on, fall behind before quality tells and Unai Emery's men march on in Europe.
Bertrand Traoré makes his 62nd and final appearance for the club (34 Starts) since joining in September 2020) to leave with a record of W26 D11 L25, 10 Goals, 6 Assists, 2 Bookings across his Villa Career.
Ezri Konsa makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (155 Appearances) since joining the club in July 2019 to make it W66 D27 L62, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 22 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Diego Carlos scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W9 D1 L5, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
Moussa Diaby secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 16th appearance (14 Starts) to make it W10 D1 L5, 3 Goals, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
🟩 26 October 2023, ECL, Villa 4-1 AZ, AFAS Stadion
Game #5684
Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Sven Jablonski | 🇩🇪 | Bremen, 2008-
Kick off: 5.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #15 |
European Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #42 |
Thursday, 26 October 2023
Attendance | 16,633 |
Scorer(s): Leon Bailey | 13' | Youri Tielemans | 23' | Ollie Watkins | 51' | John McGinn | 56' |
Assist(s): John McGinn | 23' | Leon Bailey | 56' |
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
Substitutes
🔁 | M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | for M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 69’ |
🔁 | W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | for M John McGinn | 🏴 | 81’ |
🔁 | M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | for M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 86’ |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 86’ |
🔁 | W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 87’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
GK Filip Marschall | 🏴 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 |
Starting XI
GK Mathew Ryan | 🇦🇺 |
RB Yukinari Sugawara | 🇯🇵 |
CB Alexandre Penetra | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
LB David Møller Wolfe | 🇳🇴 |
LB Mees de Wit | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Riechedly Bazoer | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Jordy Clasie | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Sven Mijnans | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Ibrahim Sadiq | 🇬🇭 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Myron van Brederode | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Vangelis Pavlidis | 🇬🇷 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CB Bruno Martins Indi | 🇳🇱 | for CB Alexandre Penetra | 🇵🇹 | 46’ |
🔁 | M Tiago Dantas | 🇵🇹 | for M Sven Mijnans | 🇳🇱 | 46’ |
🔁 | W Jens Odgaard | 🇩🇰 | for W Ibrahim Sadiq | 🇬🇭 | 67’ |
🔁 | W Ruben van Bommel | 🇳🇱 | for W Myron van Brederode | 🇳🇱 | 67’ |
🔁 | M Djordje Mihailovic | 🇺🇸 | for LB Mees de Wit | 🇳🇱 | 87’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Hobie Verhulst | 🇳🇱 |
GK Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro | 🇳🇱 |
RB Denso Kasius | 🇳🇱 |
CB Wouter Goes | 🇳🇱 |
M Kenzo Goudmijn | 🇳🇱 |
CF Ernest Poku | 🇳🇱 |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Leon Bailey
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 2-0, Youri Tielemans, Assist by John McGinn
🟨 | 45’+1 Booking, Clément Lenglet, Bad foul
🕒 | 45’+5 HT AZ Alkmaar 0-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 3-0, Ollie Watkins
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 4-0, John McGinn, Assist by Leon Bailey
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 4-1, (AZ Alkmaar), Ibrahim Sadiq
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Nicolò Zaniolo
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Moussa Diaby
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🟨 | 86’ Booking, Leon Bailey
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Boubacar Kamara, Sub on, Leander Dendoncker
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Bertrand Traoré
🕒 | 90’+4 FT AZ Alkmaar 1-4 Aston Villa
On This Day
Is this really happening? Unai Emery has transformed this team and club. Beating the second placed, Eredivisie title chasing AZ with consummate ease just adds to the utter insanity of the blooming fruition of the team that Dean Smith founded. What a time to be Villa.
Villa face AZ Alkmaar for the first time in competitive football, AZ become the 167th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 46th continental European opponents and their second from the Netherlands following their victory over Ajax in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup.
Youri Tielemans scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W10 D1 L4, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
John McGinn scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 198th appearance (190 Starts) to make it W82 D50 L76, 20 Goals, 24 Assists and 48 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Boubacar Kamara makes his 40th appearance in a Villa shirt (36 starts) to make it W22 D4 L14, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Leon Bailey collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 67th appearance (42 Starts) to make it W30 D7 L30, 12 Goals, 9 Assists and 10 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.00 starts so far in his Villa career.