Villa vs.
MŠK Žilina
🟥 4 December 2008, Villa 1-2 MŠK Žilina, Villa Park.
Game #5000
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Espen Berntsen | 🇳🇴 | Vang, 2002-2012
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #25 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Scorer(s) | Nathan Delfouneso | 28’ |
Assist(s) | Marlon Harewood | 28' |
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
Substitutes
🔁 W James Milner | 🏴 | for M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | for M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | 68’ |
🔁 F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | for F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 76’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
Starting XI
GK Dusan Perniš | 🇸🇰 |
LB Vladimir Leitner | 🇸🇰 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Mario Pečalka | 🇸🇰 | 🟨 |
CB Benjamin Vomáčka | 🇨🇿 |
CB Jozef Piaček | 🇸🇰 |
CB Ondrej Šourek | 🇨🇿 |
RB Peter Pekarík | 🇸🇰 |
M Zdeno Štrba | 🇸🇰 |
M Robert Jež | 🇸🇰 | 🔁 |
CF Ádauto | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Štyvar | 🇸🇰 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
Substitutes
🔁 | M Robert Jež | 🇸🇰 | (LB Lucas Tesák | 🇸🇰 |)
🔁 | CF Ádauto | 🇧🇷 | (M Admir Vladavić | 🇧🇦 |)
🔁 | CF Peter Štyvar | 🇸🇰 | (M Emil Rilke | 🇨🇿 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Miroslav Seman | 🇸🇰 |
M Pavol Poliacek | 🇸🇰 |
CF Ivan Belak | 🇸🇰 |
CF Mislav Karoglan | 🇭🇷 |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 16’ Goal, 0-1, (MŠK Žilina), Vladimir Leitner
🥅 | 19’ Goal, 0-2, (MŠK Žilina), Peter Štyvar
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-2, Nathan Delfouneso, Assist by Marlon Harewood
🟨 | 29’ Booking, Nathan Delfouneso
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 MŠK Žilina
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Isaiah Osbourne, Sub on, James Milner
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Moustapha Salifou, Sub on, Gareth Barry
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Nathan Delfouneso, Sub on, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🟥 | 79’ Sending off, (MŠK Žilina), Vladimir Leitner
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 MŠK Žilina
On This Day
Villa suffer their first UEFA Cup setback of the campaign after Martin O'Neill's mass changes don't work out once again but Villa still progress to the Round of 32 with a game still to play.
Villa carry their indifferent League form to Slovakia and lose to Žilina after a much changed line up falls two behind after twenty minutes and are unable to recover.
Villa play their 5,000th game in League and Cup football.
Villa face MŠK Žilina for the first time in competitive football, Žilina become the 156th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 39th continental European opponents and their second from Slovakia after ŠK Slovan Bratislava in their 1993-94 UEFA Cup campaign.
Ashley Young makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (72 Starts) to make it W31 D24 L20, 15 Goals, 29 Assists and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
James Milner makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W21 D13 L16, 3 Goals, 12 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.33 games played so far in his Villa career.
Nathan Delfouneso scores his first goal on his 4th start in a Villa shirt (4 Appearances) to make it W2 D1 L1, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Marlon Harewood contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W14 D10 L12, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Moustapha Salifou makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) to make it W5 D2 L3 so far in his Villa career.