Game #4959
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 January 2008
Won
6th (-)
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
Premier League
Reading
Villa Park
Attendance: 38,288
Aston Villa
3-1
Reading
Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 22โ | 55โ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 88โ |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | ๐ฌ๐ง | 2006-2010
Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Wilfred Bouma | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
CB Martin Laursen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | โฝ |
CB Curtis Davies | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Stiliyan Petrov | ๐ง๐ฌ |
M Craig Gardner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Ashley Young | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฅ | ๐ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐ |
CF John Carew | ๐ณ๐ด | โฝ | โฝ | ๐ |
MANAGER
Steve Coppell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Reading
GK Marcus Hanhemann (yth) | ๐บ๐ธ | ๐จ |
LB Nicky Shorey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB รvar Ingimarsson | ๐ฎ๐ธ |
CB Kalifa Cissรฉ | ๐ฒ๐ฑ |
RB Graeme Murty | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
RB Ulises de la Cruz (ex) | ๐ช๐จ | ๐จ | ๐ |
M Stephen Hunt | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M James Harper | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M Brynjar Gunnarsson | ๐ฎ๐ธ |
CF Kevin Doyle | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐ |
CF Dave Kitson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ M Shaun Maloney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | for W Ashley Young | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 90โ |
๐ CF Marlon Harewood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 90โ |
๐ M Moustapha Salifou | ๐น๐ฌ | ๐ข | for CF John Carew | ๐ณ๐ด | 90โ+1 |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | RB Ulises de la Cruz (ex) | ๐ช๐จ | (M Bobby Convey | ๐บ๐ธ |)
๐ | CF Kevin Doyle | ๐ฎ๐ช | (CF Shane Long | ๐ฎ๐ช |)
๐ | CF Dave Kitson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (CF Leroy Lita | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐ฉ 12 January 2008, Villa 3-1 Reading, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 January 2008
Villa record a third consecutive Premier League victory in six unbeaten games under Martin O'Neill as Reading are swept aside at Villa Park to sit 6th in the Premier League table.
Midfielder Moustapha Salifou, 24, makes his debut for Villa as a 90' substitute after joining from FC Wil 1900 for a fee of ยฃ450,000 in August 2007 to become the 805th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Stiliyan Petrov secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 54th appearance (47 Starts) to make it W20 D18 L16, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Martin Laursen secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance (49 Starts) to make it W20 D19 L12, 7 Goals, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Craig Gardner makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (40 Appearances) to make it W16 D9 L15, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Shaun Maloney makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (11 Starts) to make it W11 D8 L6, 7 Goals and 0 Assists so far in his Villa career.
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