Game #4968
Aston Villa
Saturday, 22 March 2008
Lost
7th (-1)
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Premier League
Sunderland
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
Aston Villa
0-1
Sunderland
Assist(s) | None
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 |
CB Zat Knight | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Shaun Maloney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ |
M Craig Gardner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
W Ashley Young | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF John Carew | ๐ณ๐ด |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
MANAGER
Roy Keane | ๐ฎ๐ช |
Sunderland
GK Craig Gordon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
LB Kieran Richardson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Nyron Nosworthy | ๐ฏ๐ฒ |
CB Danny Collins | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
CB Jonny Evans | ๐ฌ๐ง |
RB Phil Bardsley (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
RB Carlos Edwards | ๐น๐น | ๐ |
M Dean Whitehead | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy Reid | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CF Roy OโDonovan | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐จ | ๐ |
CF Daryl Murphy | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ CF Marlon Harewood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Nigel Reo-Coker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 57โ |
๐ M Isaiah Osbourne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Shaun Maloney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 74โ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | RB Carlos Edwards | ๐น๐น | (M Grant Leadbitter | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐ | CF Roy OโDonovan | ๐ฎ๐ช | (CF Michael Chopra | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |)
๐ | CF Daryl Murphy | ๐ฎ๐ช | (CF Dwight Yorke (ex) | ๐น๐น |)
๐ฅ 22 March 2008, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 22 March 2008
Having lost once in their previous fourteen Premier League games, Villa lose consecutive matches as form wobbles under Martin O'Neill with seven games left to play and a top six finish the target.
A late goal earn struggling Sunderland their first away win of the season and leaves Villa with successive defeats under Martin O'Neill for the first time since December.
Gareth Barry makes his 385th appearance in a Villa shirt (370 Starts) to make it W143 D110 L132, 38 Goals, 40 Assists, 53 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
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