Game #4972
Aston Villa
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Won
6th (+1)
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Premier League
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,584
Aston Villa
5-1
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Olof Mellberg | 28โ | Ashley Young | 42โ | Gareth Barry | 53โ |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | ๐ฌ๐ง | 2006-2010
Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Wilfred Bouma | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
CB Olof Mellberg | ๐ธ๐ช | ๐ฅ | ๐ |
CB Zat Knight | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Martin Laursen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
M Stiliyan Petrov | ๐ง๐ฌ |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Ashley Young | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ฅ | โฝ |
CF John Carew | ๐ณ๐ด | โฝ | โฝ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
MANAGER
Alex McLeish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Birmingham City
GK Maik Taylor | ๐ฌ๐ง |
LB David Murphy | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Liam Ridgewell (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Radhi Jaรฏdi | ๐น๐ณ |
RB Stephen Kelly | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Mehdi Nafti | ๐น๐ณ |
M Fabrice Muamba | ๐จ๐ฉ |
W Gary McSheffrey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F James McFadden | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
CF Mauro Zรกrate | ๐ฆ๐ท | ๐ |
CF Cameron Jerome | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ CF Marlon Harewood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CB Olof Mellberg | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 85โ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | CF Mauro Zรกrate | ๐ฆ๐ท | (CF Mikael Forssell | ๐ซ๐ฎ | โฝ |)
๐ | CF Cameron Jerome | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (M Olivier Kapo | ๐ซ๐ท |)
๐ฉ 20 April 2008, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Villa chalk up fifteen goals in three Premier League games as Birmingham are humiliated at Villa Park against a rampant Martin O'Neill side that could have had double figures.
Villa rise back to 6th in the table with three to play.
Villa complete the double over Birmingham for the third time in the last 6 seasons in which the clubs have met in League footballl.
Villa have now won 4 consecutive matches against their neighbours and make it 10 wins and 2 draws in their last 16 meetings dating back to 1987.
Olof Mellberg contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 260th appearance (259 Starts) to make it W90 D76 L94, 8 Goals, 7 Assists, 33 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Ashley Young scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 49th appearance (46 Starts) to make it W20 D16 L13, 10 Goals, 17 Assists and 6 Bookings.
Martin Laursen secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 64th appearance (62 Starts) to make it W25 D23 L16, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Zat Knight makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (23 Starts) to make it W10 D8 L7, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Marlon Harewood secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 22nd appearance (3 Starts) to make it W10 D6 L6, 6 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
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