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Game #4972

Aston Villa

Sunday, 20 April 2008

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Won

6th (+1)

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

Premier League

Birmingham City

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,584

Aston Villa

5-1

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Birmingham City

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Assist(s) | Olof Mellberg | 28โ€™ | Ashley Young | 42โ€™ | Gareth Barry | 53โ€™ |

MANAGER

Martin O'Neill | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง | 2006-2010

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Aston Villa

GK Scott Carson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Wilfred Bouma | ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ |
CB Olof Mellberg | ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช | ๐Ÿ”ฅ | ๐Ÿ” |
CB Zat Knight | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Martin Laursen | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ |
M Gareth Barry | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
M Stiliyan Petrov | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Ashley Young | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ | โšฝ |
CF John Carew | ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด | โšฝ | โšฝ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |

MANAGER

Alex McLeish | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |

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Birmingham City

GK Maik Taylor | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง |
LB David Murphy | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Liam Ridgewell (ex) | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Radhi Jaรฏdi | ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ |
RB Stephen Kelly | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
M Mehdi Nafti | ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ |
M Fabrice Muamba | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ |
W Gary McSheffrey | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F James McFadden | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸจ |
CF Mauro Zรกrate | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Cameron Jerome | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |

SUBSTITUTES

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๐Ÿ” CF Marlon Harewood | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CB Olof Mellberg | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 85โ€™ |

SUBSTITUTES

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๐Ÿ” | CF Mauro Zรกrate | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท | (CF Mikael Forssell | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ | โšฝ |)
๐Ÿ” | CF Cameron Jerome | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (M Olivier Kapo | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท |)

๐ŸŸฉ 20 April 2008, Villa 5-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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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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