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Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal - February 21, 1996 / League Cup 1995/1996

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League Cup 1995/1996 - Semi-finals

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

February 21, 1996

39 334

0 - 0

After extra time

Arsenal

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33' - Substitution Ian Tayloris substituted by Paul McGrath33

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70' - Substitution Steve Stauntonis substituted by Riccardo Scimeca70

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103

103' - Substitution Nigel Winterburnis substituted by David Platt

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Arsenal

Aston Villa Arsenal

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

1 Bosnich

Mark Bosnich

Australia

B.date13/01/1972

Age24 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

3 Staunton70

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

4 Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

16 Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

2 Charles

Gary Charles

England

B.date13/04/1970

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

14 Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age24 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Taylor33

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Draper

Mark Draper

England

B.date11/11/1970

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

11 Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

18 Yorke

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

9 Milosevic

Savo Milosevic

Serbia

B.date02/09/1973

Age22 years

H1m86

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mark Bosnich		24	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Steve Staunton	70	27	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Gareth Southgate		25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Ugo Ehiogu		23	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gary Charles		25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Alan Wright		24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Ian Taylor	33	27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mark Draper		25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Andy Townsend		32	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Dwight Yorke		24	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Savo Milosevic		22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

1 Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age32 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Morrow

Steve Morrow

Northern Ireland

B.date02/07/1970

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

14 Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

12 Linighan

Andy Linighan

England

B.date18/06/1962

Age33 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

3 Winterburn103

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

2 Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

17 Hillier

David Hillier

England

B.date19/12/1969

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

9 Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

10 Bergkamp

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age26 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

8 Wright

Ian Wright

England

B.date03/11/1963

Age32 years

H1m75

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David Seaman		32	299	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Steve Morrow		25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Martin Keown		29	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Andy Linighan		33	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Nigel Winterburn	103	32	400	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Lee Dixon		31	375	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	David Hillier		26	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Ray Parlour		22	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Paul Merson		27	373	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp		26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Ian Wright		32	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

210

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
5	D		Paul McGrath	33	36	295	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D		Riccardo Scimeca	70	20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		David Platt	103	29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Taylor

Tommy Johnson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Morrow

John Jensen

OUT

Ray Parlour

Glenn Helder

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Little

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Little vs Arsenal

0 victory

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 1996

Little vs Rioch

1 victory

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Bruce Rioch

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Rioch vs Aston Villa

6 victories

5 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 1996

Rioch vs Little

2 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1996

Referee

Keith Burge

6 victories	2 draws	6 losses	Aston Villa14 matches	General total	Arsenal13 matches	7 victories	2 draws	4 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Aston Villa1 match	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 01, 1999					Latest figure on March 31, 1998

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bruce Rioch has done less than 0.86 goals conceded per game .

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Little has reached 42% of clean sheets .

Arsenal keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a loss in League Cup running (since 19/09/1995). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/09/1992-10/11/1993 time period (13 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DAston Villa 1-1 Arsenal02/12/1995

VAston Villa 4-1 Coventry16/12/1995

VAston Villa 1-0 Wolverhampton10/01/1996

VAston Villa 2-1 Tottenham21/01/1996

LAston Villa 0-2 Liverpool31/01/1996

VAston Villa 3-0 Leeds United03/02/1996

Overall

VSheffield United 0-1 Aston Villa28/01/1996

LAston Villa 0-2 Liverpool31/01/1996

VAston Villa 3-0 Leeds United03/02/1996

VBolton Wanderers 0-2 Aston Villa10/02/1996

DArsenal 2-2 Aston Villa14/02/1996

VIpswich Town 1-3 Aston Villa17/02/1996

Current form

Away

DSouthampton 0-0 Arsenal09/12/1995

LLiverpool 3-1 Arsenal23/12/1995

LNewcastle United 2-0 Arsenal02/01/1996

VMiddlesbrough 2-3 Arsenal13/01/1996

LSheffield United 1-0 Arsenal17/01/1996

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal10/02/1996

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 2-3 Arsenal13/01/1996

LSheffield United 1-0 Arsenal17/01/1996

LArsenal 1-2 Everton20/01/1996

DArsenal 1-1 Coventry03/02/1996

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal10/02/1996

DArsenal 2-2 Aston Villa14/02/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
4	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

13	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.17	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.83
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dwight Yorke	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Ian Wright
Dwight Yorke	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Tony Adams
Dwight Yorke	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ian Wright
Dwight Yorke	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Mark Draper	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Ian Wright
Dwight Yorke	5 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 5 matches	Dennis Bergkamp

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

38 v

16 d

18 l

140 gf

99 ga

Away

77 matches

23 v

16 d

38 l

90 gf

131 ga

Total

149 matches

61 v

32 d

56 l

230 gf

230 ga

Historical head to head

Home

77 matches

38 v

16 d

23 l

131 gf

90 ga

Away

72 matches

18 v

16 d

38 l

99 gf

140 ga

Total

149 matches

56 v

32 d

61 l

230 gf

230 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 28, 1920
Home	5 - 0	August 28, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 14, 1935
Away	7 - 1	December 14, 1935

Latest head to head

February 14, 1996 - League Cup 1995/1996

Arsenal

2 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 02, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Arsenal

October 21, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

2 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 17, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Aston Villa

0 - 4

Arsenal

December 26, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Arsenal

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Tony Hateley	6 goals	1963 - 1966
Bobby Thomson	6 goals	1961 - 1962
Peter McParland	4 goals	1958 - 1961
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Gary Shelton	3 goals	1979 - 1979
Dwight Yorke	3 goals	1995 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Tony Woodcock	8 goals	1982 - 1985
Ted Drake	8 goals	1935 - 1935
Ian Wright	6 goals	1993 - 1995
Alan Skirton	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Alan Smith	5 goals	1988 - 1991
Joe Baker	5 goals	1962 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Gordon Cowans	20 matches	1977 - 1991
Allan Evans	18 matches	1978 - 1988
Nigel Spink	18 matches	1983 - 1994
Dennis Mortimer	14 matches	1976 - 1984
Paul McGrath	14 matches	1989 - 1995
Charlie Aitken	12 matches	1961 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

David O'Leary	31 matches	1975 - 1992
Paul Davis	19 matches	1981 - 1994
Graham Rix	17 matches	1977 - 1986
Nigel Winterburn	17 matches	1988 - 1996
Lee Dixon	16 matches	1988 - 1996
Kenny Sansom	16 matches	1980 - 1986