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Litex Lovech 1-3 Aston Villa - September 18, 2008 / (C3) UEFA Cup 2008/2009

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(C3) UEFA Cup 2008/2009 - First round

Gradski - Lovech - Bulgaria

September 18, 2008

1 - 3

Aston Villa

England

Ivelin Popov

10'

45'

Nigel Reo-Coker

72'

Gareth Barry (penalty)

90+2'

Stilian Petrov

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10' - Goal Ivelin Popov10

45' - Goal Nigel Reo-Coker

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60' - Red card Cédric Cambon60

62' - Substitution Dudu Paraíbais substituted by Alexandre Barthe62

68' - Substitution Craig Gardneris substituted by Marlon Harewood

71' - Red card Mihail Venkov71

72' - Goal Gareth Barry

74' - Substitution Nigel Reo-Cokeris substituted by Wayne Routledge

75' - Substitution Stanislav Manolevis substituted by Jérémy Acédo75

78' - Substitution Gareth Barryis substituted by Moustapha Salifou

85' - Substitution Tomis substituted by Emil Angelov85

92' - Goal Stilian Petrov

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Litex Lovech

1 - 3

Aston Villa

Litex Lovech Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Litex Lovech

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Niflore

Wilfried Niflore

France

B.date29/04/1981

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Popov10

Ivelin Popov

Bulgaria

B.date26/10/1987

Age20 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

Dudu Paraíba62

Dudu Paraíba

Brazil

B.date11/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Tom85

Tom

Brazil

B.date23/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Sandrinho

Brazil

B.date05/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Manolev75

Stanislav Manolev

Bulgaria

B.date16/12/1985

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Venkov71

Mihail Venkov

Bulgaria

B.date28/07/1983

Age25 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Cambon60

Cédric Cambon

France

B.date20/09/1986

Age21 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Nikolov

Plamen Nikolov

Bulgaria

B.date12/06/1985

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Berberovic

Dzemal Berberovic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date05/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Golubovic

Uros Golubovic

Serbia

B.date19/06/1976

Age32 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Uros Golubovic		32	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cédric Cambon	60	21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Plamen Nikolov		23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stanislav Manolev	75	22	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dudu Paraíba	62	23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mihail Venkov	71	25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dzemal Berberovic		26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom	85	23	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sandrinho		28	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wilfried Niflore		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivelin Popov	10	20	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Agbonlahor

Gabriel Agbonlahor

England

B.date13/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

Milner

James Milner

England

B.date04/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Gardner68

Craig Gardner

England

B.date25/11/1986

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Petrov92

Stilian Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight central midfielder

Reo-Coker4574

Nigel Reo-Coker

England

B.date14/05/1984

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Barry7278

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Laursen

Martin Laursen

Denmark

B.date26/07/1977

Age31 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Cuéllar

Carlos Cuéllar

Spain

B.date23/08/1981

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Young

Luke Young

England

B.date19/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age37 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		37	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Cuéllar		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Laursen		31	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Gardner	68	21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luke Young		29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Reo-Coker	4574	24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Barry	7278	27	401	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stilian Petrov	92	29	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Milner		22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gabriel Agbonlahor		21	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Alexandre Barthe	62	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jérémy Acédo	75	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emil Angelov	85	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Moustapha Salifou	78	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne Routledge	74	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marlon Harewood	68	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Plamen Nikolov

Alexandre Barthe

OUT

Dzemal Berberovic

Alexis Bertin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carlos Cuéllar

Curtis Davies

OUT

James Milner

Ashley Young

OUT

Craig Gardner

John Carew

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Stanimir Stoilov

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

66 %

Stoilov vs Aston Villa

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 18, 2008

Stoilov vs O'Neill

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 18, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

O'Neill vs Litex Lovech

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 18, 2008

O'Neill vs Stoilov

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 18, 2008

Referee

Christoforos Zografos

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Litex Lovech1 match	General total	Aston Villa1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Litex Lovech1 match	Season total	Aston Villa1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 18, 2008					Latest figure on September 18, 2008

Videos

March 10, 2013

Comments

Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 5 consecutive wins away from home in Europa League running (since 29/09/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

Gabriel Agbonlahor played his game number 100 in his professional career with

End of streak for Litex Lovech after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in Europa League (since 02/08/2007). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 24/08/2006 (2 matches)

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLitex Lovech 3-1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv25/04/2008

VLitex Lovech 4-0 Marek Dupnitza04/05/2008

VLitex Lovech 2-1 Chernomorets Burgas17/05/2008

DLitex Lovech 0-0 Hapoël Kiryat Shmona14/08/2008

VLitex Lovech 2-0 Minyor Pernik17/08/2008

VLitex Lovech 2-0 Vihren Sandanski31/08/2008

Overall

DLitex Lovech 0-0 Hapoël Kiryat Shmona14/08/2008

VLitex Lovech 2-0 Minyor Pernik17/08/2008

DPirin Blagoevgrad 1-1 Litex Lovech23/08/2008

VHapoël Kiryat Shmona 1-2 Litex Lovech28/08/2008

VLitex Lovech 2-0 Vihren Sandanski31/08/2008

DBotev Plovdiv 1-1 Litex Lovech13/09/2008

Current form

Away

DEverton 2-2 Aston Villa27/04/2008

DWest Ham 2-2 Aston Villa11/05/2008

DOdense 2-2 Aston Villa19/07/2008

VFH Hafnarfjordur 1-4 Aston Villa14/08/2008

LStoke City 3-2 Aston Villa23/08/2008

VTottenham 1-2 Aston Villa15/09/2008

Overall

VFH Hafnarfjordur 1-4 Aston Villa14/08/2008

VAston Villa 4-2 Manchester City17/08/2008

LStoke City 3-2 Aston Villa23/08/2008

DAston Villa 1-1 FH Hafnarfjordur28/08/2008

DAston Villa 0-0 Liverpool31/08/2008

VTottenham 1-2 Aston Villa15/09/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	18	7
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	7	1
Conceding streak	6	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

127	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	77
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	8

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	4
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Sandrinho	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Martin Laursen
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Martin Laursen
Sandrinho	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Craig Gardner