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Aston Villa 3-1 Luton Town - August 31, 1985 / Division 1 1985/1986

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Division 1 1985/1986 - Round 5

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

August 31, 1985

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Luton Town

Mark Walters

Steve Hodge

David Norton

Brian Stein

logo Aston Villa AV

0' - Goal Mark Walters photo Steve Hodge

0' - Goal Steve Hodge photo David Norton

0' - Goal David Norton0

0' - Goal Brian Stein

logo Aston Villa AV

46' - Substitution Rob Johnsonis substituted by Garry Parker

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Luton Town

Aston Villa Luton Town

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Spink

Nigel Spink

England

B.date08/08/1958

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Glover

Dean Glover

England

B.date29/12/1963

Age21 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Ormsby

Brenand Ormsby

England

B.date01/10/1960

Age24 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Dorigo

Tony Dorigo

England

B.date31/12/1965

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Walker

Ray Walker

England

B.date23/09/1963

Age21 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Birch

Paul Birch

England

B.date06/11/1962

Age22 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

Bradley

Darren Bradley

England

B.date24/11/1965

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Walters0

Mark Walters

England

B.date02/06/1964

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Hodge0

Steve Hodge

England

B.date25/10/1962

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Norton0

David Norton

England

B.date03/03/1965

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Daley

Tony Daley

England

B.date18/10/1967

Age17 years

H1m77

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Nigel Spink	27	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Glover	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brenand Ormsby	24	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dorigo	19	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Walker	21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Birch	22	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Bradley	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Walters	21	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hodge	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Norton	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Daley	17	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

21.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Luton Town

Dibble

Andy Dibble

Wales

B.date08/05/1965

Age20 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Johnson46

Rob Johnson

England

B.date22/02/1962

Age23 years

positionDefender

Donaghy

Mal Donaghy

Northern Ireland

B.date13/09/1957

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Breacker

Tim Breacker

England

B.date02/07/1965

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Thomas

Mitchell Thomas

England

B.date02/10/1964

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Nicholas

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age25 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hill

Ricky Hill

England

B.date05/03/1959

Age26 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Preece

David Preece

England

B.date28/05/1963

Age22 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Nwajiobi

Emeka Nwajiobi

Nigeria

B.date25/05/1959

Age26 years

positionForward

Harford

Mick Harford

England

B.date12/02/1959

Age26 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Stein0

Brian Stein

South Africa

B.date19/10/1957

Age27 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andy Dibble		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rob Johnson	46	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mal Donaghy		27	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tim Breacker		20	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mitchell Thomas		20	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas		25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ricky Hill		26	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Preece		22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emeka Nwajiobi		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Harford		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Stein		27	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Garry Parker	46	19	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ray Walker

Andy Gray

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rob Johnson

Garry Parker

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Turner

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Turner vs Luton Town

1 victory

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 1985

Turner vs Pleat

1 victory

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

355

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Pleat vs Aston Villa

5 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 1985

Pleat vs Turner

5 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 1985

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Luton Town running (since 01/10/1983). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/02/1974 (3 matches)

Luton Town keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 28/05/1985).

It's the first time Steve Hodge scores 1 goal in Premier League with

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday06/04/1985

DAston Villa 1-1 Watford24/04/1985

VAston Villa 5-2 Queens Park Rangers27/04/1985

LAston Villa 0-1 Luton Town06/05/1985

DAston Villa 2-2 Liverpool21/08/1985

LAston Villa 1-2 Queens Park Rangers24/08/1985

Overall

LAston Villa 0-1 Luton Town06/05/1985

LLiverpool 2-1 Aston Villa11/05/1985

LManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa17/08/1985

DAston Villa 2-2 Liverpool21/08/1985

LAston Villa 1-2 Queens Park Rangers24/08/1985

DSouthampton 0-0 Aston Villa27/08/1985

Current form

Away

DWest Ham 0-0 Luton Town27/04/1985

VAston Villa 0-1 Luton Town06/05/1985

LChelsea 2-0 Luton Town08/05/1985

LCoventry 1-0 Luton Town23/05/1985

DNewcastle United 2-2 Luton Town21/08/1985

VWest Ham 0-1 Luton Town24/08/1985

Overall

LCoventry 1-0 Luton Town23/05/1985

VLuton Town 2-0 Everton28/05/1985

DLuton Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest17/08/1985

DNewcastle United 2-2 Luton Town21/08/1985

VWest Ham 0-1 Luton Town24/08/1985

DLuton Town 2-2 Arsenal27/08/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	6
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.25
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Mark Walters	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Mick Harford
Mark Walters	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Mick Harford
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mick Harford
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mick Harford
Mark Walters	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Emeka Nwajiobi

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

6 v

1 d

5 l

17 gf

12 ga

Away

12 matches

1 v

3 d

8 l

8 gf

17 ga

Total

24 matches

7 v

4 d

13 l

25 gf

29 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

8 v

3 d

1 l

17 gf

8 ga

Away

12 matches

5 v

1 d

6 l

12 gf

17 ga

Total

24 matches

13 v

4 d

7 l

29 gf

25 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	September 08, 1982
Home	4 - 1	September 08, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 18, 1958
Away	2 - 0	November 11, 1978

Latest head to head

May 06, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Aston Villa

0 - 1

Luton Town logo Luton Town

December 08, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Luton Town

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

February 04, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Luton Town logo Luton Town

October 01, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Luton Town

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 09, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Luton Town

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Luton Town

Gerald Hitchens	3 goals	1958 - 1959
Gordon Cowans	2 goals	1982 - 1982
Gary Shaw	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Dennis Mortimer	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Les Smith	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Peter Withe	1 goal	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

David Moss	3 goals	1982 - 1983
Gordon Turner	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Billy Bingham	1 goal	1959 - 1959
David Preece	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Trevor Aylott	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Brian Stein	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Luton Town

Mark Walters	6 matches	1982 - 1985
Gary Williams	5 matches	1983 - 1985
Peter Withe	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Colin Gibson	5 matches	1983 - 1985
Allan Evans	5 matches	1983 - 1985
Gary Shaw	4 matches	1982 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Mal Donaghy	6 matches	1982 - 1985
Wayne Turner	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Brian Stein	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Ricky Hill	4 matches	1982 - 1984
David Moss	4 matches	1982 - 1984
Les Sealey	4 matches	1983 - 1985