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Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester City - February 27, 1980 / Division 1 1979/1980

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Division 1 1979/1980 - Round 24

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

February 27, 1980

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Manchester City

Gary Shaw

(o.g) Willie Donachie

Paul Power

Michael Robinson

logo Aston Villa AV

0' - Goal Gary Shaw photo Willie Donachie

0' - Own goal Willie Donachie0

0' - Goal Paul Power photo Michael Robinson

0' - Goal Michael Robinson

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logo Manchester City MC

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Manchester City

Aston Villa Manchester City

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age32 years

positionGoalkeeper

Evans

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Gibson

Colin Gibson

England

B.date06/04/1960

Age19 years

positionLeft full-back

Swain

Kenny Swain

England

B.date28/01/1952

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age27 years

positionCentre Midfield

McNaught

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age21 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Bremner

Des Bremner

Scotland

B.date07/09/1952

Age27 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age26 years

positionForward

Morley

Tony Morley

England

B.date26/08/1954

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

Shaw0

Gary Shaw

England

B.date21/01/1961

Age19 years

H1m75

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer	32	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans	23	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Gibson	19	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Swain	28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	27	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught	25	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans	21	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Des Bremner	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little	26	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Morley	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Shaw	19	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

Corrigan

Joe Corrigan

England

B.date18/11/1948

Age31 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Booth

Tommy Booth

England

B.date09/11/1949

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Donachie0

Willie Donachie

Scotland

B.date05/10/1951

Age28 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Ranson

Ray Ranson

England

B.date12/06/1960

Age19 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Reid

Nicky Reid

England

B.date30/10/1960

Age19 years

H1m79

positionDefender

Caton

Tommy Caton

England

B.date06/10/1962

Age17 years

positionCentral defender

Power0

Paul Power

England

B.date30/10/1953

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Henry

Tony Henry

England

B.date26/11/1957

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Bennett

Dave Bennett

England

B.date11/06/1959

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Daley

Steve Daley

England

B.date15/04/1953

Age26 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Robinson0

Michael Robinson

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/07/1958

Age21 years

H1m82

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Corrigan	31	415	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Booth	30	388	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Donachie	28	385	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Ranson	19	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Reid	19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Caton	17	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Power	26	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Henry	22	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Bennett	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Daley	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Robinson	21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

142

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Daley

Roger Palmer

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

297

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Manchester City

3 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on February 27, 1980

Saunders vs Allison

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 27, 1980

Manager

Age

Match num

Malcom Allison

113

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Allison vs Aston Villa

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 27, 1980

Allison vs Saunders

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 27, 1980

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Malcom Allison has registered 50 goal(s) conceded in Premier League since the 01/07/1979 as the manager of Manchester City next after this match..

It's the first time Gary Shaw scores 1 goal vs Manchester City in Premier League

The last time Aston Villa has ended with the score 2-2 vs Manchester City, It was on the 04/02/1957

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 1-3 Liverpool08/12/1979

VAston Villa 3-0 Coventry19/12/1979

VAston Villa 2-1 Everton12/01/1980

VAston Villa 4-1 Cambridge United30/01/1980

VAston Villa 2-0 Crystal Palace02/02/1980

VAston Villa 1-0 Blackburn20/02/1980

Overall

VAston Villa 4-1 Cambridge United30/01/1980

VAston Villa 2-0 Crystal Palace02/02/1980

LArsenal 3-1 Aston Villa09/02/1980

DBlackburn 1-1 Aston Villa16/02/1980

VAston Villa 1-0 Blackburn20/02/1980

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Aston Villa23/02/1980

Current form

Away

VEverton 1-2 Manchester City22/12/1979

LBrighton & Hove 4-1 Manchester City29/12/1979

LHalifax Town 1-0 Manchester City05/01/1980

LSouthampton 4-1 Manchester City19/01/1980

DCoventry 0-0 Manchester City09/02/1980

LNottingham Forest 4-0 Manchester City23/02/1980

Overall

DManchester City 1-1 Tottenham12/01/1980

LSouthampton 4-1 Manchester City19/01/1980

LManchester City 1-3 West Bromwich Albion02/02/1980

DCoventry 0-0 Manchester City09/02/1980

DManchester City 1-1 Leeds United16/02/1980

LNottingham Forest 4-0 Manchester City23/02/1980

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	2
Unbeaten streak	5	3
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	6	15
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	5	9
Drawless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	29
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
11	Victories (Competition total)	9
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
9	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	13
3	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	48
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	32
1.31	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.04	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.66
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.13

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-4 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Gary Shaw	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Michael Robinson
Allan Evans	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Dave Bennett
Allan Evans	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Michael Robinson
Allan Evans	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Brian Little	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 8 matches	Paul Power

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

31 v

12 d

8 l

106 gf

54 ga

Away

49 matches

11 v

10 d

28 l

64 gf

99 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

6 ga

Total

101 matches

42 v

22 d

37 l

171 gf

159 ga

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

28 v

10 d

11 l

99 gf

64 ga

Away

51 matches

8 v

12 d

31 l

54 gf

106 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

1 ga

Total

101 matches

37 v

22 d

42 l

159 gf

171 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 01, 1900
Home	7 - 1	December 01, 1900

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 07, 1935
Away	4 - 1	August 24, 1977

Latest head to head

May 15, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Manchester City

2 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

November 04, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 31, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Manchester City

2 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

August 24, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Aston Villa

1 - 4

Manchester City logo Manchester City

May 04, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Harry Burrows	4 goals	1961 - 1963
John Deehan	3 goals	1977 - 1979
Peter McParland	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Gerald Hitchens	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Lew Chatterley	2 goals	1966 - 1967
Alexander Cropley	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Dennis Tueart	5 goals	1976 - 1977
Denis Law	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Tommy Booth	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Kazimierz Deyna	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Peter Dobing	2 goals	1961 - 1963
Brian Kidd	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

David Nigel Sims	8 matches	1958 - 1963
Victor Crowe	8 matches	1958 - 1963
Charlie Aitken	8 matches	1961 - 1975
Leighton Phillips	7 matches	1975 - 1978
Brian Little	7 matches	1975 - 1979
John Gidman	6 matches	1975 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Joe Corrigan	9 matches	1972 - 1979
Willie Donachie	9 matches	1972 - 1979
Alan Oakes	9 matches	1961 - 1976
Asa Hartford	7 matches	1975 - 1979
David Watson	7 matches	1975 - 1979
Bert Trautmann	7 matches	1958 - 1962