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Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City - December 22, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 18

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 22, 2007

41 455

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Manchester City

(right foot) John Carew

14'

11'

Rolando Bianchi (right foot)

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11' - Goal Rolando Bianchi

14' - Goal John Carew14

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70' - Substitution Dietmar Hamannis substituted by Vedran Corluka

75' - Substitution Shaun Maloneyis substituted by Stilian Petrov75

76' - Substitution Elanois substituted by Javier Garrido

85' - Substitution Rolando Bianchiis substituted by Kelvin Etuhu

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Manchester City

Aston Villa Manchester City

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

22 Carson

Scott Carson

England

B.date03/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

3 Bouma

Wilfried Bouma

Netherlands

B.date15/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft central defender

5 Laursen

Martin Laursen

Denmark

B.date26/07/1977

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

16 Knight

Zat Knight

England

B.date02/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m98

positionCentral defender

4 Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age30 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

6 Barry

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

20 Reo-Coker

Nigel Reo-Coker

England

B.date14/05/1984

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

7 Young

Ashley Young

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

28 Maloney75

Shaun Maloney

Scotland

B.date24/01/1983

Age24 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

11 Agbonlahor

Gabriel Agbonlahor

England

B.date13/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

10 Carew14

John Carew

Norway

B.date05/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m93

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Scott Carson		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Wilfried Bouma		29	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Martin Laursen		30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Zat Knight		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Olof Mellberg		30	246	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Gareth Barry		26	373	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nigel Reo-Coker		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ashley Young		22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Shaun Maloney	75	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Gabriel Agbonlahor		21	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	John Carew	14	28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

Hart

Joe Hart

England

B.date19/04/1987

Age20 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Onuoha

Nedum Onuoha

England

B.date12/11/1986

Age21 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Richards

Micah Richards

England

B.date24/06/1988

Age19 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Ball

Michael Ball

England

B.date02/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Hamann70

Dietmar Hamann

Germany

B.date27/08/1973

Age34 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fernandes

Gelson Fernandes

Switzerland

B.date02/09/1986

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Elano76

Elano

Brazil

B.date14/06/1981

Age26 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

Petrov

Martin Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date15/01/1979

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bianchi1185

Rolando Bianchi

Italy

B.date15/02/1983

Age24 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Vassell

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age27 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Hart		20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nedum Onuoha		21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Dunne		28	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Micah Richards		19	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Ball		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dietmar Hamann	70	34	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gelson Fernandes		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Elano	76	26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Petrov		28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rolando Bianchi	1185	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Vassell		27	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
19	M		Stilian Petrov	75	28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Javier Garrido	76	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vedran Corluka	70	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kelvin Etuhu	85	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shaun Maloney

Craig Gardner

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Ball

Javier Garrido

OUT

Gelson Fernandes

Michael Johnson

OUT

Nedum Onuoha

Vedran Corluka

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

O'Neill vs Manchester City

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

O'Neill vs Eriksson

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Hans Backe

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Eriksson vs Aston Villa

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

Eriksson vs O'Neill

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

Referee

Lee Mason

14 victories	13 draws	11 losses	Aston Villa38 matches	General total	Manchester City34 matches	26 victories	3 draws	5 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Aston Villa2 matches	Season total	Manchester City2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 30, 2021					Latest figure on January 17, 2021

Videos

July 08, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win running (since 01/12/2007).

It's the first time John Carew scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 28/04/2007 (with vs )

Manchester City keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 24/11/2007).

Read the next 7 key stats

General ranking

	6	Everton	30 pts	17 rd
	7	Portsmouth	30 pts	18 rd
	8	Aston Villa	29 pts	18 rd
	9	Blackburn	26 pts	17 rd
+1	10	West Ham	25 pts	17 rd

General ranking

2	Manchester United	39 pts	17 rd
3	Chelsea	34 pts	17 rd
4	Manchester City	34 pts	18 rd
5	Liverpool	33 pts	17 rd
6	Everton	30 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 0-1 Leicester26/09/2007

VAston Villa 1-0 West Ham06/10/2007

LAston Villa 1-4 Manchester United20/10/2007

VAston Villa 2-0 Derby County03/11/2007

LAston Villa 1-2 Arsenal01/12/2007

LAston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth08/12/2007

Overall

VBirmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa11/11/2007

VMiddlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa24/11/2007

VBlackburn 0-4 Aston Villa28/11/2007

LAston Villa 1-2 Arsenal01/12/2007

LAston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth08/12/2007

DSunderland 1-1 Aston Villa15/12/2007

Current form

Away

DFulham 3-3 Manchester City22/09/2007

LChelsea 6-0 Manchester City27/10/2007

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester City31/10/2007

DPortsmouth 0-0 Manchester City11/11/2007

DWigan 1-1 Manchester City01/12/2007

LTottenham 2-1 Manchester City09/12/2007

Overall

DPortsmouth 0-0 Manchester City11/11/2007

VManchester City 2-1 Reading24/11/2007

DWigan 1-1 Manchester City01/12/2007

LTottenham 2-1 Manchester City09/12/2007

VManchester City 4-2 Bolton Wanderers15/12/2007

LManchester City 0-2 Tottenham18/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	11	0
Scoring streak	5	11
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	General ranking (Competition total)	4
8	General ranking (Home / Away)	14
57	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	47
10	FBDB index ranking (National)	9

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
8	Victories (Competition total)	10
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	4
4	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.65	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.12
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Gabriel Agbonlahor	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Martin Petrov
Gabriel Agbonlahor	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Martin Petrov
Gareth Barry	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gareth Barry	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Shaun Maloney	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Rolando Bianchi

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

36 v

22 d

16 l

130 gf

81 ga

Away

72 matches

16 v

15 d

41 l

88 gf

136 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

6 ga

Total

147 matches

52 v

37 d

58 l

219 gf

223 ga

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

41 v

15 d

16 l

136 gf

88 ga

Away

74 matches

16 v

22 d

36 l

81 gf

130 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

1 ga

Total

147 matches

58 v

37 d

52 l

223 gf

219 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 07, 1935
Away	5 - 1	April 23, 1991

Latest head to head

September 16, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Manchester City

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 28, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Manchester City

0 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

November 29, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Aston Villa

1 - 3

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 25, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Aston Villa

0 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 14, 2006 - FA Cup 2005/2006

Manchester City

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Harry Burrows	4 goals	1961 - 1963
Gary Shaw	4 goals	1980 - 1983
Dion Dublin	3 goals	2000 - 2002
John Deehan	3 goals	1977 - 1979
Juan Pablo Angel	3 goals	2003 - 2005
Tony Daley	3 goals	1986 - 1991

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	7 goals	1976 - 1981
David White	6 goals	1991 - 1992
Darius Vassell	5 goals	2005 - 2006
Uwe Rösler	4 goals	1994 - 1995
Nicolas Anelka	3 goals	2003 - 2003
Denis Law	3 goals	1960 - 1961

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

Gordon Cowans	14 matches	1976 - 1991
Gareth Barry	14 matches	2000 - 2007
Steve Staunton	13 matches	1991 - 2002
Paul McGrath	12 matches	1990 - 1996
Olof Mellberg	12 matches	2002 - 2007
Allan Evans	11 matches	1978 - 1986

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	16 matches	1972 - 1983
Niall Quinn	11 matches	1990 - 1996
Paul Power	11 matches	1975 - 1986
Dennis Tueart	11 matches	1975 - 1983
Ian Brightwell	11 matches	1987 - 1996
Asa Hartford	11 matches	1975 - 1983

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

They played in both sides

Darius Vassell

202 matches

85 matches

1998 - 2007

Earl Barrett

148 matches

3 matches

1986 - 1995

John Gidman

141 matches

22 matches

1972 - 1987

Frank Carrodus

116 matches

42 matches

1970 - 1978

Dalian Atkinson

111 matches

8 matches

1991 - 1997

David James

85 matches

100 matches

1999 - 2006

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Bobby McDonald

14 matches

102 matches

1975 - 1983

David James

85 matches

100 matches

1999 - 2006

Steve McMahon

75 matches

98 matches

1983 - 1994

Adrian Heath

10 matches

87 matches

1989 - 1992

Darius Vassell

202 matches

85 matches

1998 - 2007

Frank Carrodus

116 matches

42 matches

1970 - 1978

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 22, 2007

Arsenal

2 1

Tottenham

Video availableLine-ups available

Bolton Wanderers

3 0

Birmingham City

Video availableLine-ups available

Fulham

1 1

Wigan

Video availableLine-ups available

Liverpool

4 1

Portsmouth

Video availableLine-ups available

Middlesbrough

1 2

West Ham

Video availableLine-ups available

Reading

2 1

Sunderland

Video availableLine-ups available

December 23, 2007

Line-ups available

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Newcastle United

2 2

Derby County

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	43	18	13	4	1	36	15	+21
2	Manchester United	39	17	12	3	2	30	8	+22
3	Chelsea	34	17	10	4	3	24	10	+14
4	Manchester City	34	18	10	4	4	25	20	+5
5	Liverpool	33	17	9	6	2	31	11	+20
6	Everton	30	17	9	3	5	31	16	+15
7	Portsmouth	30	18	8	6	4	29	19	+10
8	Aston Villa	29	18	8	5	5	29	21	+8
9	Blackburn	26	17	7	5	5	23	24	-1
+110	West Ham	25	17	7	4	6	22	15	+7
-111	Newcastle United	25	17	7	4	6	24	26	-2
+112	Reading	21	18	6	3	9	24	35	-11
-113	Tottenham	18	18	4	6	8	30	31	-1
+214	Bolton Wanderers	17	18	4	5	9	21	27	-6
-115	Middlesbrough	17	18	4	5	9	17	30	-13
-116	Birmingham City	15	18	4	3	11	18	30	-12
+117	Fulham	14	18	2	8	8	19	29	-10
-118	Sunderland	14	18	3	5	10	17	34	-17
19	Wigan	13	18	3	4	11	18	34	-16
20	Derby County	6	17	1	3	13	6	39	-33

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Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City - December 22, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Manchester City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

O'Neill vs Manchester City

O'Neill vs Eriksson

Manager

Eriksson vs Aston Villa

Eriksson vs O'Neill

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking