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Aston Villa 1-1 Southampton - December 20, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 19

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 20, 1997

29 343

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Southampton

Ian Taylor

64'

72'

Egil Ostenstad

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36' - Substitution Kevin Daviesis substituted by Egil Ostenstad

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64' - Goal Ian Taylor64

67' - Substitution Simon Graysonis substituted by Lee Hendrie67

72' - Goal Egil Ostenstad

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Southampton

Aston Villa Southampton

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Oakes

Michael Oakes

England

B.date30/10/1973

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Grayson67

Simon Grayson

England

B.date16/12/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age26 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Charles

Gary Charles

England

B.date13/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Taylor64

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age29 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Draper

Mark Draper

England

B.date11/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Milosevic

Savo Milosevic

Serbia

B.date02/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Collymore

Stan Collymore

England

B.date22/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m91

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michael Oakes		24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		27	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		25	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton		28	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Grayson	67	28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		26	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Charles		27	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor	64	29	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Draper		27	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Savo Milosevic		24	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stan Collymore		26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

105

Southampton

Jones

Paul Jones

Wales

B.date18/04/1967

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Monkou

Ken Monkou

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1964

Age33 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Lundekvam

Claus Lundekvam

Norway

B.date22/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Palmer

Carlton Palmer

England

B.date05/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Dodd

Jason Dodd

England

B.date02/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Benali

Francis Benali

England

B.date30/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Oakley

Matt Oakley

England

B.date17/08/1977

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age35 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Le Tissier

Matt Le Tissier

England

B.date14/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m86

positionOffensive Midfielder

Davies36

Kevin Davies

England

B.date26/03/1977

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Hirst

David Hirst

England

B.date07/12/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Jones		30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Monkou		33	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Claus Lundekvam		24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlton Palmer		32	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason Dodd		27	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Benali		28	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Oakley		20	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		35	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Le Tissier		29	433	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Davies	36	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hirst		30	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

125

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Lee Hendrie	67	20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Egil Ostenstad	7236	25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Little

152

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Little vs Southampton

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Little vs Jones

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Jones vs Aston Villa

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Jones vs Little

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Referee

David Elleray

8 victories	4 draws	11 losses	Aston Villa23 matches	General total	Southampton25 matches	8 victories	7 draws	10 losses
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Aston Villa2 matches	Season total	Southampton3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 16, 2002					Latest figure on February 22, 2003

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Key figures

Southampton keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 07/12/1997).

No Aston Villa manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Little has done less than 0.97 goals conceded per game .

It's the first time Ian Taylor scores a goal vs Southampton in his professional career with Aston Villa since the 08/04/1996 (with Aston Villa vs Southampton )

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 1-2 Wimbledon FC18/10/1997

LAston Villa 0-2 Chelsea01/11/1997

VAston Villa 2-1 Athletic Bilbao04/11/1997

VAston Villa 2-1 Everton22/11/1997

VAston Villa 3-0 Coventry06/12/1997

VAston Villa 2-0 FCSB09/12/1997

Overall

VAston Villa 2-1 Everton22/11/1997

LFCSB 2-1 Aston Villa25/11/1997

LWest Ham 2-1 Aston Villa29/11/1997

VAston Villa 3-0 Coventry06/12/1997

VAston Villa 2-0 FCSB09/12/1997

LManchester United 1-0 Aston Villa15/12/1997

Current form

Away

VBarnsley 1-2 Southampton14/10/1997

LBlackburn 1-0 Southampton18/10/1997

VEverton 0-2 Southampton02/11/1997

LChelsea 2-1 Southampton19/11/1997

LNewcastle United 2-1 Southampton22/11/1997

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Southampton07/12/1997

Overall

VSouthampton 4-1 Barnsley08/11/1997

LChelsea 2-1 Southampton19/11/1997

LNewcastle United 2-1 Southampton22/11/1997

LSouthampton 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday29/11/1997

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Southampton07/12/1997

VSouthampton 2-1 Leicester13/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	7	6
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	13	14
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
6	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
9	Losses (Competition total)	11
3	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

19	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.06	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.22
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.63
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.56
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	28
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dwight Yorke	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Kevin Davies
Dwight Yorke	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Kevin Davies
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Matt Le Tissier
Julian Joachim	2 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Matt Le Tissier

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

13 v

7 d

4 l

40 gf

19 ga

Away

25 matches

4 v

9 d

12 l

23 gf

43 ga

Total

49 matches

17 v

16 d

16 l

63 gf

62 ga

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

12 v

9 d

4 l

43 gf

23 ga

Away

24 matches

4 v

7 d

13 l

19 gf

40 ga

Total

49 matches

16 v

16 d

17 l

62 gf

63 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 05, 1936
Home	4 - 0	September 05, 1936

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 21, 1987
Away	2 - 0	November 24, 1993

Latest head to head

May 11, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

December 07, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Southampton

0 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 08, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Aston Villa

3 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

November 20, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Southampton

0 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 19, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Southampton

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Peter Withe	4 goals	1980 - 1984
Tony Morley	3 goals	1980 - 1982
Allan Evans	3 goals	1979 - 1986
Dwight Yorke	2 goals	1991 - 1996
Dean Saunders	2 goals	1994 - 1994
Paul Elliott	2 goals	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Matt Le Tissier	10 goals	1988 - 1994
Ron Davies	5 goals	1966 - 1967
Glenn Cockerill	3 goals	1987 - 1990
Steve Moran	3 goals	1980 - 1985
Colin Clarke	3 goals	1986 - 1987
David Armstrong	2 goals	1984 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Allan Evans	18 matches	1978 - 1989
Nigel Spink	18 matches	1983 - 1994
Gordon Cowans	16 matches	1978 - 1991
Paul McGrath	14 matches	1989 - 1996
Dennis Mortimer	12 matches	1978 - 1984
Tony Daley	11 matches	1985 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Matt Le Tissier	16 matches	1987 - 1997
Glenn Cockerill	13 matches	1986 - 1993
Nick Holmes	13 matches	1978 - 1986
Jimmy Case	12 matches	1985 - 1990
Danny Wallace	12 matches	1982 - 1989
Mark Wright	11 matches	1982 - 1987