This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

Aston Villa 2-1 WBA - December 14, 2002 / Premier League 2002/2003

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 18

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 14, 2002

40 391

2 - 1

WBA

Darius Vassell

16'

Thomas Hitzlsperger

90'

29'

Jason Koumas

logo Aston Villa AV

16' - Goal Darius Vassell16

29' - Goal Jason Koumas

logo Aston Villa AV

58' - Substitution Lee Hughesis substituted by Danny Dichio

68' - Red card Steve Staunton68

84' - Substitution Jason Robertsis substituted by Scott Dobie

90' - Goal Thomas Hitzlsperger90

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 1

WBA

Aston Villa WBA

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Enckelman

Peter Enckelman

Finland

B.date10/03/1977

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Johnsen

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age33 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Staunton68

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age33 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age25 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Samuel

Jlloyd Samuel

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date29/03/1981

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Leonhardsen

Öyvind Leonhardsen

Norway

B.date17/08/1970

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Hendrie

Lee Hendrie

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Hitzlsperger90

Thomas Hitzlsperger

Germany

B.date05/04/1982

Age20 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Barry

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Dublin

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age33 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Vassell16

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age22 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Enckelman		25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen		33	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton	68	33	341	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Olof Mellberg		25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jlloyd Samuel		21	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Öyvind Leonhardsen		32	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Hendrie		25	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Thomas Hitzlsperger	90	20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Barry		21	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin		33	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Vassell	16	22	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

110

WBA

Hoult

Russell Hoult

England

B.date22/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Gregan

Sean Gregan

England

B.date29/03/1974

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Sigurdsson

Larus Sigurdsson

Iceland

B.date04/06/1973

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Moore

Darren Moore

Jamaica

B.date22/04/1974

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Clement

Neil Clement

England

B.date03/10/1978

Age24 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Balis

Igor Balis

Slovakia

B.date05/01/1970

Age32 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

McInnes

Derek McInnes

Scotland

B.date05/07/1971

Age31 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Johnson

Andy Johnson

Wales

B.date02/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Koumas29

Jason Koumas

Wales

B.date25/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Hughes58

Lee Hughes

England

B.date22/05/1976

Age26 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Roberts84

Jason Roberts

Grenada

B.date25/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Russell Hoult		30	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sean Gregan		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larus Sigurdsson		29	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Moore		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Clement		24	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Balis		32	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Derek McInnes		31	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Johnson		28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Koumas	29	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lee Hughes	58	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Roberts	84	24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Scott Dobie	84	24	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Danny Dichio	58	28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Staunton

Ulises de la Cruz

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darren Moore

Ronnie Wallwork

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

188

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Taylor vs WBA

9 victories

6 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Taylor vs Megson

3 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Megson

136

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Megson vs Aston Villa

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Megson vs Taylor

1 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Referee

Michael Dean

19 victories	15 draws	22 losses	Aston Villa56 matches	General total	WBA50 matches	10 victories	19 draws	21 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Aston Villa4 matches	Season total	WBA2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on December 01, 2021					Latest figure on May 16, 2021

Videos

Comments

Key figures

WBA keeps its 3 consecutive losses away from home running (since 23/11/2002).

Olof Mellberg played his game number 50 in Premier League

WBA keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 21/09/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 21/03/2000-09/09/2000 time period (9 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DAston Villa 0-0 Leeds United06/10/2002

LAston Villa 0-1 Southampton21/10/2002

VAston Villa 3-1 Fulham09/11/2002

VAston Villa 4-1 West Ham23/11/2002

VAston Villa 5-0 Preston North End04/12/2002

LAston Villa 0-1 Newcastle United07/12/2002

Overall

VAston Villa 3-1 Fulham09/11/2002

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Aston Villa16/11/2002

VAston Villa 4-1 West Ham23/11/2002

LArsenal 3-1 Aston Villa30/11/2002

VAston Villa 5-0 Preston North End04/12/2002

LAston Villa 0-1 Newcastle United07/12/2002

Current form

Away

LWigan 3-1 West Bromwich Albion02/10/2002

LNewcastle United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion05/10/2002

LChelsea 2-0 West Bromwich Albion26/10/2002

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 West Bromwich Albion09/11/2002

LEverton 1-0 West Bromwich Albion23/11/2002

LTottenham 3-1 West Bromwich Albion08/12/2002

Overall

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester City02/11/2002

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 West Bromwich Albion09/11/2002

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Aston Villa16/11/2002

LEverton 1-0 West Bromwich Albion23/11/2002

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Middlesbrough30/11/2002

LTottenham 3-1 West Bromwich Albion08/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	4
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	7	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	7	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
5	Victories (Competition total)	4
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
8	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
0.88	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.71
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.47
0.78	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.89

Betting aid

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

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	28
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Lee Hendrie	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Jason Roberts
Lee Hendrie	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Scott Dobie
Öyvind Leonhardsen	2 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Scott Dobie

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

43 v

11 d

17 l

131 gf

81 ga

Away

70 matches

23 v

16 d

31 l

96 gf

114 ga

Total

141 matches

66 v

27 d

48 l

227 gf

195 ga

Historical head to head

Home

70 matches

31 v

16 d

23 l

114 gf

96 ga

Away

71 matches

17 v

11 d

43 l

81 gf

131 ga

Total

141 matches

48 v

27 d

66 l

195 gf

227 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 24, 1899
Home	7 - 1	April 24, 1899

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 19, 1935
Away	7 - 0	October 19, 1935

Latest head to head

November 16, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

WBA

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

January 24, 1998 - FA Cup 1997/1998

Aston Villa

4 - 0

WBA

February 17, 1990 - FA Cup 1989/1990

WBA

0 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 18, 1987 - Division 2 1987/1988

Aston Villa

0 - 0

WBA

September 16, 1987 - Division 2 1987/1988

WBA

0 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against WBA

Andy Gray	4 goals	1977 - 1977
Gary Shaw	3 goals	1982 - 1984
Allan Evans	3 goals	1978 - 1985
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1963 - 1966
Dennis Mortimer	3 goals	1976 - 1983
Peter Withe	2 goals	1981 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/10/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Garry Thompson	3 goals	1983 - 1984
Alec Jackson	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Jeff Astle	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Tony Brown	2 goals	1963 - 1966
John Kaye	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Bobby Cram	2 goals	1963 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/10/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Allan Evans	17 matches	1978 - 1985
Dennis Mortimer	16 matches	1976 - 1984
Gordon Cowans	14 matches	1977 - 1990
Charlie Aitken	11 matches	1961 - 1966
Gary Williams	11 matches	1978 - 1985
Jimmy Rimmer	11 matches	1977 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/10/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Ally Robertson	17 matches	1976 - 1985
Tony Godden	13 matches	1977 - 1985
Clive Clark	13 matches	1961 - 1966
Ally Brown	13 matches	1976 - 1982
John Wile	13 matches	1976 - 1983
Stan Jones	12 matches	1961 - 1966