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Aston Villa 3-1 Leicester - August 30, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 4

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

August 30, 2003

32 274

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Leicester

(o.g) Ben Thatcher

(right foot) Juan Pablo Angel

15'

52'

Muzzy Izzet (right foot)

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3' - Substitution John Curtisis substituted by Andy Impey

7' - Own goal Ben Thatcher7

9' - Goal Juan Pablo Angel9

15' - Goal Juan Pablo Angel15

30' - Substitution Steve Howeyis substituted by Lilian Nalis

39' - Red card Les Ferdinand

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52' - Goal Muzzy Izzet

76' - Substitution Ronny Johnsenis substituted by Alpay Özalan76

78' - Substitution Paul Dickovis substituted by Jordan Stewart

82' - Substitution Lee Hendrieis substituted by Ulises de la Cruz photo Dion Dublin

82' - Substitution Darius Vassellis substituted by Dion Dublin82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Leicester

Aston Villa Leicester

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

1 Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

B.date12/06/1976

Age27 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

27 Johnsen76

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age34 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

2 Delaney

Mark Delaney

Wales

B.date13/05/1976

Age27 years

H1m88

positionDefender

4 Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age25 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

3 Samuel

Jlloyd Samuel

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date29/03/1981

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

7 Hendrie82

Lee Hendrie

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

12 Hitzlsperger

Thomas Hitzlsperger

Germany

B.date05/04/1982

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

17 Whittingham

Peter Whittingham

England

B.date08/09/1984

Age18 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

8 McCann

Gavin McCann

England

B.date10/01/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

10 Vassell82

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

18 Angel159

Juan Pablo Angel

Colombia

B.date24/10/1975

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Thomas Sorensen		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Ronny Johnsen	76	34	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mark Delaney		27	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Olof Mellberg		25	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jlloyd Samuel		22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Lee Hendrie	82	26	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Thomas Hitzlsperger		21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Peter Whittingham		18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Gavin McCann		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Darius Vassell	82	23	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Juan Pablo Angel	159	27	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Leicester

1 Walker

Ian Walker

England

B.date31/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

24 Howey30

Steve Howey

England

B.date26/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

29 Curtis3

John Curtis

England

B.date03/09/1978

Age24 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Defender

21 Scimeca

Riccardo Scimeca

England

B.date13/06/1975

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

33 Thatcher7

Ben Thatcher

Wales

B.date30/11/1975

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Rogers

Alan Rogers

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

6 Izzet52

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

7 Gillespie

Keith Gillespie

Northern Ireland

B.date18/02/1975

Age28 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

22 Dickov78

Paul Dickov

Scotland

B.date01/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m65

positionStriker

10 Scowcroft

James Scowcroft

England

B.date15/11/1975

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

9 Ferdinand39

Les Ferdinand

England

B.date08/12/1966

Age36 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ian Walker		31	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Steve Howey	30	31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	John Curtis	3	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Riccardo Scimeca		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Ben Thatcher	7	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Alan Rogers		26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Muzzy Izzet	52	28	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Keith Gillespie		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Paul Dickov	78	30	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	James Scowcroft		27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Les Ferdinand	39	36	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
	D	Alpay Özalan	76	30	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Ulises de la Cruz	82	29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Dion Dublin	82	34	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
2	D	Andy Impey	3	31	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Jordan Stewart	78	21	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Lilian Nalis	30	31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Thomas Hitzlsperger

Gareth Barry

OUT

Gavin McCann

Mark Kinsella

OUT

Darius Vassell

Ulises de la Cruz

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Les Ferdinand

Lilian Nalis

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David O'Leary

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

O'Leary vs Leicester

6 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

O'Leary vs Adams

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Micky Adams

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Adams vs Aston Villa

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

Adams vs O'Leary

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

Referee

Steve Bennett

12 victories	7 draws	12 losses	Aston Villa31 matches	General total	Leicester10 matches	4 victories	3 draws	3 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Aston Villa2 matches	Season total	Leicester1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 09, 2010					Latest figure on September 30, 2006

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Key figures

Steve Howey played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

End of streak for Aston Villa after 4 consecutive matches without a win (since 11/05/2003).

The last time Leicester has lost with a difference of 2 goals away from home in Premier League, It was on the 26/12/2001 (vs )

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 0-2 Birmingham City03/03/2003

LAston Villa 0-1 Manchester United15/03/2003

DAston Villa 1-1 Arsenal05/04/2003

VAston Villa 2-1 Chelsea19/04/2003

VAston Villa 1-0 Sunderland03/05/2003

DAston Villa 0-0 Liverpool24/08/2003

Overall

LEverton 2-1 Aston Villa26/04/2003

VAston Villa 1-0 Sunderland03/05/2003

LLeeds United 3-1 Aston Villa11/05/2003

LPortsmouth 2-1 Aston Villa16/08/2003

DAston Villa 0-0 Liverpool24/08/2003

LArsenal 2-0 Aston Villa26/08/2003

Current form

Away

VBurnley 1-2 Leicester18/03/2003

VCoventry 1-2 Leicester22/03/2003

DRotherham United 1-1 Leicester12/04/2003

LSheffield United 2-1 Leicester21/04/2003

DWolverhampton 1-1 Leicester04/05/2003

LChelsea 2-1 Leicester23/08/2003

Overall

LSheffield United 2-1 Leicester21/04/2003

DLeicester 1-1 Norwich City27/04/2003

DWolverhampton 1-1 Leicester04/05/2003

DLeicester 2-2 Southampton16/08/2003

LChelsea 2-1 Leicester23/08/2003

DLeicester 0-0 Middlesbrough26/08/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	6
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Gareth Barry	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Paul Dickov
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	James Scowcroft
Gareth Barry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Paul Dickov
Gareth Barry	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	James Scowcroft

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

19 v

10 d

15 l

84 gf

66 ga

Away

43 matches

7 v

13 d

23 l

54 gf

97 ga

Total

87 matches

26 v

23 d

38 l

138 gf

163 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

23 v

13 d

7 l

97 gf

54 ga

Away

44 matches

15 v

10 d

19 l

66 gf

84 ga

Total

87 matches

38 v

23 d

26 l

163 gf

138 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 3	April 21, 1962
Home	8 - 3	April 21, 1962

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 27, 1984
Away	5 - 2	November 06, 1954

Latest head to head

April 20, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Leicester

2 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 01, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Leicester

April 04, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Leicester

January 27, 2001 - FA Cup 2000/2001

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Leicester

August 19, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Leicester

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Derek Dougan	4 goals	1961 - 1963
Bobby Thomson	3 goals	1962 - 1962
Simon Stainrod	3 goals	1986 - 1986
Julian Joachim	3 goals	1998 - 2001
Peter Withe	3 goals	1981 - 1983
Dion Dublin	2 goals	1999 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Jimmy Walsh	4 goals	1960 - 1962
Stephen Lynex	4 goals	1981 - 1984
Gary Lineker	3 goals	1984 - 1984
Tony Cottee	3 goals	1998 - 1999
Alan Smith	3 goals	1985 - 1985
Muzzy Izzet	3 goals	1996 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Alan Wright	13 matches	1996 - 2001
Charlie Aitken	12 matches	1961 - 1967
Ian Taylor	12 matches	1995 - 2001
Ugo Ehiogu	11 matches	1994 - 2000
Julian Joachim	11 matches	1996 - 2001
Alan Deakin	11 matches	1961 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Matt Elliott	14 matches	1997 - 2002
Richie Norman	13 matches	1960 - 1967
Robbie Savage	12 matches	1997 - 2002
Gordon Banks	12 matches	1960 - 1967
Muzzy Izzet	11 matches	1996 - 2002
Neil Lennon	10 matches	1996 - 2000