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Aston Villa 3-1 Everton - April 05, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 31

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

April 05, 1997

39 339

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Everton

Savo Milosevic

41'

Steve Staunton

50'

Dwight Yorke

54'

14'

David Unsworth

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14' - Goal David Unsworth

41' - Goal Savo Milosevic41

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50' - Goal Steve Staunton50

54' - Goal Dwight Yorke54

54' - Substitution Marc Hottigeris substituted by Michael Branch

56' - Substitution Steve Stauntonis substituted by David Hughes56

60' - Substitution David Unsworthis substituted by Richard Dunne

81' - Substitution Ian Tayloris substituted by Sasa Curcic81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Everton

Aston Villa Everton

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Oakes

Michael Oakes

England

B.date30/10/1973

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Staunton5056

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age25 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Nelson

Fernando Nelson

Portugal

B.date05/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Taylor81

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age28 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Farrelly

Gareth Farrelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/08/1975

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

Draper

Mark Draper

England

B.date11/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Yorke54

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

Milosevic41

Savo Milosevic

Serbia

B.date02/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michael Oakes		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton	5056	28	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		24	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		25	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Nelson		25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor	81	28	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Farrelly		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Draper		26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke	54	25	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Savo Milosevic	41	23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Everton

Southall

Neville Southall

Wales

B.date16/09/1958

Age38 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Unsworth1460

David Unsworth

England

B.date16/10/1973

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Watson

Dave Watson

England

B.date20/11/1961

Age35 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Thomsen

Claus Thomsen

Denmark

B.date31/05/1970

Age26 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Short

Craig Short

England

B.date25/06/1968

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Hottiger54

Marc Hottiger

Switzerland

B.date07/11/1967

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Phelan

Terry Phelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date16/03/1967

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Parkinson

Joe Parkinson

England

B.date11/06/1971

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Speed

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Stuart

Graham Stuart

England

B.date24/10/1970

Age26 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Ferguson

Duncan Ferguson

Scotland

B.date27/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Neville Southall		38	731	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Unsworth	1460	23	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Watson		35	459	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Claus Thomsen		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Short		28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Hottiger	54	29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Phelan		30	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Parkinson		25	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Speed		27	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Stuart		26	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Duncan Ferguson		25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

161

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Hughes	56	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Sasa Curcic	81	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Richard Dunne	60	17	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Michael Branch	54	18	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gareth Southgate

Riccardo Scimeca

OUT

Michael Oakes

Mark Bosnich

OUT

Gareth Farrelly

Andy Townsend

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Neville Southall

Paul Gerrard

OUT

Marc Hottiger

Earl Barrett

OUT

Craig Short

Nick Barmby

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Little

120

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Little vs Everton

4 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 1997

Little vs Watson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Watson

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

0 %

Watson vs Aston Villa

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 1997

Watson vs Little

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 1997

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time David Unsworth scores 1 goal vs Everton in his professional career

Graham Stuart played his game number 10 vs Everton in his professional career

It's the first time Dwight Yorke scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 28/10/1995 (with vs )

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 3-0 Notts County22/01/1997

LAston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday29/01/1997

VAston Villa 1-0 Sunderland01/02/1997

VAston Villa 2-1 Coventry19/02/1997

VAston Villa 1-0 Liverpool02/03/1997

DAston Villa 0-0 West Ham15/03/1997

Overall

VAston Villa 2-1 Coventry19/02/1997

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa22/02/1997

VAston Villa 1-0 Liverpool02/03/1997

LLeicester 1-0 Aston Villa05/03/1997

DAston Villa 0-0 West Ham15/03/1997

VBlackburn 0-2 Aston Villa22/03/1997

Current form

Away

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Everton11/01/1997

LArsenal 3-1 Everton19/01/1997

LNewcastle United 4-1 Everton29/01/1997

DCoventry 0-0 Everton22/02/1997

DSouthampton 2-2 Everton05/03/1997

LLeeds United 1-0 Everton08/03/1997

Overall

DCoventry 0-0 Everton22/02/1997

LEverton 0-2 Arsenal01/03/1997

DSouthampton 2-2 Everton05/03/1997

LLeeds United 1-0 Everton08/03/1997

VEverton 1-0 Derby County15/03/1997

LEverton 0-2 Manchester United22/03/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	31
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
14	Victories (Competition total)	9
9	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	7
9	Losses (Competition total)	13
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	45
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
1.19	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.06
0.87	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.45
0.69	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.69

Betting aid

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

Bookings

41	Yellow cards (Competition total)	43
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Dwight Yorke	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Gary Speed
Dwight Yorke	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Duncan Ferguson
Dwight Yorke	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	David Unsworth
Dwight Yorke	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dwight Yorke	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 13 matches	Duncan Ferguson

Historical head to head

Home

85 matches

39 v

21 d

25 l

152 gf

114 ga

Away

88 matches

23 v

20 d

45 l

110 gf

164 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

176 matches

63 v

43 d

70 l

266 gf

281 ga

Historical head to head

Home

88 matches

45 v

20 d

23 l

164 gf

110 ga

Away

85 matches

25 v

21 d

39 l

114 gf

152 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

176 matches

70 v

43 d

63 l

281 gf

266 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	November 05, 1989
Home	6 - 2	November 05, 1989

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	January 04, 1890
Away	5 - 1	February 10, 1915

Latest head to head

September 04, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Everton

0 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

May 05, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Everton

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 28, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Everton

December 10, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Everton

August 20, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Everton

2 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Everton

David Platt	4 goals	1988 - 1991
Andy Gray	4 goals	1975 - 1977
Gordon Cowans	4 goals	1981 - 1990
Bobby Thomson	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1965 - 1965
Tony Morley	3 goals	1979 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/03/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Dixie Dean	19 goals	1925 - 1936
Graeme Sharp	8 goals	1982 - 1990
Royston Vernon	6 goals	1960 - 1965
Alex Stevenson	5 goals	1934 - 1938
Alex Young	4 goals	1961 - 1967
Kevin Sheedy	4 goals	1984 - 1990

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/03/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Everton

Gordon Cowans	22 matches	1977 - 1993
Allan Evans	18 matches	1978 - 1989
Dennis Mortimer	15 matches	1976 - 1984
Nigel Spink	14 matches	1983 - 1994
Charlie Aitken	13 matches	1961 - 1975
Gary Williams	12 matches	1978 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/03/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Neville Southall	28 matches	1981 - 1996
Kevin Ratcliffe	19 matches	1981 - 1991
Dixie Dean	17 matches	1925 - 1936
Graeme Sharp	16 matches	1981 - 1991
Dave Watson	16 matches	1987 - 1996
Brian Labone	14 matches	1960 - 1967