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Aston Villa 4-0 WBA - January 24, 1998 / FA Cup 1997/1998

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FA Cup 1997/1998 - 1/16 de finale

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

January 24, 1998

39 372

4 - 0

WBA

Simon Grayson

Dwight Yorke

62'

Dwight Yorke

64'

Stan Collymore

72'

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4' - Goal Simon Grayson4

41' - Substitution Steve Stauntonis substituted by Gary Charles41

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62' - Goal Dwight Yorke62

64' - Goal Dwight Yorke64

69' - Substitution Peter Butleris substituted by Micky Evans

72' - Goal Stan Collymore72

78' - Substitution Ian Hamiltonis substituted by Stacy Coldicott photo Sean Flynn

78' - Substitution Lee Hughesis substituted by Sean Flynn

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

4 - 0

WBA

Aston Villa WBA

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Bosnich

Mark Bosnich

Australia

B.date13/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Staunton41

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

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

Grayson4

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

Taylor

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age29 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hendrie

Lee Hendrie

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Draper

Mark Draper

England

B.date11/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Collymore72

Stan Collymore

England

B.date22/01/1971

Age27 years

H1m91

positionForward

Yorke6264

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Bosnich		26	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton	41	29	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		27	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		25	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Grayson	4	28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		26	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor		29	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Hendrie		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Draper		27	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stan Collymore	72	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke	6264	26	255	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

130

WBA

Miller

Alan Miller

England

B.date29/03/1970

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Murphy

Shaun Murphy

Australia

B.date05/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Nicholson

Shane Nicholson

England

B.date03/06/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Kilbane

Kevin Kilbane

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/02/1977

Age20 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Holmes

Paul Holmes

England

B.date18/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Dobson

Tony Dobson

England

B.date05/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Butler69

Peter Butler

England

B.date27/08/1966

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Hamilton78

Ian Hamilton

England

B.date14/12/1967

Age30 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Sneekes

Richard Sneekes

Netherlands

B.date30/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Hughes78

Lee Hughes

England

B.date22/05/1976

Age21 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Hunt

Andy Hunt

England

B.date09/06/1970

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Miller		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shaun Murphy		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shane Nicholson		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Kilbane		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Holmes		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dobson		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Butler	69	31	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Hamilton	78	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Sneekes		29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lee Hughes	78	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Hunt		27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gary Charles	41	27	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Stacy Coldicott	78	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Flynn	78	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Micky Evans	69	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gareth Southgate

Savo Milosevic

OUT

Lee Hendrie

Fernando Nelson

OUT

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

159

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Little vs WBA

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 24, 1998

Little vs Smith

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Denis Smith

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Smith vs Aston Villa

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 1998

Smith vs Little

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 24, 1998

Referee

Neale Barry

8 victories	2 draws	4 losses	Aston Villa14 matches	General total	WBA11 matches	2 victories	1 draw	8 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Aston Villa1 match	Season total	WBA1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 02, 2004					Latest figure on May 02, 2005

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Key figures

WBA keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home in FA Cup running (since 05/01/1985). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 29/01/1964-26/01/1971 time period (14 matches).

It's the first time Stan Collymore scores 1 goal in FA Cup with Aston Villa

The last time WBA has lost with a difference of 4 goals in FA Cup, It was on the 17/02/1976 (vs )

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 3-0 Coventry06/12/1997

VAston Villa 2-0 FCSB09/12/1997

DAston Villa 1-1 Southampton20/12/1997

VAston Villa 4-1 Tottenham26/12/1997

DAston Villa 1-1 Leicester10/01/1998

VAston Villa 1-0 Portsmouth14/01/1998

Overall

VAston Villa 4-1 Tottenham26/12/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Aston Villa28/12/1997

DPortsmouth 2-2 Aston Villa03/01/1998

DAston Villa 1-1 Leicester10/01/1998

VAston Villa 1-0 Portsmouth14/01/1998

LBlackburn 5-0 Aston Villa17/01/1998

Current form

Away

DBradford 0-0 West Bromwich Albion01/11/1997

VPort Vale 1-2 West Bromwich Albion15/11/1997

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion29/11/1997

LSunderland 2-0 West Bromwich Albion13/12/1997

LReading 2-1 West Bromwich Albion26/12/1997

DTranmere Rovers 0-0 West Bromwich Albion09/01/1998

Overall

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-2 Huddersfield Town20/12/1997

LReading 2-1 West Bromwich Albion26/12/1997

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Stoke City28/12/1997

DTranmere Rovers 0-0 West Bromwich Albion09/01/1998

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Stoke City13/01/1998

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Crewe Alexandra17/01/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

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

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Savo Milosevic	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Richard Sneekes
Savo Milosevic	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Savo Milosevic	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Richard Sneekes

Historical head to head

Home

70 matches

42 v

11 d

17 l

127 gf

81 ga

Away

69 matches

23 v

15 d

31 l

96 gf

114 ga

Total

139 matches

65 v

26 d

48 l

223 gf

195 ga

Historical head to head

Home

69 matches

31 v

15 d

23 l

114 gf

96 ga

Away

70 matches

17 v

11 d

42 l

81 gf

127 ga

Total

139 matches

48 v

26 d

65 l

195 gf

223 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

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

December 28, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Aston Villa

1 - 1

WBA

November 26, 1985 - League Cup 1985/1986

WBA

1 - 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
Mark Walters	2 goals	1983 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Alec Jackson	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Garry Thompson	3 goals	1983 - 1984
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 29/10/1960. 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	13 matches	1977 - 1985
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 29/10/1960. 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
John Wile	13 matches	1976 - 1983
Tony Godden	13 matches	1977 - 1985
Clive Clark	13 matches	1961 - 1966
Ally Brown	13 matches	1976 - 1982
Stan Jones	12 matches	1961 - 1966