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Aston Villa 2-1 Reading - August 23, 2006 / Premier League 2006/2007

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Premier League 2006/2007 - Journée 2

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

August 23, 2006

37 329

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Reading

(penalty) Juan Pablo Angel

34'

Gareth Barry

61'

Kevin Doyle

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4' - Goal Kevin Doyle

33' - Red card Ibrahima Sonko

34' - Goal Juan Pablo Angel34

36' - Substitution Leroy Litais substituted by Brynjar Gunnarsson

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59' - Substitution Jlloyd Samuelis substituted by Peter Whittingham59

61' - Goal Gareth Barry61

65' - Substitution Bobby Conveyis substituted by Stephen Hunt

81' - Substitution Kevin Doyleis substituted by Shane Long

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Reading

Aston Villa Reading

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

B.date12/06/1976

Age30 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Hughes

Aaron Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date08/11/1979

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Ridgewell

Liam Ridgewell

England

B.date21/07/1984

Age22 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age28 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Samuel59

Jlloyd Samuel

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date29/03/1981

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Barry61

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

McCann

Gavin McCann

England

B.date10/01/1978

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Davis

Steven Davis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1985

Age21 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Angel34

Juan Pablo Angel

Colombia

B.date24/10/1975

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Moore

Luke Moore

England

B.date13/02/1986

Age20 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Agbonlahor

Gabriel Agbonlahor

England

B.date13/10/1986

Age19 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas Sorensen		30	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aaron Hughes		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Ridgewell		22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Olof Mellberg		28	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jlloyd Samuel	59	25	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Barry	61	25	316	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin McCann		28	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Davis		21	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Juan Pablo Angel	34	30	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luke Moore		20	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gabriel Agbonlahor		19	11	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

124

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age34 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Sonko33

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegal

B.date22/01/1981

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age29 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age23 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Convey65

Bobby Convey

United States

B.date27/05/1983

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Lita36

Leroy Lita

England

B.date28/12/1984

Age21 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Doyle481

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Seol

Ki-hyeon Seol

South Korea

B.date08/01/1979

Age27 years

H1m87

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		34	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Sonko	33	25	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		29	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		31	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		25	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		25	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell		23	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Convey	65	23	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leroy Lita	36	21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle	481	22	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ki-hyeon Seol		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Peter Whittingham	59	21	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson	36	30	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt	65	25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shane Long	81	19	16	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

Leroy Lita

Dave Kitson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

O'Neill vs Reading

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2006

O'Neill vs Coppell

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

146

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs Aston Villa

3 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2006

Coppell vs O'Neill

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2006

Referee

Lee Mason

14 victories	13 draws	11 losses	Aston Villa38 matches	General total	Reading17 matches	7 victories	3 draws	7 losses
1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Aston Villa3 matches	Season total	Reading3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 30, 2021					Latest figure on December 14, 2019

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Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 5 consecutive wins vs Reading running (since 08/10/1986). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Kevin Doyle scores 1 goal vs Aston Villa in his professional career

It's the first time Gareth Barry scores 1 goal vs Reading in his professional career

Read the next 12 key stats

General ranking

-2	3	West Ham	4 pts	2 rd
+1	4	Bolton Wanderers	4 pts	2 rd
+5	5	Aston Villa	4 pts	2 rd
+2	6	Everton	4 pts	2 rd
-4	7	Chelsea	3 pts	2 rd

General ranking

-4	7	Chelsea	3 pts	2 rd
-1	8	Newcastle United	3 pts	1 rd
-3	9	Reading	3 pts	2 rd
+5	10	Middlesbrough	3 pts	2 rd
-2	11	Tottenham	3 pts	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 1-0 Portsmouth04/03/2006

DAston Villa 0-0 Fulham25/03/2006

DAston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion09/04/2006

VAston Villa 3-1 Birmingham City16/04/2006

LAston Villa 0-1 Manchester City25/04/2006

VAston Villa 2-1 Sunderland07/05/2006

Overall

VAston Villa 3-1 Birmingham City16/04/2006

LWigan 3-2 Aston Villa18/04/2006

LAston Villa 0-1 Manchester City25/04/2006

LLiverpool 3-1 Aston Villa29/04/2006

VAston Villa 2-1 Sunderland07/05/2006

DArsenal 1-1 Aston Villa19/08/2006

Current form

Away

LLuton Town 3-2 Reading17/02/2006

VBurnley 0-3 Reading04/03/2006

DLeicester 1-1 Reading25/03/2006

VCardiff City 2-5 Reading08/04/2006

DLeeds United 1-1 Reading15/04/2006

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Reading22/04/2006

Overall

VCardiff City 2-5 Reading08/04/2006

DLeeds United 1-1 Reading15/04/2006

VReading 3-1 Stoke City17/04/2006

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Reading22/04/2006

VReading 2-1 Queens Park Rangers30/04/2006

VReading 3-2 Middlesbrough19/08/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	5	12
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	14	9
Conceding streak	4	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

10	General ranking (Competition total)	6
149	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	943
14	FBDB index ranking (National)	18

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

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

Betting aid

0	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
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	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
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

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

Key players

Olof Mellberg	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Steve Sidwell
Steven Davis	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Ki-hyeon Seol
Olof Mellberg	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Steve Sidwell

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

5 v

0 d

0 l

15 gf

4 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

2 ga

Total

8 matches

7 v

1 d

0 l

21 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

6 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

0 d

5 l

4 gf

15 ga

Total

8 matches

0 v

1 d

7 l

6 gf

21 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 11, 1930
Home	5 - 1	January 11, 1930

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

October 10, 2001 - League Cup 2001/2002

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Reading

March 19, 1988 - Division 2 1987/1988

Reading

0 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 31, 1987 - Division 2 1987/1988

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Reading

October 08, 1986 - League Cup 1986/1987

Aston Villa

4 - 1

Reading

September 24, 1986 - League Cup 1986/1987

Reading

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Reading

Dion Dublin

1 goal

2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/10/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/10/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Steve Staunton	1 match	2001 - 2001
Mustapha Hadji	1 match	2001 - 2001
Lee Hendrie	1 match	2001 - 2001
Juan Pablo Angel	1 match	2001 - 2001
David Ginola	1 match	2001 - 2001
Mark Delaney	1 match	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/10/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Tony Rougier	1 match	2001 - 2001
James Harper	1 match	2001 - 2001
Nicky Forster	1 match	2001 - 2001
Darius Henderson	1 match	2001 - 2001
Adrian Whitbread	1 match	2001 - 2001
Nicky Shorey	1 match	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/10/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ray Houghton

110 matches

13 matches

1992 - 1998

Martin Keown

70 matches

5 matches

1986 - 2005

Scott Murray

4 matches

40 matches

1996 - 2004

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Scott Murray

4 matches

40 matches

1996 - 2004

Ray Houghton

110 matches

13 matches

1992 - 1998

Martin Keown

70 matches

5 matches

1986 - 2005

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

August 22, 2006

Watford

1 1

West Ham

Line-ups available

Tottenham

2 0

Sheffield United

Line-ups available

August 23, 2006

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

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Manchester City

0 0

Portsmouth

Line-ups available

September 20, 2006

Liverpool

2 0

Newcastle United

Line-ups available

December 13, 2006

Wigan

0 1

Arsenal

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Manchester United	6	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
+22	Portsmouth	4	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
-23	West Ham	4	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
+14	Bolton Wanderers	4	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
+55	Aston Villa	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
+26	Everton	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
-47	Chelsea	3	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
-18	Newcastle United	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
-39	Reading	3	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
+510	Middlesbrough	3	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
-211	Tottenham	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
-112	Liverpool	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
-113	Arsenal	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
-114	Watford	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
-115	Sheffield United	1	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2
+316	Blackburn	1	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3
+117	Manchester City	1	2	0	1	1	0	3	-3
+218	Fulham	1	2	0	1	1	2	6	-4
-319	Wigan	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
-320	Charlton	0	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5

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Aston Villa 2-1 Reading - August 23, 2006 / Premier League 2006/2007

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Reading

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

O'Neill vs Reading

O'Neill vs Coppell

Manager

Coppell vs Aston Villa

Coppell vs O'Neill

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Reading

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Reading

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking