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Aston Villa 2-1 S Wednesday - December 28, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 20

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 28, 1998

39 217

2 - 1

S Wednesday

Gareth Southgate

Ugo Ehiogu

85'

Benito Carbone

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7' - Goal Gareth Southgate7

8' - Goal Benito Carbone

21' - Red card Dejan Stefanovic

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53' - Substitution Riccardo Scimecais substituted by Stan Collymore photo Mark Draper

53' - Substitution Ian Tayloris substituted by Mark Draper53

85' - Goal Ugo Ehiogu85

88' - Substitution Niclas Alexanderssonis substituted by Lee Briscoe photo Ritchie Humphreys

88' - Substitution Petter Rudiis substituted by Ritchie Humphreys

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 1

S Wednesday

Aston Villa S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Oakes

Michael Oakes

England

B.date30/10/1973

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Scimeca53

Riccardo Scimeca

England

B.date13/06/1975

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Ehiogu85

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Southgate7

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age27 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Taylor53

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hendrie

Lee Hendrie

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Barry

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age17 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Joachim

Julian Joachim

England

B.date20/09/1974

Age24 years

H1m68

positionStriker

Dublin

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michael Oakes		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Riccardo Scimeca	53	23	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu	85	26	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Watson		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate	7	28	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		27	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor	53	30	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Hendrie		21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Barry		17	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Julian Joachim		24	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin		29	10	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

S Wednesday

Srnicek

Pavel Srnicek

Czech Republic

B.date10/03/1968

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Stefanovic21

Dejan Stefanovic

Serbia

B.date28/10/1974

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Emerson Thome

Brazil

B.date30/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hinchcliffe

Andy Hinchcliffe

England

B.date05/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Jonk

Wim Jonk

Netherlands

B.date12/10/1966

Age32 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

Alexandersson88

Niclas Alexandersson

Sweden

B.date29/12/1971

Age26 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Rudi88

Petter Rudi

Norway

B.date17/09/1973

Age25 years

H1m90

positionCentre Midfield

Carbone8

Benito Carbone

Italy

B.date14/08/1971

Age27 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Booth

Andy Booth

England

B.date06/12/1973

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pavel Srnicek		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dejan Stefanovic	21	24	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emerson Thome		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		33	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		28	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Hinchcliffe		29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wim Jonk		32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niclas Alexandersson	88	26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Petter Rudi	88	25	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benito Carbone	8	27	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Booth		25	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Mark Draper	53	28	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Stan Collymore	53	27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Lee Briscoe	88	23	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Ritchie Humphreys	88	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gareth Barry

Alan Thompson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Benito Carbone

Ritchie Humphreys

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Gregory

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Gregory vs S Wednesday

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1998

Gregory vs Wilson

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Danny Wilson

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Wilson vs Aston Villa

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1998

Wilson vs Gregory

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1998

Referee

Graham Barber

7 victories	4 draws	9 losses	Aston Villa20 matches	General total	S Wednesday6 matches	1 victory	2 draws	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Aston Villa2 matches	Season total	S Wednesday1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 24, 2004					Latest figure on March 04, 2000

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Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded at home running (since 24/10/1998).

Aston Villa keeps its 17 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 14/03/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/05/1982-17/12/1983 time period (44 matches).

Alan Wright played his game number 10 vs Sheffield Wednesday in Premier League

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DAston Villa 1-1 Leicester24/10/1998

LAston Villa 1-3 Celta Vigo03/11/1998

VAston Villa 3-2 Tottenham07/11/1998

LAston Villa 2-4 Liverpool21/11/1998

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United05/12/1998

VAston Villa 3-2 Arsenal13/12/1998

Overall

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa28/11/1998

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United05/12/1998

LChelsea 2-1 Aston Villa09/12/1998

VAston Villa 3-2 Arsenal13/12/1998

VCharlton 0-1 Aston Villa21/12/1998

LBlackburn 2-1 Aston Villa26/12/1998

Current form

Away

LMiddlesbrough 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday03/10/1998

LCoventry 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday18/10/1998

LLeeds United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday08/11/1998

DNewcastle United 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday14/11/1998

DChelsea 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/11/1998

LLiverpool 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday19/12/1998

Overall

VSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Manchester United21/11/1998

DChelsea 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/11/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Nottingham Forest07/12/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 3-0 Charlton12/12/1998

LLiverpool 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday19/12/1998

LSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Leicester26/12/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	16	13
Conceding streak	6	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	9	2
Drawless streak	1	4
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	9	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
10	Victories (Competition total)	6
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	9
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

29	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.53	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.05
1.89	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.78
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.05
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.56

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

36	Yellow cards (Competition total)	24
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Dion Dublin	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Paolo Di Canio
Dion Dublin	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Paolo Di Canio
Lee Hendrie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Lee Hendrie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Riccardo Scimeca	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Benito Carbone

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

44 v

9 d

11 l

148 gf

67 ga

Away

64 matches

17 v

8 d

39 l

89 gf

135 ga

Total

128 matches

61 v

17 d

50 l

237 gf

202 ga

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

39 v

8 d

17 l

135 gf

89 ga

Away

64 matches

11 v

9 d

44 l

67 gf

148 ga

Total

128 matches

50 v

17 d

61 l

202 gf

237 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	February 09, 1907
Home	8 - 1	February 09, 1907

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 01, 1903
Away	6 - 3	December 03, 1932

Latest head to head

August 29, 1998 - Premier League 1998/1999

S Wednesday

0 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

May 02, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

S Wednesday

1 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

September 27, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Aston Villa

2 - 2

S Wednesday

January 29, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Aston Villa

0 - 1

S Wednesday

August 17, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Dalian Atkinson	4 goals	1991 - 1994
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1964 - 1965
Dean Saunders	3 goals	1993 - 1995
Gerald Hitchens	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Dwight Yorke	3 goals	1993 - 1998
Steve Staunton	2 goals	1991 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

David Hirst	4 goals	1987 - 1996
David Layne	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Guy Whittingham	3 goals	1996 - 1997
John Fantham	3 goals	1966 - 1966
John Quinn	2 goals	1963 - 1965
Lee Chapman	2 goals	1986 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Charlie Aitken	13 matches	1961 - 1966
Paul McGrath	12 matches	1989 - 1996
Dwight Yorke	11 matches	1991 - 1998
Mark Bosnich	10 matches	1992 - 1998
Nigel Spink	10 matches	1984 - 1993
John Sleeuwenhoek	10 matches	1961 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Don Megson	13 matches	1960 - 1966
Nigel Worthington	13 matches	1984 - 1993
Ron Springett	12 matches	1961 - 1966
Graham Hyde	11 matches	1992 - 1998
Des Walker	11 matches	1993 - 1998
John Fantham	10 matches	1960 - 1966