Match Report
| Aston Villa | Aston Villa |  |  | Everton | Everton | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Johnstone | D. Johnstone |  | 62 | G |  | 1 | | G | 62 |  | Darius Clarke | D. Clarke | |||||||||
| Ralph Prior | R. Prior | | 67 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 69 |  | Joos Helder | J. Helder | |||||||||
| Helder Loureiro | H. Loureiro |  | 63 | D | | 3 | | D | 67 | | Paul Bowyer | P. Bowyer | |||||||||
| Brian Harley | B. Harley | | 63 | D | | 4 | | D | 64 | | Trevor Wainwright | T. Wainwright | |||||||||
| Emile Ince | E. Ince | | 50 | D | | 5 | | M | 67 |  | John Leboeuf | J. Leboeuf | |||||||||
| Eugenio Pergolizzi | E. Pergolizzi |  | 73 | M | | 6 | | M | 66 | | Scott Cadamarteri | S. Cadamarteri | |||||||||
| Peter Greening | P. Greening | | 63 | M | | 7 | | M | 65 | | Billy McGrory | B. McGrory | |||||||||
| Kevin George | K. George | | 62 | M | | 8 | | M | 64 | | Dean Fox | D. Fox | |||||||||
| Thierry Seaman | T. Seaman | | 69 | A | | 9 | | A | 75 | | Terry Cole | T. Cole | |||||||||
| Ian Windass | I. Windass | | 69 | A | | 10 | | A | 73 | | Jonathan Beckham | J. Beckham | |||||||||
| Mervin Dichio | M. Dichio | | 66 | A | | 11 | | A | 72 | | Nwankwo Gower | N. Gower | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Villa Park where Aston Villa play host to Everton. A crowd of 18,576 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Aston Villa are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Everton appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Aston Villa are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Everton appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
0.00
0-0Aston Villa start the match!
3.32
0-0Joos Helder makes a probing pass to John Leboeuf. John Leboeuf brings the ball forward. John Leboeuf whips in a cross ball towards Nwankwo Gower. Nwankwo Gower is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Don Johnstone easily smothers it.
6.49
0-0Dean Fox hacks Eugenio Pergolizzi from behind! Dean Fox is warned by the referee! Eugenio Pergolizzi runs off the knock.
9.43
0-0Helder Loureiro deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Peter Greening. Peter Greening makes a simple pass to Mervin Dichio. Mervin Dichio goes all the way! Mervin Dichio takes a shot at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
14.44
0-0John Leboeuf threads the ball through to Terry Cole. Terry Cole knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
16.08
Kevin George makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Thierry Seaman. Thierry Seaman sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
20.50
0-1Scott Cadamarteri makes a probing pass to Nwankwo Gower. Nwankwo Gower tries a spectacular long range effort. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Nwankwo Gower!
24.17
Brian Harley barges into Scott Cadamarteri. Brian Harley is given a warning by the referee! Scott Cadamarteri hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
32.21
Paul Bowyer knocks the ball forward to Billy McGrory. Billy McGrory makes a probing pass to Terry Cole. Terry Cole shoots from 25 yards. It's miles wide!
33.46
Trevor Wainwright hacks Mervin Dichio from behind! Trevor Wainwright is warned by the referee! Mervin Dichio runs off the knock.
38.05
Scott Cadamarteri knocks the ball to his team mate, Terry Cole. Terry Cole shoots from distance but Don Johnstone is on top of it.
39.32
0-1Everton are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
40.42
Scott Cadamarteri deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Nwankwo Gower. Nwankwo Gower shoots from 20 yards but somehow Don Johnstone manages to keep it out.
42.04
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
44.02
0-1Peter Greening makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Mervin Dichio. Mervin Dichio knocks the ball forward to Thierry Seaman but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
The whistle blows and Everton kick off!
54.39
Billy McGrory kicks a strong pass forward to Jonathan Beckham. Jonathan Beckham knocks in a cross ball towards Nwankwo Gower. Nwankwo Gower directs the ball goalwards with his head. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
57.24
Eugenio Pergolizzi knocks the ball forward to Thierry Seaman. Thierry Seaman sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is miles over!
59.27
Dean Fox makes a probing pass to Nwankwo Gower. Nwankwo Gower lofts in a cross ball towards Jonathan Beckham. Jonathan Beckham is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Don Johnstone easily picks it out of the air!
61.04
Billy McGrory catches Peter Greening on the ankles. Billy McGrory is given a warning by the referee! Peter Greening hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
61.04
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
65.31
Kevin George kicks a strong pass forward to Mervin Dichio. Mervin Dichio knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Darius Clarke who gathers it comfortably.
69.48
0-2Dean Fox catches Eugenio Pergolizzi on the ankles. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Eugenio Pergolizzi carries on, but is struggling a bit.
78.45
Scott Cadamarteri makes a simple pass to Jonathan Beckham. Jonathan Beckham sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but somehow Don Johnstone manages to keep it out.
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
Goals
Shots on Target
Shots off Target
Offsides
Fouls
Yellow Cards
Red Cards
Possession
Play Area
Scorers
| Nwankwo Gower 20, 54 |