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Saturday April 5, 2008 Finished Villa Park

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Aston Villa

  • Barry 9’, 60’
  • Agbonlahor 54’
  • Harewood 84’

Bolton Wanderers

  1. Villa thrash sorry Bolton

    Villa thrash sorry Bolton

    Aston Villa returned to winning ways and deepened Bolton's relegation fears with a 4-0 thrashing at Villa Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aston Villa
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • 90+2 Thats it! It's all over! Villa have regained some of their confidence, while Bolton are one step closer to becoming only the third team to be relegated from the top division of English league football 10 times
    • 90' Reo-Coker collects a yellow card following a foul on Guthrie, and Bolton are starting to look like they've given up
    • 86' Petrov is replaced by Wayne Routledge
    • 84' GOAL!!!!! It's number four for Villa! Harewood gets on the end of Barry's cross
    • 82' It's Villa second substitution, Young comes to a standing ovation and Patrik Berger is on the field
    • 82' Joey O'Brien comes off the pitch for Bolton and Tamir Cohen replaces him to try and make that all important difference
    • 80' Only 10 minutes to go and Villa look likely to end their winless streak..is it too late for the Trotters?
    • 77' John Carew comes off and is replaced by Marlon Harewood
    • 75' Barry heads another Villa chance towards goal but Al Habsi makes an easy catch
    • 73' Bolton are struggling to clear their lines and the minutes draw in, Villa aren't sitting back and another goal certainly looks possible
    • 72' Agbonlahor makes another surging run up the left hand side, but can't quite pull it back and a corner's given
    • 71' Kevin Davies puts another cross in for Bolton but it whips stright over to the other side of the pitch without a touch from either side
    • 69' Free-kick to Bolton just outside the box, Matthew Taylor takes- but it's fired back out by the Villa defence, Bolton need to make the most of these opportunities if they want any chance of a result from this game
    • 65' O'Brien is penalised for a foul, but young can't make anything out of the resulting free-kick
    • 62' Great effort from Bolton, Guthrie passes it in and Helguson has a follow shot that goes narrowly wide..the game isn't over yet
    • 60' GOAL!!! Number three from Gareth Barry!!
    • 58' Agbonlahor puts the square ball in for Reo-Coker who misses an absolute sitter from right infront of the goal..fantasic save by Al Habsi
    • 54' Barry turns provider for Villa's second GOAL!!!!! Speeds onto the end of a through ball and crosses it in with tremendous pace for Agbonlahor to net in!
    • 52' Agbonlahor is caught offside in another Villa attack..
    • 49' Bolton are on the attack and putting Carson under pressure, a series of attempts on goal but the trotters can't quite finish
    • 47' An interesting inccident where Olof Mellberg takes a throw...and with the force of his throw the ball somehow manages to drop behind him..that'll be one for the outtakes
    • 47' Both teams have come out with a sense of urgency it seems, should be an exciting half
    • 46' Villa take the re-start to try and help bury Bolton's hopes of surviving relegation
    • 45' The ref blows for half time and it's 1-0 to the Villa..it could have been more though and the home side will need to make more of their chances in the second half
    • 44' Villa attempt a last minute attack before half time and Nigel Reo-Coker has a shot..but it's not on target and Bolton can breathe again
    • 43' Helguson volleys left-footed from centre of penalty area but it floats over the bar
    • 40' Carew comes in with a completely unnecessary challenge on Gretar Rafn Steinsson and is given a yellow card
    • 38' Barry comes in from the right hand side with what looks like a golden opportunity for O'Neil's men, but McCann makes a vital clearance
    • 36' Danny Guthrie fouls Petrov and is in turn booked for unsporting behaviour..
    • 33' Joey O'Brien and El-Hadji Diouf stand over a potentially equalising free-kick, but it sweeps past Carson's right-hand post
    • 31' Bolton are on the break, Gavin McCann crosses in for the visitors but it's safely caught by Carson
    • 27' Stiliyan Petrov has a shot on the back of Wilfred Bouma's cross, but it blazes over
    • 25' A foul by Gary Cahill on John Carew free results in a free kick taken by Ashley Young, which Martin Laursen can't quite reach the end of
    • 22' Bolton capitalise on Villa's loss of possession and Kevin Davies speed up the right with a cross-come-shot that just sits over the top of the net
    • 19' Aston Villa have lost only one of the last 10 Premier League meetings with Bolton..can they keep up the lead to make it 10 wins? It's early days yet
    • 17' Barry takes a free-kick for the hosts, there is no direct danger but the trotters can't clear their lines and Villa continue to push
    • 16' Gabriel Agbonlahor forces a throw for Villa as they keep up the attacking play
    • 14' Scott Carson and Al Habsi exchange goal kicks as the action moves from end to end
    • 11' Bolton aren't giving up, they're keeping the ball..but it's then fired off the end of the pitch, Greg Marson looks less than happy with the wasted chance
    • 9' GOAL!!!!! Ashley Young loops in a cross and Gareth Barry heads it past Ali Al Habsi, 1-0 to Villa!
    • 4' Bolton fire a cross in, but Heidar Helguson just can't find the net
    • 2' Andrew O'Brien clears a Villa attack..and Bolton are up the other end
    • 1' And we're off!
    • - Villa will be looking to end their five game winless run today, while Bolton are four points from safety with six games left to play...
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  • Team Stats

    Aston Villa Stats Bolton Wanderers
    51% Possession 49%
    13 Shots 8
    6 Shots on target 1
    1 Saves 2
    5 Corners 4
    12 Fouls 15
    3 Offsides 0
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 36
    284 Accurate passes 250
    64 Bad passes 53

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 0
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
      3 Wilfred Bouma 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 31 15 3
      4 Olof Mellberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 2 5
      5 Martin Laursen 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 27 2 2
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 25 3 4
      6 Gareth Barry 2 3 3 2 2 0 2 39 11 3
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 40 3 5
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 16 5 1
      10 John Carew 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 16 7 1
      7 Ashley Young 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 20 13 0
      17 Moustapha Salifou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Stuart Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Marlon Harewood 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      23 Patrik Berger 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1
      18 Wayne Routledge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
      33 Gary Cahill 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 0 1
      24 Joey O'Brien 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 30 3 6
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 17 1 3
      32 Matthew Taylor 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 17 3
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 5
      19 Gavin McCann 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 40 7 5
      17 Danny Guthrie 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 26 9 6
      14 Kevin Davies 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 25 5 4
      9 Heidar Helguson 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 16 1 2
      21 El Hadji Diouf 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 30 7 0
      8 Ivan Campo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Stelios Giannakopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Tamir Cohen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1
      12 Ian Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 84' GOAL!!!!! It's number four for Villa! Harewood gets on the end of Barry's cross
    • 60' GOAL!!! Number three from Gareth Barry!!
    • 58' Agbonlahor puts the square ball in for Reo-Coker who misses an absolute sitter from right infront of the goal..fantasic save by Al Habsi
    • 54' Barry turns provider for Villa's second GOAL!!!!! Speeds onto the end of a through ball and crosses it in with tremendous pace for Agbonlahor to net in!
    • 9' GOAL!!!!! Ashley Young loops in a cross and Gareth Barry heads it past Ali Al Habsi, 1-0 to Villa!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Gareth Barry

    On the Field

    • Carson
    • Mellberg
    • Knight
    • Laursen
    • Bouma
    • Reo-Coker
    • Petrov Substitution Out (86′)
    • Barry Goals×2
    • Agbonlahor Goal
    • Young Substitution Out (82′)
    • Carew Yellow Card Substitution Out (77′)

    Subs

    • Berger Substitution In (82′)
    • Taylor
    • Harewood Substitution In (77′) Goal
    • Routledge Substitution In (86′)
    • Salifou

    Injured

    • Davies
    • Gardner

    Suspended

    None

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Ivan Campo

    On the Field

    • Al Habsi
    • Steinsson
    • Cahill
    • O'Brien
    • Taylor
    • Guthrie Yellow Card
    • McCann
    • O'Brien Substitution Out (82′)
    • Davies
    • Diouf
    • Helguson

    Subs

    • Samuel
    • Walker
    • Campo
    • Giannakopoulos
    • Cohen Substitution In (82′)

    Injured

    • Gardner
    • Jaaskelainen

    Suspended

    • Nolan