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Saturday August 18, 2007 Finished St. James' Park

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  1. Villa and Newcastle in stalemate

    Villa and Newcastle in stalemate

    Michael Owen's return was the solitary bright spot of an uneventful 0-0 draw between Newcastle United and Aston Villa at St. James' Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Aston Villa
    • 90+3' There's full-time. Hardly a game to remember, this one. Newcastle 0-0 Villa.
    • 88' The noise level has risen inside St. James' Park. The home fans want a goal.
    • 86 Villa work it to Petrov at the far post, though he fails to catch his volley cleanly and it bobbles through to Harper. Now Reo-Coker booked for back-chat.
    • 84' The tempo has totally dropped out ot the game. Newcastle now pump the ball hopefully toward Ameobi, though he is immediately penalised for handball.
    • 79' There's a lot of huffing and puffing from both sides but little penetration.
    • 71' Moore tees up Barry on the edge of the area, and he blazes his shot high into the stands.
    • 70 Both sides have passed the ball about reasonably well so far, but the finishing has been poor.
    • 68 Gardner is booked for scything down Milner.
    • 63' Michael Owen returns!! He is on for Obafemi Martins!
    • 62' Milner turns Gardner inside out inside the Villa area, he has two men to aim for, but finds only a Villa defender with his cross! What a waste!!
    • 61' Great run from Reo-Coker...he rides one challenge, then Harper pushes his shot past the post with his fingertips. Excellent low stop.
    • 56' Reo-Coker wins a corner off Nicky Butt.
    • 55' Carr is in quickly on Young. He doesn't want to find himself one-on-one agains the fleet-footed winger.
    • 50' Stiliyan Petrov clips the ball across to Carew, he lines up an audacious volley, and the ball actually goes backwards!!! Not the greatest effort of all-time from the big Norwegian.
    • 48 Alarm bells in the Villa defence as Martins wins a flick-on to Viduka. The Toon now have a free-kick wide on the left. Geremi steps up, but curls it straight out of play.
    • 46' Newcastle kick off the second half.
    • 45+1 That's half-time. It all went a bit flat towards the end of the half.
    • 42' Milner swings another ball in towards Viduka, and the unlikely figure of Petrov heads behind for a corner. Geremi sees his cross then cut out by the first man.
    • 40' Newcastle are beginning to string it about nicely. Martins is giving the Villa defence problems.
    • 36' Geremi swings in a free-kick from the right, Viduka rises above Laursen, and the Newcaslte man heads into teh ground and over the bar. Laursen must have got a touch though, as Newcastle have a corner. It comes out to Rozehnal, and he strikes a bullet volley at the back post that Carson doesn superbly to parry away!!
    • 34' Viduka looks bemused as a free-kick is given against him on the edge of the area after he throws his elbow casually in the direction of Laursen.
    • 30' Agbonlahor takes it straight up the other end, rides a challenge from Butt, then scuffs his shot wide when Reo-Coker was in a far better position!
    • 28' Viduka with a cracking ball through to Milner after a superb break from Martins, he pulls it back for Smith, who scuffs his shot badly, and Barry clears!
    • 25' James Milner seizes upon a cleared corner and blazes a volley over the bar.
    • 23' Milner clips a neat ball in to Viduka, he tries an audacious overhead, but fails to make contact.
    • 20' N'Zogbia skips clear of Gardner, though fails to release the ball and is tackled on the edge of the Villa area.
    • 18' Young swings a pacy free-kick in towards Barry in the area, though he can't direct his header on target.
    • 15' Smith has a little kick at Reo-Coker, who left his feet in a challenge.
    • 14' Reo-Coker's crossfield pass is cut out by N'Zogbia, he feeds Martins, who looks up and tries to cross for Viduka, but it runs through to Carson.
    • 12' Butt lofts a long ball over the top of the defence for James Milner, who can't quite bring it down at full stretch.
    • 10' Agbonlahor wins a corner off Rozehnal. Barry swings it in, Laursen arrives with a firm header, and it hits Harper swuare in the chest. Either side of the 'keeper, and that would have been a goal.
    • 9' Carew lashes in a right-foot shot that Harper tips over.
    • 8' Martins throws a few stepovers, goes past Bouma, but the Dutchman manages to prod it out for a corner, which Carew clears.
    • 7' Early nerves in the Newcastle defence as Harper slices a clearance. Now Gardner swings it in, and Carew directs a firm header just over the bar.
    • 6' A scrappy start to the match. Neither side have put together any moves of note yet.
    • 2' Milner is enjoying an early tussle with makeshift right-back Craig Gardner.
    • 1' Villa get the game underway.
    • 17:00 Aston Villa team: Carson, Gardner, Mellberg, Laursen, Bouma, Young, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, Agbonlahor, Carew; Substitutes: Taylor, Moore, Harewood, Cahill, Maloney;
    • 17:00 Newcastle United team: Harper, Carr, Rozehnal, Taylor, N'Zogbia, Smith, Butt, Geremi, Martins, Viduka, Milner; Substitues: Forster, Cacapa, Owen, Ameobi, Ramage;
    • 17:00 Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live text comments of Newcastle v Aston Villa.

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Aston Villa
    56% Possession 44%
    9 Shots 15
    1 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    8 Corners 6
    11 Fouls 15
    0 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    38 Tackles 33
    266 Accurate passes 220
    45 Bad passes 58

  • 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
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 2
      2 Stephen Carr 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 26 0 4
      4 David Rozehnal 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 2 2
      22 Nicky Butt 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 37 4 6
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 12 6
      16 James Milner 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 12 7 4
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 42 5 3
      17 Alan Smith 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 31 6 5
      36 Mark Viduka 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 18 1 4
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13 5 1
      23 Shola Ameobi 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 1
      10 Michael Owen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Fraser Forster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Peter Ramage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      4 Olof Mellberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 5 0
      3 Wilfred Bouma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 12 3
      5 Martin Laursen 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 26 4 2
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 18 2 0
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 29 5 10
      26 Craig Gardner 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 0 4
      6 Gareth Barry 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 24 8 5
      7 Ashley Young 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 5 4
      10 John Carew 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 9 7 1
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 23 6 3
      13 Stuart Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Marlon Harewood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Luke Moore 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1
      28 Shaun Maloney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Gary Cahill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 28' Viduka with a cracking ball through to Milner after a superb break from Martins, he pulls it back for Smith, who scuffs his shot badly, and Barry clears!
    • 10' Agbonlahor wins a corner off Rozehnal. Barry swings it in, Laursen arrives with a firm header, and it hits Harper swuare in the chest. Either side of the 'keeper, and that would have been a goal.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    On the Field

    • Harper
    • Carr
    • Taylor
    • Rozehnal
    • N'Zogbia
    • Smith
    • Geremi
    • Butt
    • Milner
    • Viduka
    • Martins

    Subs

    • Owen
    • Ameobi
    • Ramage
    • Caçapa
    • Forster

    Injured

    • Babayaro
    • Given
    • Luque
    • Duff
    • Barton

    Suspended

    None

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    On the Field

    • Carson
    • Gardner
    • Mellberg
    • Laursen
    • Bouma
    • Agbonlahor
    • Petrov
    • Reo-Coker
    • Barry
    • Carew
    • Young

    Subs

    • Taylor
    • Harewood
    • Maloney
    • Moore
    • Cahill

    Injured

    • Sorensen

    Suspended

    None