FOOTBALL Live

Saturday December 13, 2008 Finished Villa Park

4 - 2

Aston Villa

  • Agbonlahor 24’, 68’
  • Davies 40’ (o.g.)
  • Young 78’

Bolton Wanderers

  • Elmander 17’
  • Davies 86’
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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aston Villa
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • 90' The final whistle goes and Bolton's miserable afternoon is over, with Ashley Young again the star of the show.
    • 88' Still time for more entertainment at Villa Park! Harewood chases down an underhit backpass. Jaaskelainen comes charging off his line and his challenge sends Harewood wide. As the keeper screams for defenders to come back, Harewood sends a cross in... Nobody can get a touch!
    • 87' Just after that goal, Agbonlahor came off for Nicky Shorey.
    • 86' GOAL!! Bolton get one back, but surely it's nothing more than a consolation, as Gretar Steinsson's cross to the far post is headed in by Kevin Davies. At least that cancels out his earlier own goal.
    • 81' That fourth Villa goal came at a time when bolton were just edging their way back into the game, but now they look a broken side.
    • 80' Ashley Young gets a huge Villa Park ovation as he comes off for Marlon Harewood.
    • 78' GOAL!! Ashley Young gets one of his own! Agbonlahor is as casual as you like as he sets Young up to strike from the edge of the area, and his shot takes a hefty deflection on it's way past Jaaskelainen. No matter, Young has fully deserved a goal today.
    • 75' Elmander is replaced by Ebi Smolarek. The Swede hasn't been in the match since that clash of heads with Curtis Davies.
    • 74' McCann's cross is only partially cleared by Villa and it drops for NOLAN TO SHOOT... He completely miscued his shot and it swings away from goal!
    • 68' Martin O'Neill intends to tighten things up for the remainder of the match as Nigel Reo-Coker comes on for Milner.
    • 68' GOAL!! It's Agbonlahor's second, Villa's third and curtains for Bolton! Ashley Young teases two men on the left wing before delivering an inch-perfect cross that Agbonlahor just has to glance past Jaaskelainen.
    • 65' Barry releases Ashley Young and Villa can break at speed! Young has Agbonlahor and Sidwell screaming for a pass but he SHOOTS... The shot doesn't beat the first Bolton defender and the chance is gone.
    • 61' Elmander and Davies have a nasty clash of heads as they both jump for a cross! Both men stay on their feet, and won't require any treatment, but that looked painful!
    • 60' Agbonlahor scampers down the left and curls in a ball for SIDWELL... The midfielder was unmarked but missed the ball with his attempted header completely!
    • 58' The ball breaks loose about 25 yards from the Bolton goal and AGBONLAHOR POUNCES AND STRIKES... Over the bar, but it was a fearsome shot!
    • 53 Fabrice Muamba is replaced by Ricardo Gardner, as Gary Megson acknowledges he needs to inject something into his side's attack.
    • 51' Kevin Nolan is lucky to escape a booking after he lunged in for a challenge on Sidwell and inadvertantly catches him with his studs. Villa use the free-kick and Milner fires a ball across the box... Nobody can get on the end of it.
    • 47' Ashley Young swings in a dangerous corner for DAVIES... He nods his header downwards, but so much so that it bounces up and over the bar to safety.
    • 46' The second half is underway at Villa Park!
    • HT It looks as though Laursen's goal has been given as a Kevin Davies own goal.
    • 45+1' Half-time is blown and the players go off. To their credit, there isn't a crowd of Villa players surrounding the referee complaining. Perhaps that's because they are in front already.
    • 45' Referee Probert has lost the plot! Gary Cahill jumps up at and clearly handballs in the area before Laursen can head an effort on goal, but again Villa get nothing!
    • 43' Young chases a long ball to the byeline and Steinsson steams in and sends him flying! The referee has given a goal kick! How is that not a foul? Only Lee Probert knows...
    • 40' GOAL!! Gareth Barry curls in a cross from the left and Villa captain Martin Laursen is there to head it in! Kevin Davies might have got a touch on it as he jumped to challenge Laursen, but it would be harsh to give the own goal.
    • 39' McCann chips an inviting ball forward that is only cleared as far as TAYLOR... Blazed high and wide with his left boot! You'd expect somebody with a strike as fierce as Matt Taylor to do better with a chance like that.
    • 36' Agbonlahor is running at Cahill and SHOOTS THROUGH HIS LEGS... Great stop by Jaaskelainen. The Finn get down to get a strong hand in the low shot.
    • 32' Steve Sidwell hustles and bustles O'Brien into conceding a corner, but Villa fail to take advantage and Bolton clear.
    • 27' Agbonlahor isn't letting up on poor O'Brien, as he beats him for pace down the wing and then gets his heels clipped. Barry will curl the free-kick in, but it beats everyone and goes for a goal kick.
    • 24' GOAL!! Villa are level! A long ball from Laursen comes up for Agbonlahor, who beats Andy O'Brien to the header and then is given enough space to knock a tidy volley past Jaaskelainen!
    • 23' Milner delivers a free-kick from the right wing that falls for LAURSEN... The Dane was intercepted but noe CURTIS DAVIES IS THERE... Headed wide!
    • 21' Villa under some pressure now as Cuellar clears for a Bolton corner. McCann's corner comes for STEINSSON... HEADED OFF THE BAR!!
    • 19' Young is played through on the right-hand side, but with no options he tries a shot that Jaaskelainen is more than equal to at the near post.
    • 17' GOAL!! Bolton take the lead completely against the run of play! Kevin Davies muscles his way to the byeline and fires a ball across and Johan Elmander beats Friedel with a cheeky backheel! That's his fourth goal in as many games.
    • 14' Young is enjoying the freedom to switch wings, and from the left he slips in AGBONLAHOR... The first-time strike hits the sidenetting.
    • 12' Botlon have a free-kick quite close to the touchline, but that doesn't deter Matt Taylor from HAVING A SHOT... The strike hits the wall and Villa clear out.
    • 9' Villa aren't letting Bolton establish any kind of rhythm at all, and are looking lively going forward themselves. A chipped ball over the op is just too long for Milner and Jaaskelainen collects.
    • 6' Young chips a ball to the other side of the Bolton box for Milner, who FIRES A LOW SHOT ACROSS GOAL... wide of the far post, but not quite wide enough for Young to get to it.
    • 5' Now Ashley Young is flagged up for offside, but he clearly did well to check his run before going clean through. A let-off for Bolton.
    • 4' First Elmander for Bolton, and then Agbonlahor for Villa, are caught offside.
    • 2' Villa's man of the moment Ashley Young tries to volley a cross in but wins a corner. The set piece is caught confidently by Jussi Jaaskelainen.
    • 1' Referee Lee Probert whistles and this match is underway!
    • 14:58 Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Andrew O'Brien, Samuel, Davies, McCann, Nolan, Muamba, Taylor, Elmander. Subs: Al Habsi, Smolarek, Gardner, Riga, Shittu, Basham, Obadeyi
    • 14:57 Here are the teams: Aston Villa - Friedel, Cuellar, Laursen, Davies, Luke Young, Sidwell, Petrov, Barry, Milner, Agbonlahor, Ashley Young. Subs: Guzan, Harewood, Delfouneso, Knight, Reo-Coker, Shorey, Gardner
    • 14:54 Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers at Villa Park!

  • Team Stats

    Aston Villa Stats Bolton Wanderers
    54% Possession 45%
    16 Shots 12
    5 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 2
    10 Corners 3
    17 Fouls 8
    6 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 16
    264 Accurate passes 182
    80 Bad passes 49

  • 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
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0
      24 Carlos Cuéllar 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 31 2 5
      5 Martin Laursen 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 30 7 0
      15 Curtis Davies 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 24 0 1
      2 Luke Young 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 26 16 3
      8 James Milner 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 4
      7 Ashley Young 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 20 11 2
      6 Gareth Barry 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 43 22 1
      4 Steve Sidwell 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 1 1
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 37 7 6
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 2 5 3 2 3 3 1 19 6 0
      21 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Craig Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Nathan Delfouneso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Brad Guzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Marlon Harewood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 9 0 1
      7 Matthew Taylor 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 2
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 3 4
      5 Gary Cahill 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 1 0
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 26 11 1
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 27 4 4
      19 Gavin McCann 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 21 8 1
      6 Fabrice Muamba 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 2
      14 Kevin Davies 1 2 1 5 3 0 1 18 7 0
      9 Johan Elmander 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 11 0 1
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Danny Shittu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Riga Mustapha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Temitope Obadeyi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 0
      30 Chris Basham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Ebi Smolarek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

  • Summary

    • 88' Still time for more entertainment at Villa Park! Harewood chases down an underhit backpass. Jaaskelainen comes charging off his line and his challenge sends Harewood wide. As the keeper screams for defenders to come back, Harewood sends a cross in... Nobody can get a touch!
    • 86' GOAL!! Bolton get one back, but surely it's nothing more than a consolation, as Gretar Steinsson's cross to the far post is headed in by Kevin Davies. At least that cancels out his earlier own goal.
    • 78' GOAL!! Ashley Young gets one of his own! Agbonlahor is as casual as you like as he sets Young up to strike from the edge of the area, and his shot takes a hefty deflection on it's way past Jaaskelainen. No matter, Young has fully deserved a goal today.
    • 68' GOAL!! It's Agbonlahor's second, Villa's third and curtains for Bolton! Ashley Young teases two men on the left wing before delivering an inch-perfect cross that Agbonlahor just has to glance past Jaaskelainen.
    • 65' Barry releases Ashley Young and Villa can break at speed! Young has Agbonlahor and Sidwell screaming for a pass but he SHOOTS... The shot doesn't beat the first Bolton defender and the chance is gone.
    • 58' The ball breaks loose about 25 yards from the Bolton goal and AGBONLAHOR POUNCES AND STRIKES... Over the bar, but it was a fearsome shot!
    • HT It looks as though Laursen's goal has been given as a Kevin Davies own goal.
    • 45' Referee Probert has lost the plot! Gary Cahill jumps up at and clearly handballs in the area before Laursen can head an effort on goal, but again Villa get nothing!
    • 40' GOAL!! Gareth Barry curls in a cross from the left and Villa captain Martin Laursen is there to head it in! Kevin Davies might have got a touch on it as he jumped to challenge Laursen, but it would be harsh to give the own goal.
    • 39' McCann chips an inviting ball forward that is only cleared as far as TAYLOR... Blazed high and wide with his left boot! You'd expect somebody with a strike as fierce as Matt Taylor to do better with a chance like that.
    • 36' Agbonlahor is running at Cahill and SHOOTS THROUGH HIS LEGS... Great stop by Jaaskelainen. The Finn get down to get a strong hand in the low shot.
    • 24' GOAL!! Villa are level! A long ball from Laursen comes up for Agbonlahor, who beats Andy O'Brien to the header and then is given enough space to knock a tidy volley past Jaaskelainen!
    • 23' Milner delivers a free-kick from the right wing that falls for LAURSEN... The Dane was intercepted but noe CURTIS DAVIES IS THERE... Headed wide!
    • 21' Villa under some pressure now as Cuellar clears for a Bolton corner. McCann's corner comes for STEINSSON... HEADED OFF THE BAR!!
    • 17' GOAL!! Bolton take the lead completely against the run of play! Kevin Davies muscles his way to the byeline and fires a ball across and Johan Elmander beats Friedel with a cheeky backheel! That's his fourth goal in as many games.
    • 14' Young is enjoying the freedom to switch wings, and from the left he slips in AGBONLAHOR... The first-time strike hits the sidenetting.
    • 6' Young chips a ball to the other side of the Bolton box for Milner, who FIRES A LOW SHOT ACROSS GOAL... wide of the far post, but not quite wide enough for Young to get to it.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lee Probert

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Martin Laursen

    Starting line-up

    • B. Friedel
    • C. Cuellar
    • C. Davies
    • M. Laursen
    • L. Young
    • S. Petrov
    • S. Sidwell
    • G. Barry
    • J. Milner Substitution Out (68′)
    • A. Young Goal Substitution Out (80′)
    • G. Agbonlahor Goals×2 Substitution Out (86′)

    Subs

    • M. Harewood Substitution In80′
    • Z. Knight
    • N. Shorey Substitution In86′
    • N. Reo-Coker Substitution In68′
    • C. Gardner
    • B. Guzan
    • N. Delfouneso

    Injured

    • J. Carew
    • W. Bouma

    Suspended

    None

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    Starting line-up

    • J. Jaaskelainen
    • G. Steinsson
    • G. Cahill
    • A. O'Brien Yellow Card
    • J. Samuel
    • F. Muamba Substitution Out (53′)
    • K. Nolan
    • G. McCann
    • J. Elmander Goal Substitution Out (75′)
    • M. Taylor
    • K. Davies Own Goal Goal

    Subs

    • C. Basham
    • R. Gardner Substitution In53′
    • E. Smolarek Substitution In75′
    • D. Shittu
    • A. Al Habsi
    • R. Mustapha
    • T. Obadeyi

    Injured

    • R. Vaz Te
    • T. Cohen
    • J. O'Brien

    Suspended

    None