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Newcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa - August 23, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 3

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

August 23, 1997

36 783

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Aston Villa

John Beresford

13'

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13' - Goal John Beresford13

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53' - Substitution Temur Ketsbaiais substituted by Warren Barton photo David Batty

53' - Red card David Batty53

69' - Substitution Steve Stauntonis substituted by Alan Wright photo Fernando Nelson

69' - Substitution Riccardo Scimecais substituted by Fernando Nelson photo Julian Joachim

69' - Substitution Simon Graysonis substituted by Julian Joachim

84' - Substitution Ian Rushis substituted by Jon Dahl Tomasson84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Aston Villa

Newcastle United Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

19 Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

27 Albert

Philippe Albert

Belgium

B.date10/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

12 Pearce

Stuart Pearce

England

B.date24/04/1962

Age35 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

23 Pistone

Alessandro Pistone

Italy

B.date27/07/1975

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

3 Beresford13

John Beresford

England

B.date04/09/1966

Age30 years

H1m65

positionLeft full-back

4 Batty53

David Batty

England

B.date02/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Lee

Rob Lee

England

B.date01/02/1966

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

14 Ketsbaia53

Temur Ketsbaia

Georgia

B.date18/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

18 Gillespie

Keith Gillespie

Northern Ireland

B.date18/02/1975

Age22 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8 Rush84

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age35 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Steve Watson		23	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Philippe Albert		30	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Stuart Pearce		35	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Alessandro Pistone		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	John Beresford	13	30	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	David Batty	53	28	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rob Lee		31	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Temur Ketsbaia	53	29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Keith Gillespie		22	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Ian Rush	84	35	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

Bosnich

Mark Bosnich

Australia

B.date13/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Staunton69

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Scimeca69

Riccardo Scimeca

England

B.date13/06/1975

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Grayson69

Simon Grayson

England

B.date16/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Charles

Gary Charles

England

B.date13/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Taylor

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age29 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Draper

Mark Draper

England

B.date11/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Yorke

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

Collymore

Stan Collymore

England

B.date22/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m91

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Bosnich		25	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton	69	28	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Riccardo Scimeca	69	22	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		26	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		24	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Grayson	69	27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Charles		27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor		29	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Draper		26	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke		25	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stan Collymore		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

105

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
2	D		Warren Barton	53	28	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F		Jon Dahl Tomasson	84	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Alan Wright	69	25	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Nelson	69	25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Julian Joachim	69	22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Rush

Jon Dahl Tomasson

OUT

Keith Gillespie

Faustino Asprilla

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Charles

Alan Wright

OUT

Mark Bosnich

Michael Oakes

OUT

Steve Staunton

Savo Milosevic

OUT

Riccardo Scimeca

Andy Townsend

OUT

Ian Taylor

Fernando Nelson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Dalglish vs Aston Villa

10 victories

8 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

Dalglish vs Little

4 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Little

129

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Little vs Newcastle United

1 victory

2 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

Little vs Dalglish

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

Referee

Gary Willard

3 victories	2 draws	3 losses	Newcastle United8 matches	General total	Aston Villa7 matches	1 victory	3 draws	3 losses
1 victory	2 draws	1 loss	Newcastle United4 matches	Season total	Aston Villa1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 26, 1998					Latest figure on April 02, 1999

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Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 03/05/1997).

Newcastle United keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal scored vs Aston Villa running (since 07/03/1987). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/02/1959 (7 matches)

Warren Barton played his game number 10 vs Aston Villa in Premier League

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNewcastle United 1-1 Sunderland05/04/1997

VNewcastle United 3-1 Chelsea16/04/1997

VNewcastle United 3-1 Derby County19/04/1997

VNewcastle United 5-0 Nottingham Forest11/05/1997

VNewcastle United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday09/08/1997

VNewcastle United 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb13/08/1997

Overall

VArsenal 0-1 Newcastle United03/05/1997

DWest Ham 0-0 Newcastle United06/05/1997

DManchester United 0-0 Newcastle United08/05/1997

VNewcastle United 5-0 Nottingham Forest11/05/1997

VNewcastle United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday09/08/1997

VNewcastle United 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb13/08/1997

Current form

Away

VBlackburn 0-2 Aston Villa22/03/1997

VWimbledon FC 0-2 Aston Villa09/04/1997

LDerby County 2-1 Aston Villa12/04/1997

DLeeds United 0-0 Aston Villa22/04/1997

LMiddlesbrough 3-2 Aston Villa03/05/1997

LLeicester 1-0 Aston Villa09/08/1997

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Tottenham19/04/1997

DLeeds United 0-0 Aston Villa22/04/1997

LMiddlesbrough 3-2 Aston Villa03/05/1997

VAston Villa 1-0 Southampton11/05/1997

LLeicester 1-0 Aston Villa09/08/1997

LAston Villa 0-4 Blackburn13/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	3
Unbeaten streak	7	11
Drawless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	7	3
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Faustino Asprilla	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Faustino Asprilla	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Faustino Asprilla	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

39 v

9 d

12 l

137 gf

80 ga

Away

60 matches

14 v

14 d

32 l

66 gf

124 ga

Total

120 matches

53 v

23 d

44 l

203 gf

204 ga

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

32 v

14 d

14 l

124 gf

66 ga

Away

60 matches

12 v

9 d

39 l

80 gf

137 ga

Total

120 matches

44 v

23 d

53 l

204 gf

203 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 26, 1952
Home	6 - 1	April 26, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	November 29, 1902
Away	3 - 0	December 17, 1966

Latest head to head

January 11, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

September 30, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Newcastle United

4 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 14, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

November 18, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

February 25, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Newcastle United

3 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Peter Beardsley	7 goals	1984 - 1995
Les Ferdinand	4 goals	1995 - 1996
Andy Cole	3 goals	1993 - 1994
Malcolm Macdonald	2 goals	1975 - 1975
Ron McGarry	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Chris Waddle	2 goals	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Dwight Yorke	4 goals	1996 - 1997
Paul Rideout	3 goals	1984 - 1984
Tony Daley	3 goals	1986 - 1989
Steve Hodge	2 goals	1986 - 1986
Andy Gray	2 goals	1978 - 1985
Phillip Woosnam	2 goals	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Peter Beardsley	12 matches	1984 - 1997
David McCreery	8 matches	1984 - 1989
John Beresford	8 matches	1993 - 1997
Darren Peacock	7 matches	1994 - 1997
Rob Lee	7 matches	1993 - 1996
Alan Kennedy	6 matches	1975 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Nigel Spink	9 matches	1984 - 1994
Allan Evans	8 matches	1978 - 1989
Tony Daley	7 matches	1985 - 1994
Gordon Cowans	7 matches	1977 - 1993
Ugo Ehiogu	7 matches	1994 - 1997
Andy Townsend	6 matches	1993 - 1997