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ASTON VILLA v WEST BROMWICH ALBION
FA Cup Quarter-Final
Saturday 7th March 2015,
5.30pm
Villa Park
MATCH
NOTES
The game will be the 165th league and cup meeting between the two clubs. Villa
currently lead the way in terms of victories with 76 compared to Albion's 53.
The two clubs have met 15 times in FA Cup action,
Villa winning nine games and Albion three.
The Baggies' last game on this date came back in
2000 when goals from Sean Flynn and Lee Hughes gave a managerless Albion a 2-0
win over Tranmere Rovers at The Hawthorns. Brian Little had been sacked the
previous day following a poor run of form, leaving the club deep in relegation
trouble. Baggies' legend Cyrille Regis and Little's assistant Allan Evans took
caretaker charge of the team against Rovers.
Villa's last game on March 7 came in 2010 when a
John Carew hat-trick helped Villa to a 4-2 win over Reading in a FA Cup
quarter-final tie at the Madejski Stadium.
Albion have won just three out of their last 18 FA
Cup games against top-flight opposition.
Villa have won nine of their last ten home FA Cup
matches.
Albion's last six games: Aston Villa (A) 1-2; Southampton (H) 1-0;
Sunderland (A) 0-0;
West Ham United (H, FAC) 4-0; Swansea City (H) 2-0;
Burnley (A) 2-2.
Villa's last six games: Albion (H) 2-1; Newcastle United (A) 0-1;
Stoke City (H) 1-2; Leicester City (H, FAC) 2-1; Hull City (A) 0-2; Chelsea (H)
1-2.
TEAM
NEWS
Albion
Tony Pulis will be without captain Darren Fletcher
for the trip to Villa Park with the former Manchester United midfielder
cup-tied.
Victor Anichebe looks set to be missing again due
to his groin problem and he could be joined on the sidelines by Callum McManaman
(foot) and Stephane Sessegnon (family bereavement).
The lack of forward options available means Saido
Berahino and Brown Ideye will probably both play again despite each suffering
from knocks.
Aston Villa
Villa will be
hoping that captain Ron Vlaar can recover from his calf problem in time for the
televised cup clash.
Definitely missing
is fellow defender Alan Hutton who is suspended after collecting his 10th
booking of the season in last Tuesday's league win over Albion.
He joins Philippe
Senderos, Kieran Richardson, Aly Cissokho, Nathan Baker and Libor Kozak on the
sidelines.
MATCH
ODDS
Result
Albion Win: 7/4, Aston Villa Win: 13/8,
Draw: 11/5.
First Goalscorer
Albion: Berahino 5/1,
Ideye 11/2, Anichebe 13/2, McManaman 9/1, Sessegnon 9/1, Gardner
10/1, Morrison 12/1, Brunt 16/1, Dawson 20/1, McAuley 25/1,
Mulumbu 25/1, Lescott 25/1, Baird 33/1, Yacob 33/1, Olsson 33/1.
Aston Villa: Benteke 5/1, Agbonlahor 6/1, Weimann
15/2, Gil 9/1, Sinclair 9/1, Cole 10/1, Delph 12/1, Grealish 12/1, N'Zogbia
14/1, Bacuna 14/1, Richardson 20/1, Cleverley 20/1, Westwood 25/1, Sanchez 30/1, Vlaar
30/1,
Clark 33/1, Okore 33/1.
No goalscorer: 7/1.
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REFEREE
Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
Taylor has taken charge of one Albion game so far
this season - the 2-0 defeat at home to Everton back in September.
He refereed two Albion games last season - the
1-1 draw at home to Chelsea in February and the 1-1 draw at Spurs on Boxing Day.
The Cheshire official has 'reffed' Villa three
times this season - the 5-0 defeat at Arsenal last month, the 3-0 defeat at
Everton in October and the 1-0 win at Stoke on the opening day of the season.
Taylor has issued 113 yellow cards and six red
in the 27 games he has officiated so far this season.
A full run-down of Taylor's history refereeing the
Baggies can be found here
TICKET INFORMATION
Albion's allocation of tickets are fully sold out.
WEATHER FORECAST
Light cloud, 11°C
FIXTURE HISTORY
 The first ever meeting of the two clubs came on December 9, 1882, in a
Staffordshire Cup 2nd round tie at Villa. In front of a reported crowd of almost
14,000, the game ended in a 3-3 draw with George Bell (2) and perhaps somewhat
ironically Harry Aston scoring the visitors' goals. The replay two weeks later
at the Four Acres saw Albion win with a solitary goal from George Timmins.
The
first league meetings took place during the inaugural Football League season of
1888/89. The first game, played at Perry Barr on January 19, ended in a 2-0
defeat for the Baggies, Dennis Hodgetts and
Albert Allen the Villa goalscorers. The return match at Stoney Lane
a week later saw the two teams share six goals in a 3-3 draw, Tom Pearson
and the aforementioned Allen scoring two goals each.
Albion’s biggest win against
Villa is 7-0 which came in a First Division match at
Villa Park on October 19, 1935. W.G. Richardson scored four of
the visitors' goals with Stan Wood, Jack Mahon and Jack Sankey the others on the
scoresheet.
Other big wins for the Baggies include 6-2 at The Hawthorns
in 1926/27 and 6-1 in a League Cup tie, again at The Hawthorns, in September
1966. Midfielder Bobby Hope scored three of the Albion goals in the
latter match.
Villa’s biggest win against Albion is 7-1, achieved in
a First Division game during the 1898/99 season. Bill Garraty, who would later
join the Baggies, scored a hat-trick.
Villa have also recorded a 6-3 win at Stoney Lane in
October 1893, and a 6-1 victory at Villa Park in a First Division game in April
1954.
In total there have been 165 league and cup games between Albion and Villa with
the men from Aston having by far the better record with 76 wins to Albion's 53.
A full fixture history between the two teams can be found here
PREVIOUS FA CUP MEETINGS
1997/98
Saturday 24th January 1998
Aston Villa 4-0 Albion
FA Cup 4th Round
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,372
Aston Villa: Bosnich, Grayson, Wright,
Southgate, Ehiogu, Staunton (Charles), Taylor, Draper, Yorke, Collymore, Hendrie.
Goalscorers: Grayson, Yorke 2, Collymore.
Albion: Miller, Holmes, Nicholson, Sneekes,
Murphy, Dobson, Butler (Evans), Hamilton (Coldicott), Hughes (Flynn), Hunt,
Kilbane.
1989/90
Saturday 17th February 1990
Albion 0-2 Aston Villa
FA Cup 5th Round
The Hawthorns
Attendance: 26,585
Albion: Naylor, Burgess, Harbey, Robson
(Talbot), North, Whyte, Shakespeare, Goodman, West (Foster), McNally, Bartlett.
Aston Villa: Spink, Price, Gage, McGrath, Mountfield, Nielsen, Daley,
Platt, Olney, Cowans, Ormondroyd. Goalscorers: Mountfield, Daley.
1956/57
Wednesday 27th March 1957
Albion 0-1 Aston Villa
FA Cup Semi-Final Replay
St Andrews, Birmingham
Attendance: 58,067
Albion: Sanders, Howe, Millard, Dudley,
Kennedy, Barlow, Griffin, Whitehouse, Allen, Kevan, Horobin.
Aston Villa: Sims, Lynn, Aldis, Crowther, Dugdale, Saward, Smith, Sewell,
Myerscough, Dixon, McParland. Goalscorer: Myerscough.
Saturday 23rd March 1957
Aston Villa 2-2 Albion
FA Cup Semi-Final
Molineux, Wolverhampton
Attendance: 55,549
Albion: Sanders, Howe, Millard, Dudley,
Kennedy, Barlow, Griffin, Whitehouse, Allen, Kevan, Horobin. Goalscorers:
Whitehouse 2.
Aston Villa: Sims, Lynn, Aldis, Crowther, Dugdale, Saward, Smith, Sewell,
Myerscough, Dixon, McParland. Goalscorers: McParland 2.
1931/32
Saturday 9th January 1932
Albion 1-2 Aston Villa
FA Cup 3rd Round
The Hawthorns
Attendance: 49,232
Albion: Pearson, Shaw, Trentham, Murphy, B
Richardson, Edwards, Glidden, Raw, W G Richardson, Sandford, Wood. Goalscorer:
W G Richardson.
Aston Villa: Morton, Smart, Mort, Gibson, Talbot, Kingdon, Houghton,
Beresford, Brown, Walker, Stephenson. Goalscorers: Houghton, Brown.
1925/26
Saturday 30th January 1926
Albion 1-2 Aston Villa
FA Cup 4th Round
The Hawthorns
Attendance: 52,160
Albion: Ashmore, Baugh, Adams, Richardson,
Reed, Dutton, Glidden, Carter, James, Wilson, Byers. Goalscorer: Carter.
Aston Villa: Spiers, Smart, Mort, Johnstone, Milne, Moss, York, Kirton,
Capewell, Walker, Dorrell. Goalscorers: Walker, Kirton.
1924/25
Wednesday 25th February 1925
Aston Villa 1-2 Albion
FA Cup 3rd Round Replay
Villa Park
Attendance: 60,015
Aston Villa: Spiers, Smart, Bowen, Moss,
Milne, Johnstone, York, Kirton, Phoenix, Walker, Dorrell. Goalscorer:
Phoenix.
Albion: Ashmore, Smith, Baugh, Magee, Reed, Richardson, Glidden, Carter,
James, Gregory, Byers. Goalscorers: Gregory, James.
Saturday 21st February 1925
Albion 1-1 Aston Villa
FA Cup 3rd Round
The Hawthorns
Attendance: 64,612
Albion: Ashmore, Smith, Baugh, Magee, Reed,
Richardson, Glidden, Carter, James, Wilson, Byers. Goalscorer: Carter.
Aston Villa: Spiers, Smart, Bowen, Moss, Milne, Johnstone, York,
Kirton, Capewell, Walker, Dorrell. Goalscorer: Walker.
1923/24
Saturday 8th March 1924
Albion 0-2 Aston Villa
FA Cup 4th Round
The Hawthorns
Attendance: 43,743
Albion: Ashmore, Smith, Perry, Magee, Reed,
McNeal, Davies, Wilson, James, Morris, Gregory.
Aston Villa: Jackson, Smart, Mort, Moss, Milne, Blackburn, York, Kirton,
Capewell, Walker, Dorrell. Goalscorers: Capewell, Dorrell
1913/14
Saturday 21st February 1914
Aston Villa 2-1 Albion
FA Cup 3rd Round
Villa Park
Attendance: 57,293
Aston Villa: Hardy, Lyons, Weston, Barber,
Harrop, Leach, Wallace, Stephenson, Hampton, J Bache, Edgley. Goalscorers:
Bache, Hampton.
Albion: Pearson, Smith, Pennington, Waterhouse, Buck, McNeal, Jephcott,
Bowser, H Bache, Bentley, Shearman. Goalscorer: Bowser.
1894/95
Saturday 20th April 1895
Aston Villa 1-0 Albion
FA Cup Final
Crystal Palace, London
Attendance: 42,652
Aston Villa: Wilkes, Spencer, Welford,
Reynolds, Cowan, Russell, Athersmith, Chatt, Devey, Hodgetts, Smith.
Goalscorer: Chatt.
Albion: Reader, Horton, Williams, Perry, Higgins, Taggart, Bassett,
McLeod, Richards, Hutchinson, Banks.
1891/92
Saturday 19th March 1892
Albion 3-0 Aston Villa
FA Cup Final
Kennington Oval, London
Attendance: 32,810
Albion: Reader, Nicholson, McCulloch,
Reynolds, Perry, Groves, Bassett, McLeod, Nicholls, Pearson, Geddes.
Goalscorers: Geddes, Nicholls, Reynolds.
Aston Villa: Warner, Cox, Evans, H Devey, Cowan, Baird, Athersmith,
Dickson, J Devey, Campbell, Hodgetts.
1886/87
Saturday 2nd April 1887
Aston Villa 2-0 Albion
FA Cup Final
Kennington Oval, London
Attendance: 15,534
Aston Villa: Warner, Coulton, Simmonds,
Burton, Yates, Dawson, Davis, Brown, Hunter, Vaughton, Hodgetts. Goalscorers:
Hunter, Hodgetts.
Albion: Roberts, Green, Aldridge, Horton, Perry, Timmins, Woodhall,
Green, Bayliss, Paddock, Pearson.
1884/85
Saturday 10th January 1885
Albion 3-0 Aston Villa
FA Cup 3rd Round Replay
Four Acres
Attendance: 10,021
Albion: Roberts, H Bell, H Green, E Horton,
Bunn, Stanton, Woodhall, Aston, Bayliss, Loach, G Bell. Goalscorers:
Loach 2, Bayliss
Aston Villa: Harvey, Simmonds, Riddell, Price, Dawson, Whateley, Albert
Brown, Arthur Brown, Archie Hunter, Vaughton, Davis.
Saturday 3rd January 1885
Aston Villa 0-0 Albion
FA Cup 3rd Round
Wellington Road
Attendance: 22,088
Aston Villa: Harvey, Simmonds, Riddell, Price, Dawson, Whateley, Albert
Brown, Arthur Brown, Archie Hunter, Vaughton, Davis.
Albion: Roberts, H Bell, H Green, E Horton, Bunn, Stanton, Woodhall,
Aston, Bayliss, Loach, G Bell.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
(Click on game to view)
Sunday 10 April 2005 - Aston Villa 1-1 Albion - Premier League - Villa Park
Saturday 24 January 1998 - Aston Villa 4-0 Albion - FA Cup 4th Round - Villa Park
Saturday 17 February 1990 - Albion 0-2 Aston Villa - FA Cup 5th Round - The Hawthorns
Saturday 27 August 1983 - Aston Villa 4-3 Albion - First Division - Villa Park
Saturday 2 October 1982 - Albion 1-0 Aston Villa - First Division - The Hawthorns
Saturday 25 November 1978 - Albion 1-1 Aston Villa - First Division - The Hawthorns
CURRENT CONNECTIONS
Albion's back-up keeper Boaz Myhill started
his career at Villa Park progressing through the club's youth system. The
American-born Welsh international failed to make a first team appearance for
Villa and in December 2003, after a number of loan spells at different clubs, he
moved to Hull City in a £50,000 deal. Myhill spent a successful seven years at
Hull before joining the Baggies in July 2010 for a rumoured £1.5 million fee.
Baggies' midfielder Craig Gardner started
his career at Villa, making his first team debut in 2005. The Solihull-born
player joined Birmingham City in January 2010 but following the club's
relegation from the Premier League 18 months later he left for Sunderland in a
reported £6 million deal. He moved to The Hawthorns on a 'Bosman' free in May
2014.
Villa midfielder Kieran Richardson was a key figure during Albion's
'Great Escape' at the end of the 2004/05 season after joining the Baggies on
loan from Manchester United. He left Old Trafford in 2007 to join Sunderland
where he spent five years before moving onto Fulham. He joined Villa in July
2014 on a free transfer.
Scott Sinclair spent an unsuccessful 2013/14 season on loan at The
Hawthorns from Manchester City. The winger joined Villa on loan until the end of
the current season during the January transfer window.
PAST
CONNECTIONS
Amongst the players to have turned out at various levels for
both clubs are: Albert Aldridge, Dean Bennett, Darren Bradley, Chris
Buckley, Franz Carr, Scott Carson,
Chris Charsley, Andy Comyn, Paul Crichton, Jack Crisp, Vic Crowe, Stan
Crowther, Jim Cumbes, Neil Cutler, Curtis Davies, John
Deehan, Jack Devey, Derek Dudley, Jimmy Dugdale, Lloyd Dyer, Ugo Ehiogu,
Albert Evans, Graham Fenton, George Garratt, Bill Garraty, Andy Gray,
Tommy Green, Willie Groves, Harry Hadley, George Harris, Tom Haywood,
Robert Hopkins, Steve Hunt, Dennis Jackson, George Johnson, Keith Jones,
Tom Jones, Phil King, Mark Kinsella, Zat Knight, Arthur
Loach, Christopher Mann, Ken McNaught, Luke Moore, Tony Morley, Dennis Mortimer,
Horace Parkes, Jesse Pennington, Tom Perry,
Kevin Phillips, Tony Rees, Cyrille Regis, John Reynolds, Liam Ridgewell, Bob Roberts, Riccardo Scimeca, Nicky Shorey, Jimmy Spencer, Nigel Spink, Kenny Swain,
Garry Thompson, Andy Townsend, Bert Trentham, Dave Walsh, Gavin Ward, Steve Watson,
Freddie Wheldon, Jimmy Williams, Charlie Wilson, Joe Wilson and Colin
Withers.
Ron Atkinson, Ron Saunders and Brian Little all
managed both clubs, Atkinson and Little also played for Villa; Former Baggies' boss Ron Wylie played for and
was later a coach at Villa; Another former Albion manager Alan
Ashman later scouted for Villa; Brian Whitehouse, an Albion
player during the 1950s and coach during the 1970s, coached at both clubs;
Ex-Villa defender Allan Evans was a coach at The Hawthorns under
Brian Little; Former Albion full-back Stuart Williams spent a short
time as trainer at Villa Park; Paul Barron, who kept goal for
Albion during the early 1980s, coached at Villa during the 1990s; Gary
Shelton played for Villa and was later a coach at The Hawthorns.
ALL-TIME LEAGUE & CUP RECORD VS ASTON VILLA
|
VENUE |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
Home |
81 |
33 |
21 |
27 |
126 |
111 |
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Away |
78 |
19 |
13 |
46 |
93 |
143 |
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Neutral |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
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Total |
164 |
53 |
35 |
76 |
224 |
260 |
LAST
TEN MATCHES AGAINST ASTON VILLA
|
DATE |
COMPETITION |
H/A |
F-A |
GOALSCORERS |
GATE |
|
Tue 03 Mar 2015 |
Premier League |
A |
1-2 |
Berahino - Agbonlahor, Benteke (pen) |
31,272 |
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Sat 13 Dec 2014 |
Premier League |
H |
1-0 |
Gardner |
24,684 |
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Wed 29 Jan 2014 |
Premier League |
A |
3-4 |
Brunt, Delph (og), Mulumbu - Weimann, Bacuna, Delph, Benteke (pen) |
36,083 |
|
Mon 25 Nov 2013 |
Premier League |
H |
2-2 |
Long 2 - El Ahmadi, Westwood |
24,902 |
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Sat 19 Jan 2013 |
Premier League |
H |
2-2 |
Brunt, Odemwingie - Benteke, Agbonlahor |
25,583 |
|
Sun 30 Sep 2012 |
Premier League |
A |
1-1 |
Long - Bent |
34,489 |
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Sat 28 Apr 2012 |
Premier League |
H |
0-0 |
|
25,984 |
|
Sat 22 Oct 2011 |
Premier League |
A |
2-1 |
Olsson, Scharner - Bent (pen) |
34,152 |
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Sat 30 Apr 2011 |
Premier League |
H |
2-1 |
Odemwingie, Mulumbu - Meite (og) |
25,889 |
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Sat 11 Dec 2010 |
Premier League |
A |
1-2 |
Scharner - Downing, Heskey |
37,015 |
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