West Ham United 0-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2008
Result
West Ham United 0-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2008, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
West Ham United 0-1 Aston Villa: match report
West Ham United lost to Aston Villa 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal was an own goal by Lucas Neill in the 78th minute, credited to Aston Villa.
Discipline: West Ham United received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game West Ham United were 17th on 19 points from 17 and Aston Villa 4th on 31 points from 17. West Ham United went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.
West Ham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Ham United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match West Ham United's last five read D-L-D-W-D and Aston Villa's W-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 67'Yellow card · Lucas Neill
- 72'Yellow card · James Milner
- 78'Own goal · Lucas Neill
- 80'Yellow card · Craig Bellamy
Head-to-head
Team news
West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Green, George McCartney, Lucas Neill, James Tomkins, Joseph Paintsil, Julien Faubert, Bobby Zamora, Dean Ashton, Scott Parker, Mark Noble
Aston Villa line-up (4-5-1)
Luke Young, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Steve Sidwell, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar