Aston Villa 2-1 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2003

Result

Aston Villa 2-1 Charlton Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 2-1 Charlton Athletic: match report

Aston Villa beat Charlton Athletic 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 September 2003. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Alpay Ozalan opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Alpay Ozalan (37') and Jlloyd Samuel (55'). Charlton Athletic scored through Kevin Lisbie (86').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Charlton Athletic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 4 points from 5 and Charlton Athletic 12th on 5 points from 5. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 56 points, and Charlton Athletic 7th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 1 for Charlton Athletic.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Charlton Athletic's L-D-D-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Alpay OzalanAston Villa · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Scott ParkerCharlton Athletic
  • 55'Goal · Jlloyd SamuelAston Villa · 2-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Gavin McCannAston Villa
  • 66'Yellow card · Peter WhittinghamAston Villa
  • 79'Yellow card · Luke YoungCharlton Athletic
  • 84'Yellow card · Juan Ángel ArangoAston Villa
  • 86'Goal · Kevin LisbieCharlton Athletic · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Jonathan FortuneCharlton Athletic

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Aston Villa 4, draws 1, Charlton Athletic 1.