Aston Villa 2-0 Derby County: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2007
Result
Aston Villa 2-0 Derby County
Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Aston Villa 2-0 Derby County: match report
Aston Villa beat Derby County 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 November 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.
Martin Laursen opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Martin Laursen (57') and A. Young (61'). Derby County did not score.
Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Derby County received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 10th on 15 points from 10 and Derby County 20th on 6 points from 11. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Derby County 20th with 11.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Derby County in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 0 draws and 2 for Derby County.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-L-W-D-W and Derby County's L-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 43'Yellow card · Andy Griffin
- 46'Yellow card · Darren Moore
- 57'Goal · Martin Laursen
- 61'Goal · A. Young
- 87'Yellow card · Steve Howard
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Luke Moore, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg
Derby County line-up (4-1-4-1)
Stephen Bywater, James McEveley, Dean Leacock, Andy Griffin, Claude Davis, Matt Oakley, Stephen Pearson, Steve Howard, Craig Fagan, Giles Barnes, Darren Moore