Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 April 2009
Result
Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham United
Premier League · Saturday 18 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham United: match report
Aston Villa drew with West Ham United 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 April 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Emile Heskey opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Emile Heskey (11'). West Ham United scored through Diego Tristán (85').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; West Ham United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 5th on 53 points from 32 and West Ham United 7th on 44 points from 32. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and West Ham United 9th with 51.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Ham United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 2 for West Ham United.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-L-L-L-L and West Ham United's L-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Emile Heskey
- 20'Yellow card · Mark Noble
- 38'Yellow card · Luís Boa Morte
- 44'Yellow card · Ashley Young
- 64'Yellow card · Stiliyan Petrov
- 85'Goal · Diego Tristán
- 90'Yellow card · Matthew Upson
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Young, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Nicky Shorey, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, John Carew, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar
West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Green, Lucas Neill, Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga, Matthew Upson, James Collins, James Tomkins, Boa Morte, Diego Tristán, Junior Stanislas, Mark Noble, David Di Michele