FOOTBALL Live

Sunday May 11, 2008 Finished Upton Park

2 - 2

West Ham

Solano 8’
Ashton 88’

Aston Villa

Young 14’
Barry 54’

Hammers and Villa play out draw

Aston Villa's last-ditch push to secure a UEFA Cup place ended in failure as they concluded their season with a 2-2 draw at Upton Park. More

Live Commentary
Time:90'
- West Ham
- Aston Villa
- FT Villa pressing until the end but West Ham survive some late pressure and this one is over - 2-2 - a very entertaining match but Villa have to settle for sixth place.
- 88' WEST HAM LEVEL - A great curled effort from Ashton from just outside the box - a cracking goal.
- 83' West Ham look very tired and Aston Villa are happy to sit back. Both teams are now making changes.
- 75' Ping-pong in the West Ham box but they finally get the ball clear. It looks like Green got a bang in the head as he dived for a 50-50 ball but he is ok.
- 73' West Ham make a change Carlton Cole is on for Zamora.
- 70' Aston Villa are hanging on well but Everton are now leading at Newcastle so their European dream looks to be over.
- 65' Villa have weathered the storm...a nice quiet spell is just what they needed.
- 61' OFF THE BAR FROM ZAMORA - West Ham have been doing all the pressing since the Villa goal and Zamora has just cannoned a header off the bar.
- 58' GOAL FOR ASTON VILLA - They have gone in front and deservedly so. It is Gareth Barry in perhaps his last game from the club. Reo-Coker has the original shot, Green saved well but only pushed it out to Barry who calmly place it in.
- 52' Carew with a header cleared off the line !! Villa are really on top in this half and Newcastle are level with Everton now so the race for Europe is back on.
- 50' Villa denied what looked to be a penalty. Moments after Green had made a point blank save from Carew he then raced out and seemed clip Petrov in the box after the midfielder had skipped past him. Petrov booked for his protests.
- 46' GOAL FOR NEWCASTLE - OWEN FROM THE PENALTY SPOT - just 30 secondss into the half. N'Zogbia storms into the box and Yobo makes a silly challenge. Not a great penalty from Owen but it goes under the body of Howard and in.
- 46' And we are back underway...
- HT And there is the half-time whistle - a very entertaining half of football.
- 45' Great last ditch tackle from Tomkins denies Agbonlahor when he looked all set to put home a cut back from Young.
- 45' Stinging shot from Zamora flashes across the face of the goal and goes just wide. Carson flung himself at that one which shows that he was worried.
- 43' Carew puts a near post header wide - he should have at least hit the target.
- 41' Something we missed from earlier - Olof Mellberg was booked in his last Villa game.
- 38' Decent effort from distance from Noble but it goes just wide.
- 33' Solano with a free-kick in an area not dissimilar from the one where he scored but this one hits the top of the wall and goes out for a corner which the Hammers can't do anything with.
- 31' Another poor miss from Villa - this time from Agbonlahor as he can only hit the side netting after being slipped in.
- 28' Bad news from Villa, Yakubu has just headed Everton in front against Newcastle. Their European dream could be over.
- 23' Carew has just missed a sitter for West Ham - Petrov with a lovely low cross into the box - and Carew gets in ahead of Tomkins - he looks like he is going to tap it in but while he gets a touch on it - he pulls it wide.
- 20' We have just had a long gap in play due to an injury to James Tomkins but we are back underway.
- 14' VILLA LEVEL MATTERS UP - lovely goal as they shift the ball from left to right. Petrov finds Reo-Coker and then he slips in Ashley Young who calmly places home his fourth in five games.
- 10' Double booking for West Ham - Neill and Parker both see yellow.
- 8' GOAL FOR WEST HAM - It is Solano with a curled free-kick from just outside the box after Anton Ferdinand was fouled. A lovely free-kick but Scott Carson really should have done better.
- 3' OFF THE POST FROM ASHLEY YOUNG - A right foot drive from just inside the box from the tricky winger beats Green but not the woodwork.
- 2' Carew loses his feet in the Hammers box - the Villa fans half cheer for a penalty but nothing doing there.
- 1' And we are underway here at Upton Park.
- - The sun is shining and the players have just come out on the pitch. Lots of Mellberg shirts in the Villa end.
- - Welcome to Upton Park for this match between West Ham and Aston Villa. The Birmingham side do have a small shot at fifth if they win and Everton lose. Today will also be Olaf Mellberg's final match in a Villa shirt.

Team Stats

West Ham	Stats	Aston Villa
60%	Possession	40%
20	Shots	19
6	Shots on target	7
5	Saves	2
7	Corners	8
21	Fouls	11
0	Offsides	2
2	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
21	Tackles	17
241	Accurate passes	171
10	Bad passes	48

Player Stats

G =: Goals
S =: Shots
SoT =: Shot on Target

F =: Fouls
FW =: Fouls Won
O =: Offsides

A =: Assists
AP =: Accurate Passes
BP =: Bad Passes

T =: Tackles

West Ham
Num	Name	G	S	SoT	F	FW	AP	BP	T
1	Robert Green	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
30	James Tomkins	0	0	0	0	3	20	0	3
3	George McCartney	0	0	0	0	2	10	1	1
2	Lucas Neill	0	0	0	0	2	24	3	2
5	Anton Ferdinand	0	0	0	0	1	17	0	1
16	Mark Noble	0	2	1	2	1	41	0	0
8	Scott Parker	0	1	0	1	4	32	1	4
15	Nolberto Solano	1	4	1	2	2	28	2	1
9	Dean Ashton	1	4	3	1	0	16	0	0
34	Luis Boa Morte	0	4	1	0	5	13	1	6
25	Bobby Zamora	0	4	0	2	0	15	1	0
17	Hayden Mullins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	John Paintsil	0	1	0	0	1	15	0	1
12	Carlton Cole	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2
40	Freddie Sears	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
21	Richard Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Aston Villa
Num	Name	G	S	SoT	F	FW	O	A	AP	BP	T
22	Scott Carson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0
5	Martin Laursen	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	2	1
3	Wilfred Bouma	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	17	13	3
4	Olof Mellberg	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	0	4
16	Zatyiah Knight	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	2
20	Nigel Reo-Coker	0	1	1	3	2	0	1	26	3	3
6	Gareth Barry	1	4	1	3	0	0	0	33	8	0
19	Stilian Petrov	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	23	2	4
10	John Carew	0	7	3	6	1	1	0	12	10	0
11	Gabriel Agbonlahor	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	9	0	0
7	Ashley Young	1	4	1	3	1	1	0	10	5	0
17	Moustapha Salifou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Stuart Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Marlon Harewood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
28	Shaun Maloney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Wayne Routledge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Summary
- 88' WEST HAM LEVEL - A great curled effort from Ashton from just outside the box - a cracking goal.
- 61' OFF THE BAR FROM ZAMORA - West Ham have been doing all the pressing since the Villa goal and Zamora has just cannoned a header off the bar.
- 58' GOAL FOR ASTON VILLA - They have gone in front and deservedly so. It is Gareth Barry in perhaps his last game from the club. Reo-Coker has the original shot, Green saved well but only pushed it out to Barry who calmly place it in.
- 52' Carew with a header cleared off the line !! Villa are really on top in this half and Newcastle are level with Everton now so the race for Europe is back on.
- 50' Villa denied what looked to be a penalty. Moments after Green had made a point blank save from Carew he then raced out and seemed clip Petrov in the box after the midfielder had skipped past him. Petrov booked for his protests.
- 46' GOAL FOR NEWCASTLE - OWEN FROM THE PENALTY SPOT - just 30 secondss into the half. N'Zogbia storms into the box and Yobo makes a silly challenge. Not a great penalty from Owen but it goes under the body of Howard and in.
- 45' Great last ditch tackle from Tomkins denies Agbonlahor when he looked all set to put home a cut back from Young.
- 45' Stinging shot from Zamora flashes across the face of the goal and goes just wide. Carson flung himself at that one which shows that he was worried.
- 31' Another poor miss from Villa - this time from Agbonlahor as he can only hit the side netting after being slipped in.
- 23' Carew has just missed a sitter for West Ham - Petrov with a lovely low cross into the box - and Carew gets in ahead of Tomkins - he looks like he is going to tap it in but while he gets a touch on it - he pulls it wide.
- 14' VILLA LEVEL MATTERS UP - lovely goal as they shift the ball from left to right. Petrov finds Reo-Coker and then he slips in Ashley Young who calmly places home his fourth in five games.
- 8' GOAL FOR WEST HAM - It is Solano with a curled free-kick from just outside the box after Anton Ferdinand was fouled. A lovely free-kick but Scott Carson really should have done better.
- 3' OFF THE POST FROM ASHLEY YOUNG - A right foot drive from just inside the box from the tricky winger beats Green but not the woodwork.

Live Team Line-Up

Referee: Mike Dean
West Ham

Manager: Jack Collison

Captain: Lucas Neill

On the Field
- Green
- Neill
- Tomkins
- Ferdinand
- McCartney
- Solano
- Noble
- Parker
- Boa Morte
- Ashton
- Zamora
Subs
- Wright
- Mullins
- Cole 73′
- Pantsil 46′
- Sears 80′
Injured
- Bowyer
- Dyer
- Bellamy
- Quashie
- Gabbidon
- Collins
- Spector
Suspended

None
Aston Villa

Manager: Martin O'Neill

Captain: Gareth Barry

On the Field
- Carson
- Mellberg
- Laursen
- Knight
- Bouma
- Reo-Coker
- Petrov
- Barry
- Agbonlahor
- Young
- Carew
Subs
- Taylor
- Harewood 87′
- Maloney
- Routledge
- Salifou
Injured
- Davies
- Gardner
Suspended

None

Man of the match

Young - Aston Villa

Young was buzzing around the pitch all match and scored a lovely goal too.

League Table

Prem

Pos.	Team	Pl	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	27	6	5	58	87
2	Chelsea	38	25	10	3	39	85
3	Arsenal	38	24	11	3	43	83
4	Liverpool	38	21	13	4	39	76
5	Everton	38	19	8	11	22	65
6	Aston Villa	38	16	12	10	20	60
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	13	10	2	58
8	Portsmouth	38	16	9	13	8	57
9	Manchester City	38	15	10	13	-8	55
10	West Ham	38	13	10	15	-8	49
11	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	13	14	5	46
12	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17	-20	43
13	Middlesbrough	38	10	12	16	-10	42
14	Wigan Athletic	38	10	10	18	-17	40
15	Sunderland	38	11	6	21	-23	39
16	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	10	19	-18	37
17	Fulham	38	8	12	18	-22	36
18	Reading	38	10	6	22	-25	36
19	Birmingham City	38	8	11	19	-16	35
20	Derby County	38	1	8	29	-69	11

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Champ

Pos.	Team	Pl	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	West Bromwich	46	23	12	11	33	81
2	Stoke City	46	21	16	9	14	79
3	Hull City	46	21	12	13	18	75
4	Bristol City	46	20	14	12	1	74
5	Crystal Palace	46	18	17	11	16	71
6	Watford	46	18	16	12	6	70
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	16	12	5	70
8	Ipswich	46	18	15	13	9	69
9	Sheffield United	46	17	15	14	5	66
10	Plymouth Argyle	46	17	13	16	10	64
11	Charlton Athletic	46	17	13	16	4	64
12	Cardiff City	46	16	16	14	4	64
13	Burnley	46	16	14	16	-7	62
14	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	16	16	-6	58
15	Preston North End	46	15	11	20	-6	56
16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	13	19	-1	55
17	Norwich City	46	15	10	21	-10	55
18	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	-13	55
19	Blackpool	46	12	18	16	-5	54
20	Southampton	46	13	15	18	-16	54
21	Coventry City	46	14	11	21	-11	53
22	Leicester City	46	12	16	18	-3	52
23	Scunthorpe United	46	11	13	22	-23	46
24	Colchester United	46	7	17	22	-24	38

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L1

Pos.	Team	Pl	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Swansea City	46	27	11	8	40	92
2	Nottingham Forest	46	22	16	8	32	82
3	Doncaster Rovers	46	23	11	12	24	80
4	Carlisle United	46	23	11	12	18	80
5	Leeds United	46	27	10	9	34	76
6	Southend United	46	22	10	14	15	76
7	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	19	12	15	8	69
8	Oldham Athletic	46	18	13	15	12	67
9	Northampton Town	46	17	15	14	5	66
10	Huddersfield Town	46	20	6	20	-12	66
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	18	11	17	5	65
12	Walsall	46	16	16	14	6	64
13	Swindon Town	46	16	13	17	7	61
14	Leyton Orient	46	16	12	18	-14	60
15	Hartlepool United	46	15	9	22	-3	54
16	Bristol Rovers	46	12	17	17	-8	53
17	Millwall	46	14	10	22	-15	52
18	Yeovil Town	46	14	10	22	-21	52
19	Cheltenham Town	46	13	12	21	-22	51
20	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	14	20	-18	50
21	Bournemouth	46	17	7	22	-10	48
22	Gillingham	46	11	13	22	-29	46
23	Port Vale	46	9	11	26	-34	38
24	Luton Town	46	11	10	25	-20	33

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L2

Pos.	Team	Pl	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	MK Dons	46	29	10	7	45	97
2	Peterborough United	46	28	8	10	41	92
3	Hereford United	46	26	10	10	31	88
4	Stockport County	46	24	10	12	18	82
5	Rochdale	46	23	11	12	23	80
6	Darlington	46	22	12	12	27	78
7	Wycombe Wanderers	46	22	12	12	14	78
8	Chesterfield	46	19	12	15	20	69
9	Rotherham United	46	21	11	14	4	64
10	Bradford City	46	17	11	18	2	62
11	Morecambe	46	16	12	18	-4	60
12	Barnet	46	16	12	18	-7	60
13	Bury	46	16	11	19	-3	59
14	Brentford	46	17	8	21	-18	59
15	Lincoln City	46	18	4	24	-16	58
16	Grimsby Town	46	15	10	21	-11	55
17	Accrington	46	16	3	27	-34	51
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	14	20	-9	50
19	Macclesfield Town	46	11	17	18	-17	50
20	Dag & Red	46	13	10	23	-21	49
21	Notts County	46	10	18	18	-16	48
22	Chester City	46	12	11	23	-17	47
23	Mansfield Town	46	11	9	26	-20	42
24	Wrexham	46	10	10	26	-32	40