Sheffield Wed 2-1 Aston Villa (Aug 16, 1996)

SHW

AVL

56'

Ritchie Humphreys

Assist: Mark Pembridge

63'

Julian Joachim

Scott Murray

72'

Scott Oakes

Mark Pembridge

80'

Graham Hyde

Ritchie Humphreys

84'

Guy Whittingham

Assist: Regi Blinker

88'

Tommy Johnson

Assist: Alan Wright

0-0

Premier League Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Man United	38	21	12	5	32	75
2	Newcastle	38	19	11	8	33	68
3	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	30	68
4	Liverpool	38	19	11	8	25	68
5	Aston Villa	38	17	10	11	13	61
6	Chelsea	38	16	11	11	3	59
7	Sheffield Wed	38	14	15	9	-1	57
8	Wimbledon	38	15	11	12	3	56
9	Leicester	38	12	11	15	-8	47
10	Tottenham	38	13	7	18	-7	46
11	Leeds	38	11	13	14	-10	46
12	Derby County	38	11	13	14	-13	46
13	Rovers	38	9	15	14	-1	42
14	West Ham	38	10	12	16	-9	42
15	Everton	38	10	12	16	-13	42
16	Southampton	38	10	11	17	-6	41
17	Coventry	38	9	14	15	-16	41
18	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	-18	40
19	Middlesbrough	38	10	12	16	-9	39
20	Nottm Forest	38	6	16	16	-28	34

Game Summary

Sheffield Wednesday emerged victorious over Aston Villa, 2 to 1, in the Premier League on August 17, 1996.

Game Info

Premier League Matchweek 1

August 16, 1996

SHW

Lineup

AVL

1

Pressman

13

Oakes

2

Atherton

3

Staunton

3

Nolan

4

Southgate

6

Walker

14

Wright

18

Stefanović

16

Ehiogu

4

Pembridge

72'

6

Townsend

11

Blinker

7

Taylor

20

Collins

8

Draper

25

Humphreys

80'

24

Murray

63'

7

Whittingham

10

Yorke

10

Booth

11

Johnson

SHW

Substitutes

AVL

19

Oakes

72'

12

Joachim

63'

12

Hyde

80'

56'

R. Humphreys scores a goal. M. Pembridge assists on the shot.

63'

J. Joachim enters the game. S. Murray leaves the game.

72'

S. Oakes enters the game. M. Pembridge leaves the game.

80'

G. Hyde enters the game. R. Humphreys leaves the game.

84'

G. Whittingham scores a goal. R. Blinker assists on the shot.

88'

T. Johnson scores a goal. A. Wright assists on the shot.

SHW

AVL

Player	Minutes	Goals	Assists
Andy Booth A. Booth #10	90	0	0
Dejan Stefanović D. Stefanović #3	90	0	0
Des Walker D. Walker #17	90	0	0
Graham Hyde G. Hyde #16	10	0	0
Guy Whittingham G. Whittingham #7	90	1	0
Ian Nolan I. Nolan #3	90	0	0
Mark Pembridge M. Pembridge #4	72	0	1
Peter Atherton P. Atherton #2	90	0	0
Regi Blinker R. Blinker #11	90	0	1
Ritchie Humphreys R. Humphreys #25	80	1	0
Scott Oakes S. Oakes #19	18	0	0
Wayne Collins W. Collins #20	90	0	0