Game #4749
Aston Villa
Sunday, 2 February 2003


Won
11th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,171
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0

Blackburn Rovers

Assist(s) | Joey Guðjónsson | 2’ | Gareth Barry | 40’ | Ulises de la Cruz | 81’ |
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 2 February 2003
⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by Joey Guðjónsson
🟨 | 34’ Booking, Gareth Barry
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 2-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Stefan Moore, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 3-0, Gareth Barry, Assist by Ulises de la Cruz
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Mark Delaney, Sub on, Steve Staunton
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Joey Guðjónsson, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Match Statistics
Not reported
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 2 February 2003
Less than a month after being humiliated by the same opposition at home, Villa, apparently rejuvenated, put Blackburn to the sword to record successive victories and climb to 11th in the table under Graham Taylor.
Villa make it 10 wins in 26 Premier League games under Graham Taylor
Joey Guðjónsson contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance to make it W2 D0 L0, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Ulises de la Cruz contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (13 Starts) to make it W7 D2 L12, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Blackburn Rovers


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2001-02
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Game | #26 |
Manager Game | #48 |
Sunday, 2 February 2003
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🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Kick off: 4.05pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 48 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 10 🟥 21 | 1.27
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 14 Dec 02, Villa 2-1 Albion (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.00 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 33.81 |
Youngest Player |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 19.36 |
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
M Joey Guðjónsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Graeme Souness | 🏴 | (🤡)

Blackburn Rovers
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nils-Eric Johansson | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |
LB Vratislav Greško | 🇸🇰 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Jay McEveley | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB John Curtis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 |
M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 |
M David Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Andrew Cole | 🏴 |
F Dwight Yorke (ex) | 🇹🇹 |
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🔥 |for CF Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 79’ |
🔁 LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | for RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 84’ |
🔁 M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | for M Joey Guðjónsson | 🇮🇸 | 89’ |
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Vratislav Greško | 🇸🇰 | (CF Matt Jansen | 🏴 |)
🔁 | RB John Curtis | 🏴 | (CF Egil Østenstad | 🇳🇴 |)
🔁 | M David Thompson | 🏴 | (W Keith Gillespie | 🇬🇧 |)
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Alan Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Jonathon Douglas | 🇮🇪 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | | 21 | 8* | 2 | 3* | 7* | 2 | 12 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 6/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not reported
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 2 Feb 2003, Villa 3-0 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS






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