Game #4928
Aston Villa
Saturday, 7 April 2007


Won
13th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
Attendance: 24,211
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood
Blackburn Rovers
1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Phil Bardsley | 34’ | Patrik Berger | 73’ |
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 April 2007
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers, pen), Benni McCarthy
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-1, Patrik Berger, Assist by Phil Bardsley
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Aston Villa
❌ | 46’ Missed Penalty, Gareth Barry
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 2-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Patrik Berger
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Shaun Maloney, Sub on, Gavin McCann
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Phil Bardsley, Sub on, Aaron Hughes
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Patrik Berger, Sub on, Steven Davis
🟨 | 90’+2 Booking, Stiliyan Petrov
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 April 2007
Villa win for the third time in twenty one games under Martin O'Neill as they win their third Premier League game in nine in 2007.
Villa win for only the 2nd time in 7 games but are now unbeaten in 3 under Martin O'Neill - their best run since November.
Villa climb the table for the first time since February as they rise to 13th with 6 games to play.
Patrik Berger scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W6 D4 L9, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Phil Bardsley contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance to make it W3 D3 L3 and 1 assist so far in his Villa career.
Martin Laursen makes his 20th start in a Villa shirt (22 Appearances) after having again missed most of the season due to injury to make it W6 D10 L6, 1 Goal and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2006-07 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Game | #32 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 7 April 2007
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🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2006-2021
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 36 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 14 🟥 12 | 1.22
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2006-2021
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Stiliyan Petrov
CARDS

🟨 Christopher Samba
🟨 Benni McCarthy
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin Laursen, Patrik Berger, Craig Gardner, and Shaun Maloney replace John Carew, Ashley Young, Gary Cahill and Gavin McCann.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.69 |
Oldest Player |
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | 33.43 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 20.38 |
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
RB Phil Bardsley | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🟨 |
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Mark Hughes | 🏴 |

Blackburn Rovers
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB Ryan Nelsen | 🇳🇿 |
CB Aaron Mokoena | 🇿🇦 |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 | 🟨 |
M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
M Morten Gamst Pedersen | 🇳🇴 |
W Brett Emerton | 🇦🇺 |
W David Bentley | 🏴 |
CF Benni McCarthy | 🇿🇦 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
F Matt Derbyshire | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Gavin McCann | 🏴 | for M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | 76’ |
🔁 LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 | for RB Phil Bardsley | 🏴 | 80’ |
🔁 M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | for W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | 84’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 | (M David Dunn | 🏴 |)
🔁 | F Matt Derbyshire | 🏴 | (CF Shabani Nonda | 🇨🇩 |)

🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Jason Brown | 🏴 |
CB Stéphane Henchoz | 🇨🇭 |
CF Jason Roberts | 🏴 |
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
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 | | 128 | 1* | 5 | 4 | 46* | 40 | 42 | - | - | 29 | 2 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 7 Apr 2007, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH REPORTS






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