Game #4950
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 28 November 2007


Won
6th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,776
🟩 28 Nov 2007, Villa 4-0 Blackburn, Ewood
Blackburn Rovers
0-4

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | John Carew | 29’ | Gareth Barry | 53’ pen | Ashley Young | 81’ | Marlon Harewood | 89’ |
Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 29’ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 81’ |
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-0, John Carew, Assist by Ashley Young
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 50’ Booking, Olof Mellberg
🟥 | 52’ Sending off, (Blackburn Rovers), Ryan Nelsen
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 2-0, Gareth Barry (pen)
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 3-0, Ashley Young, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on Craig Gardner
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 4-0, Marlon Harewood
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 0-4 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 41%
Possession A | 59%
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 5
Shots F | 9
Shots A | 20
Touches F | 508
Touches A | 593
Passes F | 265
Passes A | 376
Tackles F | 27
Tackles A | 18
Clearances F | 71
Clearances A | 21
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 10
Offsides A | 7
Offsides F | 3
Fouls F | 15
Fouls A | 10
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
🟩 28 Nov 2007, Villa 4-0 Blackburn, Ewood

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Villa hammer Blackburn on their own patch to make it four consecutive wins in five unbeaten Premier League games. Villa win their fourth successive game to make it eight wins in fourteen as they rise to 6th in the table.
Ashley Young scores his 5th goal for the club on his 28th appearance (25 Starts) to make it W12 D9 L7, 5 Goals, 8 Assists and 3 Bookings.
Gabriel Agbonlahor contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 67th appearance (60 Starts) to make it W24 D22 L21, 17 Goals, 8 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.68 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 28 Nov 2007, Villa 4-0 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
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Game | #14 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 58 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 20 🟥 16 | 1.48
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 2 Jan 07, Villa 0-0 Chelsea (h)
Cards: 🟥 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Olof Mellberg
CARDS

🟥 Ryan Nelsen
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up for the second successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.44 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.77 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.14 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Mark Hughes | 🏴 |

Blackburn Rovers
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB André Oojier | 🇳🇱 |
CB Ryan Nelsen | 🇳🇿 | 🟥 |
CB Aaron Mokoena | 🇿🇦 | 🔁 |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
M David Dunn | 🏴 |
W Brett Emerton | 🇦🇺 |
W David Bentley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Roque Santa Cruz | 🇵🇾 |
CF Benni McCarthy | 🇿🇦 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 82’ |
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Aaron Mokoena | 🇿🇦 | (RB Steven Reid | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | W David Bentley | 🏴 | (M Morten Gamst Pedersen | 🇳🇴 |)
🔁 | CF Benni McCarthy | 🇿🇦 | (CF Jason Roberts | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Jason Brown | 🏴 |
M Robbie Savage | 🏴 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | | 33 | 12* | 4 | 1 | 13* | 8 | 12 | - | - | 5 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | | 83* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 3/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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