Game #5014
Aston Villa
Saturday, 7 February 2009


Won
3rd (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
Attendance: 24,267
🟩 7 Feb 2009, Villa 2-0 Blackburn, Ewood
Blackburn Rovers
0-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 27’ |
🟩 7 Feb 2009, Villa 2-0 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 February 2009
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, James Milner, Assist by Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Carlos Cuéllar, Sub on, Craig Gardner
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, John Carew
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 2-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🟨 | 90’+3 Booking, Gareth Barry
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 44%
Possession A | 56%
Shots F | 13
Shots A | 9
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 13
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 11
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 Feb 2009, Villa 2-0 Blackburn, Ewood

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 February 2009
Villa make it 13 League games unbeaten - their best run since the title winning season of 1898 under George Ramsay - having won 9 to lift them to 3rd in the table as belief starts to build that this might be the year.
James Milner contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 62 appearances (56 Starts) to make it W30 D16 L16, 7 Goals, 13 Assists and 7 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.10 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 7 Feb 2009, Villa 2-0 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 | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Game | #25 |
Manager Game | #122 |
Saturday, 7 February 2009
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 122 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 | 39 🟥 31 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Matches Officiated: 29
🟩 : 12
🟨 : 7
🟥 : 10
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 30 Dec 08, Villa 1-0 Hull (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: John Stokes, Paul Tierney
REFEREE PROFILE
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Benni McCarthy
🟨 Tugay Kerimoğlu
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Zat Knight, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Gareth Barry, Brad Friedel, James Milner and Emile Heskey replace Brad Guzan, Nathan Delfouneso, Nicky Shorey, Moustapha Salifou, John Carew, Steve Sidwell and Craig Gardner.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.75 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.75 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 22.34 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Sam Allardyce | 🏴 |

Blackburn Rovers
GK Paul Robinson | 🏴 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB André Oojier | 🇳🇱 |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 |
CB Ryan Nelsen | 🇳🇿 |
M David Dunn | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Vince Grella | 🇦🇺 |
M Morten Gamst Pedersen | 🇳🇴 |
M Keith Andrews | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Benni McCarthy | 🇿🇦 | 🟨 |
CF Jason Roberts | 🏴 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | for CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 46’ |
🔁 CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | for CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 70’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Dunn | 🏴 | (M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | M Keith Andrews | 🇮🇪 | (CF El-Hadji Diouf | 🇸🇳 |)
🔁 | CF Jason Roberts | 🏴 | (CF Roque Santa Cruz | 🇵🇾 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
CB Gael Givet | 🇫🇷 |
CB Zurab Khizanishvili | 🇬🇪 |
M Carlos Villanueva | 🇨🇱 |
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 | 🏴 | | 68 | 25* | 6 | 1 | 31* | 17 | 20 | - | - | 10 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 28* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 4/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/18
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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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