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Game #5056

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 January 2010

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

FA Cup

Blackburn Rovers

Villa Park

Attendance: 25,453

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-1

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Blackburn Rovers

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🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 January 2010

⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Nathan Delfouneso, Assist by Ashley Young
🟨 | 31’ Booking, Nigel Reo-Coker
💥 | 31’ Missed Penalty, (Blackburn Rovers), David Dunn
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 2-0, Carlos Cuéllar, Assist by Ashley Young
🟥 | 42’ Sending off, (Blackburn Rovers), El-Hadji Diouf
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Fabian Delph, Sub on, Steve Sidwell
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 2-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Nikola Kalinić
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Nathan Delfouneso, Sub on, John Carew
⚽ | 90’+1 Goal, 3-1, John Carew (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Match Statistics

Possession F | 59%
Possession A | 41%
Shots F | 13
Shots A | 4
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 9
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 13

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 January 2010

  • A heavily changed Villa side win the first of three games in quick succession against Blackburn to progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup ahead of the League Cup semi final first leg at Ewood Park.

  • Villa, with three games against Blackburn in 18 days, strike first blow with a convincing victory to send them through to the FA Cup 4th Round.

  • Stephen Warnock secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance to make it W10 D5 L4, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Blackburn Rovers

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2001-02

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #164 |
Saturday, 2 January 2010

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🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 2000-2014
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 164 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 | 51 🟥 45 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 2000-2014
Matches Officiated: 17
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 7
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 21 Nov 09, Villa 1-1 Burnley (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Peter Kirkup, Mike Mullarkey

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Nigel Reo-Coker

🟥 El-Hadji Diouf
🟨 Míchel Salgado

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Martin O'Neill goes full on 'Cup team' mode with Villa facing Blackburn in this FA Cup tie and two League Cup Semi Finals over the following two weeks. O'Neill recalls Ashley Young and brings in Fabian Delph (first start in 17), Emile Heskey, Nathan Delfouneso (first start of the season), Brad Guzan (first start in 7) and James Collins (first start in 11). Richard Dunne, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Stiliyan Petrov, James Milner and Brad Friedel drop out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.17 |

Oldest Player |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 | 32.98 |

Youngest Player |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.93 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |
CB James Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Sam Allardyce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Jason Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Martin Olsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Gaël Givet | 🇫🇷 |
CB Phil Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Pascal Chimbonda | 🇬🇵 |
RB Steven Reid | 🇮🇪 |
RB Míchel Salgado | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M David Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF El-Hadji Diouf | 🇸🇳 | 🟥 |
CF Nikola Kalinić | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ |
CF Franco Di Santo | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Steve Sidwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ | for CF Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Míchel Salgado | 🇪🇸 | (CF Maceo Rigters | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | M David Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Zurab Khizanishvili | 🇬🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Franco Di Santo | 🇦🇷 | (M Morten Gamst Pedersen | 🇳🇴 |)

Substitutes

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Paul Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gavin Gunning | 🇮🇪 |
M Aaron Doran | 🇮🇪 |
W Junior Hoilett | 🇨🇦 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 1/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 2/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/18

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“Ashley set up the opening two goals and he is a top-quality player who is so important to us. “It is three years this month since he came to us from Watford and his contribution for us during that time has been immense. “I’m delighted to have won the game. The players are desperate to play. We utilised the squad today and the young lads, Nathan and Fabien, did very well for us.” Martin O’Neill.
Quotes

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 2 January 2010

*Aston Villa had some anxious moments as they progressed to the FA Cup fourth round for only the third time in nine seasons after beating 10-man Blackburn.* Nathan Delfouneso headed in Ashley Young’s cross to put Villa ahead. Bradley Guzan then saved David Dunn’s penalty and the visitors rued the miss when Carlos Cuellar extended the lead. El-Hadji Diouf was dismissed before Nikola Kalinic got one back for Rovers who made sure of victory with John Carew’s injury-time penalty. The victory will restore confidence for Martin O’Neill’s side after two previous defeats by Arsenal and Liverpool and it also demonstrated that Villa have an added depth to their squad this season. Even though they made seven changes to the team which lost to Liverpool, they were boosted by the return of the previously suspended Young who was a threat from the start. Likewise, Rovers’ boss Sam Allardyce made nine changes as both managers protected some of their players ahead of Tuesday’s Carling Cup semi-final between the sides at Ewood Park. Villa’s line-up was the stronger of the two and the home side went ahead after 12 minutes. Cutting in from the left, it was Young’s centre who provided Delfouneso with a straightforward header to open the scoring, with the teenager finishing from 10 yards out. Young could have extended the lead himself before Villa’s good work looked to have been wasted when they conceded a penalty. Nigel Reo-Coker, who was Villa’s captain, was adjudged to have brought down Steven Reid but Guzan saved from Dunn. The miss was made worse when Young’s free-kick was glanced in by Cuellar to give Villa a 2-0 lead six minutes later. And things got even bleaker for Rovers when Diouf was given a straight red card before the break when he recklessly brought down Habib Beye. Yet their path back into the match was given an unexpected lift when Guzan dropped an inswinging corner to allow Kalinic to score. Villa suddenly looked perturbed and Kalinic could have levelled matters after being sent clear by substitute Morten Gamst Pedersen. But Villa restored their authority when Reo-Coker had a shot turned round the post and in the 90th minute Gael Givet brought down Carew in the box with the Norwegian sending Rovers keeper Jason Brown the wrong way from the spot. *Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill:* “Ashley set up the opening two goals and he is a top-quality player who is so important to us. “It is three years this month since he came to us from Watford and his contribution for us during that time has been immense. “I’m delighted to have won the game. The players are desperate to play. We utilised the squad today and the young lads, Nathan and Fabian, did very well for us.”
Reports

🟩 2 January 2010, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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