Game #5130
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 August 2011


Won
4th (+6)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,319
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-1

Blackburn Rovers

Assist(s) | Darren Bent | 12’ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 25’ | Stiliyan Petrov | 67’ |
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 August 2011
⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Darren Bent
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 2-0, Emile Heskey, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Marc Albrighton
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 2-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Morten Gamst Pedersen
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Emile Heskey
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Luke Young, Sub on, Ciaran Clark
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Fabian Delph
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, Barry Bannan
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 3-1, Darren Bent, Assist by Stiliyan Petrov
🟨 | 80’ Booking, Stiliyan Petrov
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers
Match Statistics
Possession F | 52%
Possession A | 48%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 5
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 12
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
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 August 2011
Alex McLeish confounds the doubters in his first home game in charge as his side scores three and wins to leave them with two unbeaten games at the start of the Premier League campaign.
Alex McLeish records his first Premier League win as Villa boss at the second attempt.
Darren Bent scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance to make it W8 D5 L4, 10 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Right back Luke Young plays his final game for Villa aged 32 after asking to leave the club for personal reasons. Young moved to Queens Park Rangers for £1,010,000 shortly after. A player that many feel Villa should have signed far earlier in his career, Young was a consummate professional who fitted into Villa perfectly. Overall Young made 89 appearances for Villa (86 Starts) during his time with the club to leave with a record of W37 D25 L27, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 12 Bookings.
Stiliyan Petrov contributes his 10th assist on his 80th win in a Villa shirt on his 191st appearance (179 Starts) to make it W80 D60 L51, 8 Goals, 10 Assists and 34 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 2008-11 🕒 89 | 86 (3) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 21 | #811 |
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
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2011-12 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Saturday, 20 August 2011
%20Aston%20Villa%20Kit_gif.png)
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Alex McLeish | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2011-2012
Referee: Stuart Attwell | 🏴 | Nuneaton, 2007-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Alex McLeish | 🏴 | 2011-2012
🕒 2 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 1 🟥 0 | 2.00
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Stuart Attwell | 🏴 | Nuneaton, 2007-
Assistants: Charles Breakspear, Andy Halliday
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Emile Heskey
🟨 Fabian Delph
🟨 Stiliyan Petrov
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alex McLeish names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age:
| 29.30 |
Oldest Player:
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 | 35.36 |
Youngest Player:
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | 21.76 |
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
MANAGER
Alex McLeish | 🏴 | 2011-2012

Aston Villa
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Charles N'Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Darren Bent | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Steve Kean | 🏴 |

Blackburn Rovers
GK Paul Robinson | 🏴 |
LB Martin Olsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ryan Nelsen | 🇳🇿 |
CB Grant Hanley | 🏴 |
RB Míchel Salgado | 🇪🇸 |
M David Dunn | 🏴 |
M Morten Gamst Pedersen | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Steven N’Zonzi | 🇫🇷 |
W Junior Hoilett | 🇨🇦 |
CF David Goodwillie | 🏴 |
CF Jason Roberts | 🇬🇩 | 🔁 |
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | for CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | for RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 56’ |
🔁 M Barry Bannan | 🏴 | for CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 66’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Morten Gamst Pedersen | 🇳🇴 | (M Mauro Fórmica | 🇦🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Jason Roberts | 🇬🇩 | (M Radosav Petrović | 🇷🇸 |)

🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
M Bruno Ribeiro | 🇧🇷 |
M Jason Lowe | 🏴 |
M Radosav Petrović | 🇷🇸 |
W Ruben Rochina | 🇪🇸 |
CF Nick Blackman | 🇧🇧 |
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
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | | 43 | 18* | 6 | 8 | 16* | 11 | 16 | - | - | 4 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 107* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI: £75.38m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 5/18
SQUAD STATS

Team Cost: £24.10m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Reported
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS






Opens in New Window
*The Guardian*
Saturday, 20 August 2011
🟩 20 Aug 2011, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

