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Game #5456

Aston Villa

Saturday, 15 September 2018

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Drew

12th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Championship

Blackburn Rovers

Ewood Park

Attendance: 15,982

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

Blackburn Rovers

1-1

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Aston Villa

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🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 15 September 2018

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Tammy Abraham
🟨 | 18’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad foul
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Albert Adomah, Sub on, Jonathan Kodjia
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Bradley Dack
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Ahmed Elmohamady, Sub on, Yannick Bolasie 🟢
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Mile Jedinak, Sub on, Conor Hourihane
⚽ | 90’+3 Goal, 1-1, Conor Hourihane
🟨 | 90’+6 Booking, Yannick Bolasie, Bad foul
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Possession F | 51%
Possession A | 49%
Shots F | 15
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 8

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

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 15 September 2018

  • Villa draw for the fourth time in five winless games as they need a dramatic late goal for the third time this season to rescue a result.

  • Villa’s latest draw is rescued with a stoppage time strike from Conor Hourihane - a player who couldn’t buy a league start under Steve Bruce. 

  • Ritchie De Laet becomes the latest first team player to be sent out on loan by Steve Bruce joining Jed Steer, André Green and Tommy Elphick unavailable for selection. 

  • Centre forward Tammy Abraham makes his Villa debut aged 20 after joining on a season long loan from Chelsea to become the 923rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Winger Yannick Bolasie makes his Villa debut aged 29 as a 77’ substitute after joining on a season long loan from Everton to become the 924th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Alan Hutton makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (161 Starts) to make it W51 D43 L81, 2 Goals, 7 Assists, 36 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Neil Taylor makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (46 Starts) to make it W24 D12 L14, 1 Assist, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #923 | Loanee from Chelsea
🟢 W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | #924 | Loanee from Everton

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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Blackburn Rovers

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Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Game | #7 |
Manager Game | #98 |
Saturday, 15 September 2018

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🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Steve Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Staffordshire, 2012-
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

🕒 98 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 23 🟥 30 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Steve Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Staffordshire, 2012-
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟩 21 Nov 17, Villa 2-1 Sunderland (h)
Incidents: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Jonathan Hunt, Matt McGrath

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 John McGinn, Bad foul
🟨 Yannick Bolasie, Bad foul

CARDS

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🟨 Darragh Lenihan
🟨 Corry Evans
🟨 Harrison Reed

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Steve Bruce brings back Neil Taylor for Glenn Whelan whilst debutant Tammy Abraham lines up ahead of the benched Jonathan Kodjia.

Starting XI Average Age: | 27.81 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 34.14 |
Youngest Player: CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.85 |

Referee

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

MANAGER

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

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Aston Villa

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 🔁 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |

MANAGER

Tony Mowbray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK David Raya | 🇪🇸 |
LB Amari’i Bell | 🇯🇲 |
CB Charlie Mulgrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Darragh Lenihan | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Ryan Nyambe | 🇳🇦 |
M Richard Smallwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Bradley Dack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Corry Evans | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Elliott Bennett | 🇯🇲 |
CF Adam Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Danny Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | for W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 69’ |
🔁 W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | 🟢 | 🟨 | for RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 77’ |
🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | for M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 77’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Ben Brereton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Corry Evans | 🇬🇧 | 58’ |
🔁 | M Harrison Reed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for M Richard Smallwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67’ |
🔁 | CB Derrick Williams (ex) | 🇮🇪 | for CF Adam Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 73’ |

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Substitutes

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 |
RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Jayson Leutwiler | 🇨🇦 |
M Joe Rothwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Craig Conway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Kasey Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £26.19m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £14.76m
Team Cost: £40.95m
Squad Cost: £53.73m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 1/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £3.38m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £7.83m
Team Cost: £11.21m
Squad Cost: £11.21m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 1/18

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 | Loan |

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £4.05m |
RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3.15m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Exchange |

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £8.37m |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £2.79m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | Loan |

CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Jayson Leutwiler | 🇨🇦 | Free |
GK David Raya | 🇪🇸 | Free |

LB Amari’i Bell | 🇯🇲 | £0.26m |
RB Ryan Nyambe | 🇳🇦 | Youth |

CB Derrick Williams (ex) | 🇮🇪 | £0.71m |
CB Charlie Mulgrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Free |
CB Darragh Lenihan | 🇮🇪 | Free |

M Corry Evans | 🇬🇧 | £0.76m |
M Bradley Dack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.73m |
M Elliott Bennett | 🇯🇲 | Free |
M Joe Rothwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
M Craig Conway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Free |
M Kasey Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |
M Harrison Reed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

CF Ben Brereton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £7.12m |
CF Adam Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1.63m |
CF Danny Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |

Out on Loan | 8 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Small Heath
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Charlton
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Emmen
RB Mitch Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Port Vale
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kilmarnock
W André Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hull
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | Melbourne

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

*Villa boss Steve Bruce* ”I think we deserved the equaliser. I thought we had a blatant, stonewall penalty. That changes games, goals change games. It would’ve been harsh if we had got beat. “Hourihane has just reminded everybody of what a good free-kick taker he is. I’m encouraged by Tammy Abraham’s performance, but it’s going to take time. We’ve practically built the team again which is going to be difficult. “We’ve stuck at it and got another late equaliser which is now three out of seven games, so it shows there’s resilience in our side.”
Quotes

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH REPORTS

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Saturday, 15 September 2018

Conor Hourihane’s 93rd-minute free-kick salvaged a point for Aston Villa in an entertaining 1-1 draw against Blackburn at Ewood Park. Bradley Dack’s sublime flick (76) looked like consigning Villa to consecutive defeats in the Championship on his return to the Rovers side following a knee injury. But substitute Hourihane stepped up in stoppage time to bend his set-piece beyond David Raya and rescue a point. Villa remain in 12th position, one place above Blackburn - who extend their unbeaten home run to 24 games, the longest in senior English football - with both sides on 10 points from seven games. This was one of Villa’s better performances this season even before Hourihane’s late intervention, but Bruce will hope this point acts as the springboard to an improved run of results despite them now being winless in their last five Championship games. Rovers were boosted by the return of their creative engine Dack, and the midfielder felt aggrieved after 27 minutes when referee Steve Martin ruled out his header from Charlie Mulgrew’s free-kick. Alan Hutton appeared to have played him onside, but Villa themselves were protesting moments later when Richard Smallwood caught the ankle of John McGinn inside the box but their penalty appeals were waved away. Orjan Nyland had earlier been forced into a save with his legs on the goal line to prevent Axel Tuanzebe from heading into his own net, but it was Villa who created the better chances in the second period. Tammy Abraham failed to hit the target with his header from Ahmed Elmohamady’s cross 10 minutes after the interval before the striker, on loan from Chelsea, received Albert Adomah’s pass only to stroke his shot wide. Villa were duly punished for their profligacy moments after Tony Mowbray had made a tactical change to stem the tide as Mulgrew’s cross was kept alive by substitute Ben Brereton before Danny Graham’s shot was exquisitely backheeled in by Dack. But just when it looked as though Villa were heading for defeat, Jack Grealish was bundled over by Harrison Reed and up stepped Hourihane from 25 yards out to curl his left-foot free-kick around Raya’s wall and low into the net. Steve Bruce: ”I think we deserved the equaliser. I thought we had a blatant, stonewall penalty. That changes games, goals change games. It would’ve been harsh if we had got beat. “Hourihane has just reminded everybody of what a good free-kick taker he is. I’m encouraged by Tammy Abraham’s performance, but it’s going to take time. We’ve practically built the team again which is going to be difficult. “We’ve stuck at it and got another late equaliser which is now three out of seven games, so it shows there’s resilience in our side.”
Reports

🟨 15 Sep 2018, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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