Aston Villa vs Blackburn Rovers

What it means

• Blackburn has dropped 5 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup

1. 1Brad FriedelG
2. 2Martin TaylorD
3. 3Nils-Eric JohanssonD
4. 4John CurtisD
5. 5James McEveleyD
6. 6Vratislav GreskoM
7. 7David ThompsonM
8. 8Tugay KerimogluM
9. 9Garry FlitcroftM
10. 10Andrew ColeF
11. 11Dwight YorkeF

Aston Villa16th in English Premier League

Lineup

1. 1Peter EnckelmanG
2. 2Mark DelaneyD
3. 3Olof MellbergD
4. 4Ronny JohnsenD
5. 5Jlloyd SamuelD
6. 6Gareth BarryD
7. 7Thomas HitzlspergerM
8. 8Joey GudjónssonM
9. 9Stefan MooreF
10. 10Dion DublinF
11. 11Darius VassellF

Head to head

Last 5

BLK

• L@ WHU1-2
• Tvs SUN3-3
• Lvs MAN1-3
• Tvs BIR1-1
• T@ SUN0-0

AVL

• W@ MID5-2
• Lvs TOT0-1
• T@ LIV1-1
• Lvs BLK1-4
• Wvs BOL2-0

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Villa Park, Birmingham, England · Attendance 29,171

Officials

M Dean (Referee)