Aston Villa vs Blackburn Rovers

What it means

• Blackburn has dropped 4 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup

1. 1Brad FriedelG
2. 2Lucas NeillD
3. 3Craig ShortD
4. 4Andy ToddD
5. 5Michael GrayD
6. 6Martin AndresenM
7. 7Garry FlitcroftM
8. 8Tugay KerimogluM
9. 9Brett EmertonM
10. 10Andrew ColeF
11. 11Jonathan SteadF

Aston Villa16th in English Premier League

Lineup

1. 1Thomas SorensenG
2. 2Ulises De la CruzD
3. 3Olof MellbergD
4. 4Liam RidgewellD
5. 5Jlloyd SamuelD
6. 6Gareth BarryD
7. 7 Nolberto SolanoM
8. 8Lee HendrieM
9. 9Thomas HitzlspergerM
10. 10Juan Pablo AngelF
11. 11Darius VassellF

Head to head

Last 5

BLK

• Lvs ARS0-2
• Tvs SOU1-1
• L@ CHA2-3
• Tvs NEW1-1
• W@ MID1-0

AVL

• W@ WOL4-0
• L@ EVE0-2
• Tvs BIR2-2
• W@ FUL2-1
• Wvs LEE2-0

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Villa Park, Birmingham, England · Attendance 37,532

Officials

A D'Urso (Referee)