Aston Villa vs Blackburn Rovers

What it means

• Blackburn has dropped 4 of the last 5.
• Aston Villa has dropped 5 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup

1. 1Brad FriedelG
2. 2Andy ToddD
3. 3Ryan NelsenD
4. 4Dominic MatteoD
5. 5Garry FlitcroftM
6. 6Brett EmertonM
7. 7Morten PedersenM
8. 8Tugay KerimogluM
9. 9Robbie SavageM
10. 10Steven ReidM
11. 11Shefki KuqiF

Aston Villa16th in English Premier League

Lineup

1. 1Thomas SorensenG
2. 2Aaron HughesD
3. 3Olof MellbergD
4. 4Liam RidgewellD
5. 5Jlloyd SamuelD
6. 6Gareth BarryD
7. 7Steven DavisM
8. 8Gavin McCannM
9. 9Peter WhittinghamM
10. 10Milan BarosF
11. 11Kevin PhillipsF

Head to head

Last 5

BLK

• Tvs TOT0-0
• Wvs FUL2-1
• L@ WHU1-3
• T@ TOT0-0
• Lvs FUL1-3

AVL

• T@ POR1-1
• L@ MAN0-1
• Tvs BOL2-2
• L@ LIV1-2
• Lvs MNC1-2

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Villa Park, Birmingham, England · Attendance 31,010

Officials

M Clattenburg (Referee)