Blackburn Rovers vs Aston Villa

What it means

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

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Lineups

Aston Villa16th in English Premier League

Lineup

1. 1Peter SchmeichelG
2. 2Mark DelaneyD
3. 3Olof MellbergD
4. 4Steve StauntonD
5. 5Jlloyd SamuelD
6. 6Gareth BarryD
7. 7George BoatengM
8. 8Thomas HitzlspergerM
9. 9Moustapha HadjiM
10. 10Darius VassellF
11. 11Juan Pablo AngelF

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup

1. 1Brad FriedelG
2. 2Henning BergD
3. 3Lucas NeillM
4. 4Nils-Eric JohanssonM
5. 5Hakan UnsalM
6. 6David DunnM
7. 7Tugay KerimogluM
8. 8Garry FlitcroftM
9. 9Damien DuffM
10. 10Andrew ColeF
11. 11Matt JansenF

Head to head

Last 5

AVL

• Wvs WHU2-1
• L@ MAN0-1
• Tvs CHE1-1
• T@ FUL0-0
• Tvs EVE0-0

BLK

• T@ BOL1-1
• Wvs TOT2-1
• L@ MID0-1
• L@ FUL0-2
• L@ WHU0-2

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Ewood Park, Blackburn, England · Attendance 21,988

Officials

S Bennett (Referee)