Blackburn Rovers vs Aston Villa, 1st Leg

What it means

• Aston Villa has dropped 4 of the last 5.
• Blackburn has lost 3 straight.

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Lineups

Aston Villa16th in English Premier League

Lineup

1. 1Brad GuzanG
2. 2Carlos CuéllarD
3. 3James CollinsD
4. 4Richard DunneD
5. 5Stephen WarnockD
6. 6Ashley YoungM
7. 7James MilnerM
8. 8Stilian PetrovM
9. 9Stewart DowningM
10. 10Emile HeskeyF
11. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorF

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup

1. 1Paul RobinsonG
2. 2Lars JacobsenD
3. 3Christopher SambaD
4. 4Ryan NelsenD
5. 5Pascal ChimbondaD
6. 6Míchel SalgadoD
7. 7Brett EmertonM
8. 8Steven N'ZonziM
9. 9Morten PedersenM
10. 10David DunnM
11. 11Nikola KalinicF

Head to head

Last 5

AVL

• Wvs BLK3-1
• Lvs LIV0-1
• Lvs LIV3-0
• L@ ARS0-3
• L@ ARS1-2

BLK

• L@ MNC1-4
• L@ MNC5-0
• L@ AVL1-3
• Tvs SUN2-2
• Tvs SUN3-4

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Ewood Park, Blackburn, England · Attendance 18,595

Officials

M Clattenburg (Referee), M Clattenburg (Referee)