Game #4474
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 13 August 1997
Lost
20th (-3)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Attendance: 37,122
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-4
Blackburn Rovers
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Stan Collymore, lively in torrid defeat
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 13 August 1997
🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Chris Sutton
🥅 | 25’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Chris Sutton
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 0-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Chris Sutton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-3 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Ugo Ehiogu, Sub on, Ian Taylor
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 0-4, (Blackburn Rovers)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-4 Blackburn Rovers
ON THIS DAY
Right back Simon Grayson made his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from Leicester City for a fee of £1,350,000 in July 1997.
Future Villa centre forward Chris Sutton scored a first half hat-trick for the visitors.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Blackburn Rovers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994–95
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #128 |
Wednesday, 13 August 1997
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴 | Kent, 1988–2002
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 128 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 | 36 🟥 36 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴 | Kent, 1988–2002
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 May 1997, Villa 2-3 Middlesbrough, Riverside Stadium.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Ian Taylor drops to the subs bench as Simon Grayson is brought in for his debut.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.55 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪. 34.08 |
Youngest Player
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 | 23.80 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
MANAGER
Roy Hodgson | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK John Filan | 🇦🇺 |
RB Jeff Kenna | 🇮🇪 |
RB Patrick Valéry | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴 |
CB Stéphane Henchoz | 🇨🇭 | 🔁 |
M Billy McKinlay | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Jason Wilcox | 🏴 |
CF Kevin Gallacher | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Chris Sutton | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | for CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 46’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Stéphane Henchoz | 🇨🇭 | (CB Ian Pearce | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Stuart Ripley | 🏴 | (M Lars Bohinen | 🇳🇴 |)
🔁 | CF Kevin Gallacher | 🏴 | (CF Martin Dahlin | 🇸🇪 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Paul Crichton | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Watt | 🏴 |
M Anders Andersson | 🇸🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Thursday, 14 August 1997