Game #4782
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 December 2003
Blackburn Rovers
0-2
Aston Villa
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,722
Won
14th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Lee Hendrie | 62’ | Jlloyd Samuel | 74’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Stefan Moore leaves Blackburn trailing as he secures Villa's fifth win in six in all competitions to help transform form under David O'Leary after a challenging autumn, Saturday, 20 December 2003.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 December 2003
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 1-0, Stefan Moore, Assist by Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Stefan Moore, Sub on, Darius Vassell
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Jlloyd Samuel
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Thomas Hitzlsperger
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa’s transformed pre-Christmas form under David O’Leary extends to five wins in six games including three Premier League victories including this, their first away win of the season, and the first since January 2003. Juan Pablo Ángel is once again the catalyst in helping Villa to 14th place in the table.
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: 2001-02
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Game | #17 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Saturday, 20 December 2003
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 21 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 5 🟥 7 | 1.52
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Matches Officiated: 18
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 8 Nov 03, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough (h)
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Dion Dublin and Stefan Moore replace Darius Vassell and Ronny Johnsen.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.63 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 34.68 |
Youngest Player |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | 19.29 |
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🔥 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ |
CF Stefan Moore | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Graeme Souness | 🏴 |
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Blackburn Rovers
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Lucas Neill | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
CB Craig Short | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Markus Babbel | 🇩🇪 |
CB Andy Todd | 🏴 |
M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
M Barry Ferguson | 🏴 |
M Paul Gallagher | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Brett Emerton | 🇦🇺 |
CF Andrew Cole | 🏴 |
F Dwight Yorke (ex) | 🇹🇹 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for CF Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 78’ |
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 89’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CB Lucas Neill | 🇦🇺 | (CF Matt Jansen | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 | (M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Paul Gallagher | 🏴 | (LB Vratislav Greško | 🇸🇰 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
CB Martin Taylor | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 7/16
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_3987e43935e9484b9482b66f0b01a16b~mv2.gif)
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 20 December 2003
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