Game #4928
Aston Villa
Saturday, 7 April 2007
Won
13th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Attendance: 24,211
Ewood Park
Blackburn Rovers
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Phil Bardsley | 34’ | Patrik Berger | 73’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Patrik Berger celebrates his equaliser that sets Villa up for victory at Blackburn and their third Premier League win in nine under Martin O'Neill, Saturday, 7 April 2007.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 April 2007
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers, pen), Benni McCarthy
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-1, Patrik Berger, Assist by Phil Bardsley
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 46’ Missed Penalty, Gareth Barry
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 2-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Patrik Berger
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Shaun Maloney, Sub on, Gavin McCann
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Phil Bardsley, Sub on, Aaron Hughes
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Patrik Berger, Sub on, Steven Davis
🟨 | 90’+2 Booking, Stiliyan Petrov
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa win for only the second time in seven games but are now unbeaten in three - their best run since November - as a result Villa climb the table for the first time since February as they rise to 13th with 6 games to play.
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 HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2006-07 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Game | #32 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 7 April 2007
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 36 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 14 🟥 12 | 1.22
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 Mar 07, Villa 0-1 Arsenal (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin Laursen, Patrik Berger, Craig Gardner, and Shaun Maloney replace John Carew, Ashley Young, Gary Cahill and Gavin McCann.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.69 |
Oldest Player |
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | 33.43 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 20.38 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
RB Phil Bardsley | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🟨 |
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Mark Hughes | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB Ryan Nelsen | 🇳🇿 |
CB Aaron Mokoena | 🇿🇦 |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 | 🟨 |
M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
M Morten Gamst Pedersen | 🇳🇴 |
W Brett Emerton | 🇦🇺 |
W David Bentley | 🏴 |
CF Benni McCarthy | 🇿🇦 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
F Matt Derbyshire | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Gavin McCann | 🏴 | for M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | 76’ |
🔁 LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 | for RB Phil Bardsley | 🏴 | 80’ |
🔁 M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | for W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | 84’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 | (M David Dunn | 🏴 |)
🔁 | F Matt Derbyshire | 🏴 | (CF Shabani Nonda | 🇨🇩 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jason Brown | 🏴 |
CB Stéphane Henchoz | 🇨🇭 |
CF Jason Roberts | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 5/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Saturday, 7 April 2007