Game #5057
Aston Villa
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Won
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
League Cup
Blackburn Rovers
Attendance: 18,595
Ewood Park
Blackburn Rovers
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Stewart Downing | 23' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
James Milner celebrates his strike that gave Villa the advantage in the League Cup semi final 1st leg, Thursday, 14 January 2010.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 14 January 2010
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-0, James Milner, Assist by Stewart Downing
🟨 | 39’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, Steve Sidwell
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
James Milner strikes a typically fabulous goal to make it two wins in two against Blackburn and leave Villa in pole position for qualification for the League Cup final ahead of the second leg at Villa Park.
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 | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #165 |
Thursday, 14 January 2010
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴 | Durham, 2000-2017
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 165 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 51 🟥 45 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴 | Durham, 2000-2017
Matches Officiated: 16
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 7 Nov 09, Villa 5-1 Bolton (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Mick McDonough, John Flynn
TEAM NEWS
James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Richard Dunne replace Habib Bèye, Fabian Delph, Nathan Delfouneso and Nigel Reo-Coker.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.14 |
Oldest Player |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 32.03 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 23.27 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Sam Allardyce | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK Paul Robinson | 🏴 |
RB Lars Jacobsen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 |
CB Ryan Nelsen | 🇳🇿 |
CB Pascal Chimbonda | 🇬🇵 |
RB Míchel Salgado | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M David Dunn | 🏴 |
M Morten Gamst Pedersen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
M Steven N’Zonzi | 🇫🇷 |
W Brett Emerton | 🇦🇺 |`
CF Nikola Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | for CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 71’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Lars Jacobsen | 🇩🇰 | (LB Martin Olsson | 🇸🇪 |)
🔁 | RB Míchel Salgado | 🇪🇸 | (RB Steven Reid | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | M Morten Gamst Pedersen | 🇳🇴 | (CF Benni McCarthy | 🇿🇦 | 🟨 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jason Brown | 🏴 |
CB Phil Jones | 🏴 |
W Junior Hoilett | 🇨🇦 |
CF Franco Di Santo | 🇦🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 1/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
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
Possession F | 55%
Possession A | 45%
Shots F | 13
Shots A | 8
Shots on Target F | 9
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 13
Corners A | 9
Fouls F | 5
Fouls A | 11
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Thursday, 14 January 2010