Game #5057
Aston Villa
Thursday, 14 January 2010


Won
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
League Cup
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
Attendance: 18,595
🟩 14 Jan 2010, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood
Blackburn Rovers
0-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Stewart Downing | 23' |
🟩 14 Jan 2010, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood


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
Match Statistics
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
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 14 Jan 2010, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood

ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 14 January 2010
James Milner strikes a superb winner to hand Villa the advantage against Blackburn ahead of the second leg of the League Cup semi final at Villa Park.
Stewart Downing contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 10th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W7 D1 L2, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
Ashley Young makes his 125th Appearance for Villa (122nd Start) to make it W56 D37 L32, 25 Goals, 40 Assists, 21 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Richard Dunne secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance to make it W10 D6 L4 and 2 Goals so far in his Villa career.
Gabriel Agbonlahor collects his 15th booking in a Villa shirt on his 165th appearance to make it W67 D50 L48, 44 Goals, 20 Assists and 15 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Emile Heskey makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (36 Appearances) to make it W15 D11 L10, 5 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Steve Sidwell secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 45th appearance (32 Starts) to make it W25 D11 L9, 4 Goals, 2 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
🟩 14 Jan 2010, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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
🟩 14 Jan 2010, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #165 |
Thursday, 14 January 2010
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴 | Durham, 2004-2016
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 165 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 51 🟥 45 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 14 Jan 2010, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Clattenburg | 🏴 | Durham, 2004-2016
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Gabriel Agbonlahor
CARDS

🟨 Benni McCarthy
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 14 Jan 2010, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Richard Dunne replace Habib Bèye, Fabian Delph, Nathan Delfouneso and Nigel Reo-Coker.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.14 |
Oldest Player |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 32.03 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 23.27 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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 | 🇭🇷 |
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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 | 🇿🇦 | 🟨 |)

🟩 14 Jan 2010, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood
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 | 🇦🇷 |
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

🟩 14 Jan 2010, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | | 45 | 13* | 4 | 2 | 25* | 11 | 9 | - | - | 10 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | | 12* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 1/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 14 Jan 2010, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
*BBC Sport*
Thursday, 14 January 2010
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