Aston Villa

4-9-3, 21 PTS

Saturday, 5 November 2016

2016-17

14th (+1)

Won

2-1

Blackburn Rovers

3-4-9, 13 PTS

Championship

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,712

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Saturday, 5 November 2016

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🟩 5 Nov 2016, Villa 2-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Jonathan Kodjia | 58’ (pen) | 70’ |

Assist(s) | Mile Jedinak | 70’ |

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

🕒 5 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 2 🟥 0 | 2.20

Villa Career Form:

Champions

Game #5363

Match Record

Season | 2016-17 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Game | #16 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 5 November 2016

Game Record

Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Roger East | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wiltshire, 2012-2018
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Total 🕒 170 | 🟩 W74 (44% ) | 🟨 D35 | 🇺(64% ) | 🟥 L61 (36% ) | ⚽ 294 | 🥅 281 | GD 13

Villa Trophy Cabinet

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Head to Head

Opposition Trophy Cabinet

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2001-02

Team News

Unavailable

Injury | 1 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 |

Out on Loan | 8 |
LB Riccardo Calder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheltenham
RB Niall Mason | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | Fiorentina
M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 | Saint-Étienne
CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 | Walsall
F Harry McKirdy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stevenage

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

Jack Grealish and Ross McCormack replace Jordan Ayew (suspension) and Ashley Westwood.

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

Line Up & Subs

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2016-2018

GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 🔥 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 68’ |
🔁 M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 74’ |
🔁 CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 |

Owen Coyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GK Jason Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gordon Greer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Charlie Melgrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Darragh Lenihan | 🇮🇪 |
M Jason Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ben Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Guthrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Corry Evans | 🇬🇧 |
M Craig Conway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Martin Emnes | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Sam Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Danny Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Martin Emnes | 🇳🇱 | 31’ |
🔁 | W Liam Feeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Craig Conway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 66’ |
🔁 | M Hope Akpan | 🇳🇬 | 🟨 | for M Danny Guthrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 78’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK David Raya | 🇪🇸 |
M Elliott Bennett | 🇯🇲 |
W Jack Byrne | 🇮🇪 |
W Martin Samuelsen | 🇳🇴 |

Officials

Referee: Roger East | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wiltshire, 2012-2018
Assistants: Darren Cann, Derek Eaton

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

🟨 Nathan Baker (13)
🟨 Ross McCormack (5)

Opposition Bookings

🟨 Danny Guthrie
🟨 Hope Akpan

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

Matchday Squads

Goalkeepers
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | £4.50m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

Full Backs
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | £9.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £4.05m |
LB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | £2.25m |

Defenders
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3.51m |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

Midfielders
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £5.31m |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £2.25m |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

Wingers
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |

Forwards
F Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £12.87m |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | £7.65m |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

Match Stats

Match Media

What they Said

”I thought Kodjia probably had his best game for the club and hopefully we can continue moving upwards.

“You only have to watch him and realise what a good player he is. He has that little trick of playing on the side, like the French - and this helps me getting an extra striker onto the pitch.

“We didn’t do enough in the first half, although we started the second half much brighter when we played with a bit of energy and fire.

“It was a big test going behind and not playing well. Thankfully, we responded in the right manner and started looking like a team.”

Steve Bruce, Saturday, 5 November 2016.

*Aston Villa continued their revival under Steve Bruce with victory at home to struggling Blackburn.*

Following a goalless first half, Blackburn took a 54th-minute lead when unmarked Sam Gallagher headed home Charlie Mulgrew’s left-wing cross.

But Villa drew level three minutes later when Gordon Greer brought down Jack Grealish and Jonathan Kodjia converted from the spot.

The Ivory Coast striker doubled his tally to hand Villa all three points.

Kodjia was criticised by Birmingham manager Gary Rowett for the number of times he went to ground in last week’s derby

But his 71st-minute strike, following Mile Jedinak’s assist, proved the difference and ensured Villa remain the only Championship side not to be beaten at home this season.

They climb up to 14th in the table and are now unbeaten in five games under Bruce.

Blackburn remain 23rd and have now lost three games in a row.

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 |

🕒

✅

15*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

14*

Defenders

LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 |

🕒

✅

17*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

107

✅

98*

⚽

🔥

🟩

21*

🟨

🟥

CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

89*

⚽

🔥

🟩

30*

🟨

🟥

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

🕒

✅

15*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Midfielders

M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |

🕒

✅

11*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

13*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

33*

⚽

🔥

🟩

17*

🟨

🟥

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Forwards

CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |

🕒

✅

11*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

10*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

373

🔁

40*

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

129*

🟨

103

🟥

141

M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

154

🔁

10*

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

40*

🟨

🟥

CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

2016-17

First Team Squad

GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #861 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Peterborough United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | #890 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

AS Roma 🇮🇹

CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 | #858 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Boldklubben af 1893 🇩🇰 Retired

CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #889 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Retired

RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #903 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | #894 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Royal Antwerp 🇧🇪 Retired

M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | #902 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Brescia Calcio 🇮🇹 Retired

M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #900 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Luton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | #857 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Igdir FK 🇹🇷

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | #897 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

F Callum O'Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #912 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CF Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | #877 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CF Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #891 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Doncaster City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | #904 |

Forward

Where are they now?

MK Dons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #883 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #899 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Wolverhampton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB Micah Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #879 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #838 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | #876 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

M Aaron Tshibola | 🇨🇩 | #892 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

APO Levadiakos 🇬🇷

AM Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | #901 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Barnsley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manager

AM Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #866 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Everton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

DM Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | #895 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

W André Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #887 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Panserraikos 🇬🇷

CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #790 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #898 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Udinese Calcio 🇮🇹

CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | #881 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Esteghlal FC 🇮🇷 Retired

GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Unused Sub |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Millwall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #893 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Salford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #833 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Bristol City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | #867 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Lamphun Warriors 🇹🇭

LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #905 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #849 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Charlotte FC 🇺🇸

M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #840 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

M Jordan Lyden | 🇦🇺 | #886 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Bromsgrove Sporting 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

W Adama Traoré | 🇪🇸 | #882 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Fulham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

W Corey Blackett-Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #906 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Derby County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | #896 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2025

CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 | #862 |

Centre Forward

Where are they now?

Slezsky FC Opava 🇨🇿 Retired

CF Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #875 |

Forward

Where are they now?

MK Dons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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