Game #5489
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 March 2019
Won
6th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Championship
Attendance: 39,687
Blackburn Rovers
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Blackburn Rovers
Assist(s) | Anwar El Ghazi | 8’ | John McGinn | 61’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa make it five consecutive League wins as Blackburn are their latest victims.
KEY MAN
Tammy Abraham celebrates his 22nd goal of the season as Villa win five on the bounce, 30 March 2019
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 March 2019
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Tammy Abraham, Assist by Anwar El Ghazi
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 2-0, Tyrone Mings, Assist by John McGinn
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, André Green, Sub on, Albert Adomah
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Conor Hourihane
🥅 | 74 Goal, 2-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Amari’i Bell
🟨 | 77’ Booking, John McGinn for a bad foul
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
ON THIS DAY
Five wins on the bounce and Villa are up to 5th.
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
Seasons | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Game | #39 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Saturday, 30 March 2019
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Robert Jones | 🏴 | Merseyside, 2016-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 28 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 9 🟥 7 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Robert Jones | 🏴 | Merseyside, 2016-
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 Nov 18, Villa 4-2 Birmingham (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Nicholas Hopton, Adam Matthews
Robert Jones
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Blackburn Rovers
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Dean Smith names an unchanged line up from the team that beat Middlesbrough in the previous game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.13 |
Oldest Player: M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | 35.23 |
Youngest Player: W André Green | 🏴 | 20.69 |
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 🔥 |
W André Green | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Tony Mowbray | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK David Raya | 🇪🇸 |
LB Amari’i Bell | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ |
CB Charlie Mulgrew | 🏴 |
CB Darragh Lenihan | 🇮🇪 |
RB Ryan Nyambe | 🇳🇦 |
M Bradley Dack | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lewis Travis | 🏴 |
M Elliott Bennett | 🇯🇲 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Craig Conway | 🏴 |
CF Adam Armstrong | 🏴 |
CF Danny Graham | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | for W André Green | 🏴 | 66’ |
🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 88’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Harrison Reed | 🏴 | for M Elliott Bennett | 🇯🇲 | 61’ |
🔁 | CF Ben Brereton | 🏴 | for CF Danny Graham | 🏴 | 66’ |
🔁 | M Joe Rothwell | 🏴 | for M Bradley Dack | 🏴 | 66’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 |
CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jayson Leutwiler | 🇨🇦 |
CB Jack Rodwell | 🏴 |
CB Derrick Williams (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
M Richard Smallwood | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £13.90m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £6.30m
Team Cost: £20.20m
Squad Cost: £35.95m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | £0.49m |
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Youth |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | Loan |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | Loan |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | Loan |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W André Green | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴 | Loan |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £2.62m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £7.12m
Team Cost: £9.74m
Squad Cost: £10.45m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 1/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK David Raya | 🇪🇸 | Free |
GK Jayson Leutwiler | 🇨🇦 | Free |
LB Amari’i Bell | 🇯🇲 | £0.26m |
RB Ryan Nyambe | 🇳🇦 | Youth |
CB Derrick Williams (ex) | 🇮🇪 | £0.71m |
CB Charlie Mulgrew | 🏴 | Free |
CB Darragh Lenihan | 🇮🇪 | Free |
CB Jack Rodwell | 🏴 | Free |
M Bradley Dack | 🏴 | £0.73m |
M Lewis Travis | 🏴 | Free |
M Joe Rothwell | 🏴 | Free |
M Elliott Bennett | 🇯🇲 | Free |
M Craig Conway | 🏴 | Free |
M Richard Smallwood | 🏴 | Free |
M Harrison Reed | 🏴 | Loan |
CF Ben Brereton | 🏴 | £7.12m |
CF Adam Armstrong | 🏴 | £1.63m |
CF Danny Graham | 🏴 | Free |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 8 |
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
M Tom Carroll | 🏴 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 13 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Small Heath
RB Mitch Clark | 🏴 | Port Vale
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴 | Kilmarnock
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | Melbourne
CF Ross McCormack | 🏴 | Motherwell
F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | Cambridge
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 | Carlisle
W Corey Blackett-Taylor | 🏴 | Walsall
RB James Bree | 🏴 | Ipswich
M Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 | Cambridge
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | Sheffield United
F Harry McKirdy | 🏴 | Newport
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | Caen
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 | 51%
Possession A | 49%
Shots F | 15
Shots A | 12
Shots on Target F | 10
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 15
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Villa boss Dean Smith*
”We knew how important this game was, and you could feel that in the atmosphere at Villa Park.
“To go five wins in this league is a tremendous achievement for the players but we need to keep winning because we know there are a lot of teams grouped in amongst us. We have got ourselves into a good position and we need to maintain the form and performance levels to stay there.”
*Sky Sports*
Saturday, 30 March 2019
Aston Villa striker Tammy Abraham scored his 22nd goal of the season in front of watching England manager Gareth Southgate to help secure a 2-1 win against Blackburn at Villa Park.
On-loan Chelsea marksman Abraham gave Villa the lead after only eight minutes as Dean Smith’s side strengthened their bid to secure a place in the play-offs with a fifth successive win.
Villa increased their advantage when central defender Tyrone Mings headed home after 61 minutes.
Amari’i Bell gave Blackburn a lifeline in the 74th minute and Villa then had to ride out a nervy finale.
As well as Abraham, Southgate could also have been watching Villa talisman Jack Grealish. Villa’s five victories have all come since his return to the side following three months on the sidelines with a shin injury.
While Villa are enjoying a red-hot sequence of results, Blackburn remain in free-fall.
Their latest loss extended their recent run to eight defeats in 10 games - collecting only four points from 30.
Villa made the perfect start when John McGinn lifted a cross into the path of Anwar El Ghazi.
El Ghazi rolled the ball across the face of the Blackburn goal and Abraham had the simple task of turning home his shot from four yards.
Abraham would have doubled Villa’s advantage six minutes later but for goalkeeper David Raya, who blocked his low drive with his legs.
Almost immediately, Raya saved Blackburn again - this time collecting a low 20-yard drive from McGinn.
After their torrid start, Blackburn finally enjoyed some pressure of their own when they forced two corners.
Darragh Lenihan had a 15th-minute header cleared off the line before Craig Conway hit the bar from 20 yards as Villa rode their luck.
It was only a brief respite for Blackburn and Raya was again in the thick of the action after 21 minutes when he turned a shot from McGinn on to the post before saving another long-range effort from the Scotsman and a drive from Grealish.
Villa were then denied a second goal on the stroke of half-time by the linesman’s flag when El Ghazi pushed the ball over the line after Raya had parried a shot from Neil Taylor.
But Villa did finally double their advantage when Blackburn failed to fully clear a McGinn free-kick.
The ball found its way back to McGinn and when he floated over a cross, Mings steered his header inside the near post.
Blackburn then gave themselves hope of an improbable comeback after McGinn fouled Conway 25 yards from goal.
Charlie Mulgrew’s free-kick was only parried by Villa goalkeeper Jed Steer and Bell had the simple task of volleying a shot into the roof of the net from five yards.
*Villa boss Dean Smith*
”We knew how important this game was, and you could feel that in the atmosphere at Villa Park.
“To go five wins in this league is a tremendous achievement for the players but we need to keep winning because we know there are a lot of teams grouped in amongst us. We have got ourselves into a good position and we need to maintain the form and performance levels to stay there.”
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