Game #4782
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 December 2003
Won
14th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,722
Blackburn Rovers
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Lee Hendrie | 62’ | Jlloyd Samuel | 74’ |
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🔥 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ |
CF Stefan Moore | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Graeme Souness | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Lucas Neill | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
CB Craig Short | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Markus Babbel | 🇩🇪 |
CB Andy Todd | 🏴 |
M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
M Barry Ferguson | 🏴 |
M Paul Gallagher | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Brett Emerton | 🇦🇺 |
CF Andrew Cole | 🏴 |
F Dwight Yorke (ex) | 🇹🇹 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for CF Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 78’ |
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 89’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Lucas Neill | 🇦🇺 | (CF Matt Jansen | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 | (M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Paul Gallagher | 🏴 | (LB Vratislav Greško | 🇸🇰 |)
🟩 20 December 2003, Villa 2-0 Blackburn, Ewood Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 December 2003
Villa’s transformed pre-Christmas form under David O’Leary extends to 5 wins in 6 games including 3 Premier League
Villa record their first away win of the season, their first under David O’Leary and their first since January 2003.
Juan Pablo Ángel once again proves to be the catalyst in helping Villa climb to 14th place in the table.
Mark Delaney secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 134th appearance (118 Starts) to make it W50 D40 L44, 1 Goal, 4 Assists, 18 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
Olof Mellberg secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 96th appearance to make it W30 D28 L38, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 5 Booking so far in his Villa career.
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