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Aston Villa 0-2 Blackburn - March 20, 2004 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Journée 29

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

March 20, 2004

37 532

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Blackburn

26'

Garry Flitcroft

36'

Jon Stead

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26' - Goal Garry Flitcroft

29' - Substitution Gareth Barryis substituted by Peter Whittingham29

36' - Goal Jon Stead

40' - Yellow card Lucas Neill

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46' - Substitution Nolberto Solanois substituted by Luke Moore46

53' - Yellow card Andy Todd

59' - Substitution Lucas Neillis substituted by Markus Babbel

81' - Substitution Darius Vassellis substituted by Peter Crouch81

89' - Substitution Jon Steadis substituted by Lorenzo Amoruso

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Blackburn

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Team line-ups

Aston Villa

1 Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

B.date12/06/1976

Age27 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

4 Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

24 Ridgewell

Liam Ridgewell

England

B.date21/07/1984

Age19 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

11 Solano46

Nolberto Solano

Peru

B.date12/12/1974

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

3 Samuel

Jlloyd Samuel

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date29/03/1981

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

15 de la Cruz

Ulises de la Cruz

Ecuador

B.date08/02/1974

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

6 Barry29

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

12 Hitzlsperger

Thomas Hitzlsperger

Germany

B.date05/04/1982

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

7 Hendrie

Lee Hendrie

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

10 Vassell81

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

18 Angel

Juan Pablo Angel

Colombia

B.date24/10/1975

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Thomas Sorensen		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Olof Mellberg		26	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Liam Ridgewell		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Nolberto Solano	46	29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jlloyd Samuel		22	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Ulises de la Cruz		30	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Gareth Barry	29	23	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Thomas Hitzlsperger		21	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Lee Hendrie		26	248	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Darius Vassell	81	23	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Juan Pablo Angel		28	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

105

Blackburn

1 Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

2 Neill5940

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

7 Flitcroft26

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

6 Short

Craig Short

England

B.date25/06/1968

Age35 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

15 Todd53

Andy Todd

England

B.date21/09/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

8 Tugay

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

25 Andresen

Martin Andresen

Norway

B.date02/02/1977

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

23 Emerton

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

35 Gray

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age29 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

18 Stead3689

Jon Stead

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age20 years

H1m91

positionStriker

9 Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brad Friedel		32	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Lucas Neill	5940	26	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Garry Flitcroft	26	31	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Craig Short		35	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Andy Todd	53	29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kerimoglu Tugay		33	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Martin Andresen		27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Brett Emerton		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Michael Gray		29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jon Stead	3689	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Andy Cole		32	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
17	M	Peter Whittingham	29	19	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	F	Luke Moore	46	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Peter Crouch	81	23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
11	D		Markus Babbel	59	31	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D		Lorenzo Amoruso	89	32	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Liam Ridgewell

Ronny Johnsen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jon Stead

Matt Jansen

OUT

Garry Flitcroft

Jonathan Douglas

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David O'Leary

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

O'Leary vs Blackburn

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 2004

O'Leary vs Souness

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 20, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

199

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Souness vs Aston Villa

5 victories

2 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 2004

Souness vs O'Leary

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 2004

Referee

Andy D'Urso

5 victories	4 draws	6 losses	Aston Villa15 matches	General total	Blackburn18 matches	8 victories	4 draws	6 losses
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Aston Villa2 matches	Season total	Blackburn4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on December 28, 2005					Latest figure on September 20, 2014

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Key figures

It's the first time Garry Flitcroft scores 1 goal vs Aston Villa in his professional career with Blackburn

End of streak for Aston Villa after 3 matches with at least one goal scored at home (since 27/01/2004).

Nolberto Solano played his game number 10 vs Blackburn in his professional career

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 1-2 Manchester United04/01/2004

VAston Villa 2-1 Portsmouth06/01/2004

LAston Villa 0-2 Arsenal18/01/2004

VAston Villa 2-0 Bolton Wanderers27/01/2004

VAston Villa 2-0 Leeds United07/02/2004

DAston Villa 2-2 Birmingham City22/02/2004

Overall

VLeicester 0-5 Aston Villa31/01/2004

VAston Villa 2-0 Leeds United07/02/2004

VFulham 1-2 Aston Villa11/02/2004

DAston Villa 2-2 Birmingham City22/02/2004

LEverton 2-0 Aston Villa28/02/2004

VWolverhampton 0-4 Aston Villa14/03/2004

Current form

Away

VNewcastle United 0-1 Blackburn28/12/2003

LBirmingham City 4-0 Blackburn03/01/2004

DWolverhampton 2-2 Blackburn07/01/2004

DManchester City 1-1 Blackburn17/01/2004

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn07/02/2004

LCharlton 3-2 Blackburn21/02/2004

Overall

LBlackburn 2-3 Chelsea01/02/2004

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn07/02/2004

DBlackburn 1-1 Newcastle United11/02/2004

LCharlton 3-2 Blackburn21/02/2004

DBlackburn 1-1 Southampton28/02/2004

LBlackburn 0-2 Arsenal13/03/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	28
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
11	Victories (Competition total)	7
7	Victories (Home / Away)	4
7	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
10	Losses (Competition total)	14
2	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	39
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.39
1.46	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.64
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.43

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (3 times)

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	46
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	24
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Juan Pablo Angel	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Andy Cole
Juan Pablo Angel	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Andy Cole
Gareth Barry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Juan Pablo Angel	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Gareth Barry	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Brett Emerton
Nolberto Solano	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Juan Pablo Angel	4 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Andy Cole

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

39 v

17 d

16 l

149 gf

95 ga

Away

72 matches

19 v

14 d

39 l

95 gf

157 ga

Total

144 matches

58 v

31 d

55 l

244 gf

252 ga

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

39 v

14 d

19 l

157 gf

95 ga

Away

72 matches

16 v

17 d

39 l

95 gf

149 ga

Total

144 matches

55 v

31 d

58 l

252 gf

244 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 29, 1933
Home	5 - 0	January 24, 1903

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 19, 1889
Away	4 - 0	August 13, 1997

Latest head to head

December 20, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Blackburn

0 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

February 02, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Aston Villa

3 - 0

Blackburn

January 04, 2003 - FA Cup 2002/2003

Aston Villa

1 - 4

Blackburn

November 03, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Blackburn

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 05, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Blackburn

3 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Gerald Hitchens	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Juan Pablo Angel	3 goals	2001 - 2003
Julian Joachim	2 goals	1996 - 1999
Gareth Southgate	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Harry Burrows	2 goals	1961 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Kevin Gallacher	6 goals	1993 - 1998
Bryan Douglas	6 goals	1961 - 1962
John Byrom	5 goals	1964 - 1966
Andrew McEvoy	5 goals	1963 - 1965
Alan Shearer	5 goals	1994 - 1995
Chris Sutton	4 goals	1994 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Steve Staunton	14 matches	1992 - 2003
Dwight Yorke	10 matches	1993 - 1998
Ian Taylor	10 matches	1995 - 2003
Ugo Ehiogu	10 matches	1994 - 1998
Alan Wright	10 matches	1995 - 2003
Charlie Aitken	9 matches	1961 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Jason Wilcox	12 matches	1992 - 1999
Colin Hendry	12 matches	1992 - 1998
Ronnie Clayton	12 matches	1960 - 1966
Tim Sherwood	12 matches	1992 - 1998
Keith Newton	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	10 matches	1960 - 1965