Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 January 2008
Result
Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 26 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Aston Villa drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 January 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
R. Santa Cruz opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from A. Young (73'). Blackburn Rovers scored through R. Santa Cruz (67').
Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 6th on 40 points from 23 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 37 points from 23. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Blackburn Rovers's D-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 25'Missed penalty · Matt Derbyshire
- 67'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 73'Goal · A. Young
- 89'Yellow card · Steven Reid
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Matt Derbyshire, Brad Friedel, David Dunn