Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 February 2011
Result
Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 26 February 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Aston Villa beat Blackburn Rovers 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 February 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.
A. Young opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from A. Young (49', penalty), an own goal by Grant Hanley (62'), Stewart Downing (64') and A. Young (82'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Nikola Kalinic (81').
Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 30 points from 27 and Blackburn Rovers 11th on 32 points from 27. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 9th with 48 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Jermaine Jones
- 45+1'Yellow card · Vince Grella
- 49'Penalty goal · A. Young
- 62'Own goal · Grant Hanley
- 64'Goal · Stewart Downing
- 64'Yellow card · Ryan Nelsen
- 81'Goal · Nikola Kalinic
- 82'Goal · A. Young
- 90+2'Second yellow · Ryan Nelsen
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Ciaran Clark, Kyle Walker, Stewart Downing, Robert Pirès, Marc Albrighton, Nigel Reo-Coker, Darren Bent, Brad Friedel, Nathan Baker
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Míchel Salgado, Grant Hanley, Jermaine Jones, Brett Emerton, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Roque Santa Cruz, Ryan Nelsen