Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2011
Result
Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Aston Villa beat Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 August 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Gabriel Agbonlahor opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Gabriel Agbonlahor (12'), Emile Heskey (25') and Darren Bent (68'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Morten Gamst Pedersen (52').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.
Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 38 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.
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 6 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 25'Goal · Emile Heskey
- 52'Goal · Morten Gamst Pedersen
- 55'Yellow card · Emile Heskey
- 58'Yellow card · Fabian Delph
- 68'Goal · Darren Bent
- 80'Yellow card · Stiliyan Petrov
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, Luke Young, Stephen Warnock, Richard Dunne, James Collins, Charles N'Zogbia, Stiliyan Petrov, Darren Bent, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Fabian Delph
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Robinson, Míchel Salgado, Martin Olsson, Grant Hanley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Junior Hoilett, David Goodwillie, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn