Aston Villa 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 5 November 2016
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 5 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Aston Villa 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Aston Villa won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 November 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from J. Kodjia (58', penalty) and J. Kodjia (70'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Sam Gallagher (54').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 18 points from 15 and Blackburn Rovers 23rd on 13 points from 15. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 51.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonathan Kodjia of Aston Villa (8.3), ahead of Mile Jedinak (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Nathan Baker
- 54'Goal · Sam Gallagher
- 58'Penalty goal · J. Kodjia
- 62'Yellow card · Ross McCormack
- 66'Yellow card · Danny Guthrie
- 70'Goal · J. Kodjia
- 86'Yellow card · Hope Akpan
- 86'Yellow card · Hope Akpan
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pierluigi Gollini, Alan Hutton, James Chester, Nathan Baker, J. Amavi, Mile Jedinak, Gary Gardner, Albert Adomah, Jack Grealish, Jonathan Kodjia, Ross McCormack
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Jason Lowe, Gordon Greer, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Ben Marshall, Danny Guthrie, Josef Dvornik, Craig Conway, Sam Gallagher, Marvin Emnes