Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 March 2006

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 11 March 2006, 17:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Aston Villa: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 March 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.

Andy Todd opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Andy Todd (49') and Craig Bellamy (71'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 7th on 43 points from 28 and Aston Villa 14th on 34 points from 28. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 5 for Aston Villa.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Aston Villa's W-D-L-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Gavin McCannAston Villa
  • 49'Goal · Andy ToddBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 71'Goal · Craig BellamyBlackburn Rovers · 2-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 2, Aston Villa 5.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Steven Reid, Michael Gray, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Daniel Bentley, Craig Bellamy, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Ryan Nelsen

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Ronny Johnsen, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, James Milner, Steven Davis, Olof Mellberg, Mark Anthony Delaney