Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 7 February 2009

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 7 February 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Aston Villa: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Aston Villa 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 February 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

James Milner opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Aston Villa scored through James Milner (27') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (90').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 18th on 23 points from 23 and Aston Villa 4th on 48 points from 24. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 6 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · James MilnerAston Villa · 0-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · Tugay KerimoğluBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 2, Aston Villa 6.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn, B. McCarthy

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Luke Young, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar