Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2009

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Aston Villa: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 September 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Gabriel Agbonlahor opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Christopher Samba (24') and David Dunn (88', penalty). Aston Villa scored through Gabriel Agbonlahor (3').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 18th on 4 points from 5 and Aston Villa 5th on 12 points from 5. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 64.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 2 draws and 7 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 0-1
  • 24'Goal · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Vince GrellaBlackburn Rovers
  • 55'Yellow card · Fabian DelphAston Villa
  • 60'Yellow card · David DunnBlackburn Rovers
  • 66'Yellow card · Stiliyan PetrovAston Villa
  • 69'Second yellow · Vince GrellaBlackburn Rovers
  • 88'Penalty goal · David DunnBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Richard DunneAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 2, Aston Villa 7.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-5-1)

Paul Robinson, Lars Jacobsen, Christopher Samba, Pascal Chimbonda, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, El-Hadji Diouf, Franco Di Santo, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn

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

Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Stephen Warnock, James Collins, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Fabian Delph, Carlos Cuéllar