English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 26, 2009
Aston Villa WWWWW 1
–
Blackburn Rovers WWLLW 2
Ewood Park · 25,172 att.

Team Stats

13
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
3
51.7
Possession
48.3
8
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
221
Accurate Passes
192
312
Passes
292
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
7
27
Crosses
16
0.1
Cross %
0.4
53
Long Balls
49
30
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
0
Blocked Shots
7
14
Effective Tackles
8
20
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
18
43
Clearances
30

Head to Head

AVL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BLK · 4-5-1

  1. 1Paul RobinsonG
  2. 6Ryan NelsenCD-L
  3. 4Christopher SambaCD-R
  4. 39Pascal ChimbondaLB
  5. 2Lars JacobsenRB
  6. 11Vince GrellaCM-L
  7. 15Steven N'ZonziCM-R
  8. 8David DunnAM
  9. 12Morten PedersenLM
  10. 18El-Hadji DioufRM
  11. 26Franco Di SantoF

Substitutes

  1. 23Junior HoilettSUB
  2. 22Nikola KalinicSUB
  3. 17Keith AndrewsSUB
  4. 32Jason BrownSUB
  5. 10Benni McCarthySUB
  6. 27Míchel SalgadoSUB
  7. 7Brett EmertonSUB

AVL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Brad FriedelG
  2. 5Richard DunneCD-L
  3. 29James CollinsCD-R
  4. 25Stephen WarnockLB
  5. 24Carlos CuéllarRB
  6. 19Stilian PetrovCM-L
  7. 16Fabian DelphCM-R
  8. 7Ashley YoungLM
  9. 8James MilnerRM
  10. 10John CarewCF-L
  11. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Brad GuzanSUB
  2. 21Nicky ShoreySUB
  3. 20Nigel Reo-CokerSUB
  4. 26Craig GardnerSUB
  5. 18Emile HeskeySUB
  6. 23Habib BeyeSUB
  7. 14Nathan DelfounesoSUB

Timeline

  1. 3'
  2. 24'
  3. 56'
  4. 57'
  5. 71'
  6. 88'
  7. 89'

Premier League News

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