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Blackburn 5-0 Aston Villa - January 17, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 23

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

January 17, 1998

24 834

Blackburn

5 - 0

Aston Villa

Tim Sherwood

21'

Kevin Gallacher

29'

Kevin Gallacher

54'

Kevin Gallacher

68'

Stuart Ripley

81'

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21' - Goal Tim Sherwood21

29' - Goal Kevin Gallacher29

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54' - Goal Kevin Gallacher54

68' - Goal Kevin Gallacher68

72' - Substitution Garry Flitcroftis substituted by Gary Croft photo Billy McKinlay

72' - Substitution Kevin Gallacheris substituted by Billy McKinlay72

81' - Goal Stuart Ripley81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

5 - 0

Aston Villa

Blackburn Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Flitcroft72

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Duff

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age18 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Sherwood21

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Ripley81

Stuart Ripley

England

B.date20/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Gallacher29546872

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age31 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Sutton

Chris Sutton

England

B.date10/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Wilcox

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers		30	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft	72	25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		32	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		27	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Duff		18	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood	21	28	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart Ripley	81	30	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher	29546872	31	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Sutton		24	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox		26	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

138

Aston Villa

Bosnich

Mark Bosnich

Australia

B.date13/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Nelson

Fernando Nelson

Portugal

B.date05/11/1971

Age26 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age26 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Grayson

Simon Grayson

England

B.date16/12/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Taylor

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age29 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Draper

Mark Draper

England

B.date11/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Collymore

Stan Collymore

England

B.date22/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m91

positionForward

Milosevic

Savo Milosevic

Serbia

B.date02/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Yorke

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Bosnich	26	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton	28	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu	25	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Nelson	26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright	26	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Grayson	28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor	29	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Draper	27	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stan Collymore	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Savo Milosevic	24	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke	26	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

134

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gary Croft	72	23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Billy McKinlay	72	28	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jason Wilcox

Gary Croft

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fernando Nelson

Riccardo Scimeca

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Hodgson vs Aston Villa

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 17, 1998

Hodgson vs Little

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 17, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Little

158

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Little vs Blackburn

5 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on January 17, 1998

Little vs Hodgson

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 17, 1998

Referee

Keith Burge

10 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Blackburn13 matches	General total	Aston Villa14 matches	6 victories	2 draws	6 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Blackburn2 matches	Season total	Aston Villa2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on February 06, 1999					Latest figure on May 01, 1999

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Key figures

Brian Little has registered 50 success in Premier League since the 25/11/1994 as the manager of Aston Villa next after this match..

Ian Taylor played his game number 100 in Premier League with Aston Villa

End of streak for Aston Villa after 6 consecutive matches without a loss (since 20/12/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 21/08/1996-24/09/1996 (8 matches).

Read the next 27 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 3-2 Everton08/11/1997

VBlackburn 1-0 Chelsea22/11/1997

VBlackburn 3-1 Bolton Wanderers06/12/1997

VBlackburn 3-0 West Ham20/12/1997

DBlackburn 2-2 Crystal Palace28/12/1997

VBlackburn 4-2 Wigan03/01/1998

Overall

VArsenal 1-3 Blackburn13/12/1997

VBlackburn 3-0 West Ham20/12/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Blackburn26/12/1997

DBlackburn 2-2 Crystal Palace28/12/1997

VBlackburn 4-2 Wigan03/01/1998

LDerby County 3-1 Blackburn11/01/1998

Current form

Away

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Aston Villa08/11/1997

LFCSB 2-1 Aston Villa25/11/1997

LWest Ham 2-1 Aston Villa29/11/1997

LManchester United 1-0 Aston Villa15/12/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Aston Villa28/12/1997

DPortsmouth 2-2 Aston Villa03/01/1998

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Southampton20/12/1997

VAston Villa 4-1 Tottenham26/12/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Aston Villa28/12/1997

DPortsmouth 2-2 Aston Villa03/01/1998

DAston Villa 1-1 Leicester10/01/1998

VAston Villa 1-0 Portsmouth14/01/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	7	3
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Winless streak	9	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
11	Victories (Competition total)	7
7	Victories (Home / Away)	2
8	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
3	Losses (Competition total)	9
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.77	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.18
2.27	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.82
1.09	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.27
1.09	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.18

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

35	Yellow cards (Competition total)	26
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Chris Sutton	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Dwight Yorke
Kevin Gallacher	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Dwight Yorke
Chris Sutton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Chris Sutton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Chris Sutton	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Julian Joachim

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

36 v

13 d

18 l

147 gf

92 ga

Away

68 matches

14 v

17 d

37 l

88 gf

142 ga

Total

135 matches

50 v

30 d

55 l

235 gf

234 ga

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

37 v

17 d

14 l

142 gf

88 ga

Away

67 matches

18 v

13 d

36 l

92 gf

147 ga

Total

135 matches

55 v

30 d

50 l

234 gf

235 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 19, 1889
Home	7 - 0	October 19, 1889

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 29, 1933
Away	5 - 0	April 29, 1933

Latest head to head

August 13, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Aston Villa

0 - 4

Blackburn

March 22, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

0 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

August 21, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Blackburn

February 28, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Aston Villa

2 - 0

Blackburn

September 09, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Blackburn

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Bryan Douglas	6 goals	1961 - 1962
John Byrom	5 goals	1964 - 1966
Andrew McEvoy	5 goals	1963 - 1965
Alan Shearer	5 goals	1994 - 1995
Chris Sutton	4 goals	1994 - 1997
Frederick Pickering	3 goals	1962 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Gerald Hitchens	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Harry Burrows	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Gareth Southgate	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Savo Milosevic	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Ugo Ehiogu	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Ronnie Clayton	12 matches	1960 - 1966
Colin Hendry	11 matches	1992 - 1997
Fred Else	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Keith Newton	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	10 matches	1960 - 1965
Tim Sherwood	10 matches	1992 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Steve Staunton	9 matches	1992 - 1997
Charlie Aitken	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Andy Townsend	9 matches	1994 - 1997
Dwight Yorke	9 matches	1993 - 1997
Ugo Ehiogu	8 matches	1994 - 1997
Harry Burrows	8 matches	1960 - 1964