Guess who’s coming to Villa Park… again!! I’m sure their fans are as sick of the sight of us as we are of them. Fortunately, if we can avoid being drawn against them in both of the cups, we won’t have to see them again until the reverse of this fixture in March next year.

So, here’s how the two Glaswegian managers are sending their sides out today in what will be Alex McLeish’s first home game since taking over at Aston Villa.

Villa unchanged from last week at Craven Cottage amidst rumours of Jean II Makoun possibly heading to Olympiacos on loan.

Aston Villa Blackburn
1 Shay Given 1 Paul Robinson
2 Luke Young 2 Míchel Salgado
6 James Collins 6 Ryan Nelsen
5 Richard Dunne 31 Grant Hanley
3 Stephen Warnock 3 Martin Olsson
10 Charles N’Zogbia 23 David Hoilett
19 Stiliyan Petrov 8 David Dunn
16 Fabian Delph 15 Steven Nzonzi
11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 12 Morten Gamst Pedersen
18 Emile Heskey 25 David Goodwillie
9 Darren Bent 30 Jason Roberts
Subs Subs
22 Brad Guzan 13 Mark Bunn
21 Ciaran Clark 10 Mauro Formica
17 Jean II Makoun 14 Radosav Petrović
7 Stephen Ireland 20 Ruben Rochina
25 Barry Bannan 22 Nick Blackman
12 Marc Albrighton 32 Bruno Ribeiro
14 Nathan Delfouneso 35 Jason Lowe

Castrol Football Prediction

Head-to-Head

02/26/11 Aston Villa 4-1 Blackburn Rovers EPL
01/29/11 Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers FA Cup
11/21/10 Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Aston Villa EPL
09/22/10 Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers League Cup
05/09/10 Aston Villa 0-1 Blackburn Rovers EPL
01/20/10 Aston Villa 6-4 Blackburn Rovers League Cup
01/14/10 Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Aston Villa League Cup
01/02/10 Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers FA Cup
09/26/09 Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Aston Villa EPL
02/07/09 Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Aston Villa EPL
10/29/08 Aston Villa 3-2 Blackburn Rovers EPL
01/26/08 Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers EPL
11/28/07 Blackburn Rovers 0-4 Aston Villa EPL
04/07/07 Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Aston Villa EPL
11/05/06 Aston Villa 2-0 Blackburn Rovers EPL
03/11/06 Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Aston Villa EPL
08/27/05 Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers EPL

Today’s other Premier League fixtures:

  • Sunderland 0 – 1 Newcastle (1200)
  • Arsenal 0 – 2 Liverpool (1245)
  • Everton v QPR
  • Swansea v Wigan
  • Chelsea v West Brom (1730)

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3 Comments to “Teamsheets: Aston Villa vs Blackburn”

  1. Badger 20 August 2011 at 2:37 pm #

    Just come in from work and that’s the first I’ve heard about Makoun going out on loan.
    What’s that about?
    Are we that desperate to save wages?

    Reply
    • Dan 20 August 2011 at 3:56 pm #

      hopefully nothing. i’ve been able to trace chatter coming out of greece a few days ago, i’ll dig a bit further later on.

      not happy if it turns out to be legit. not happy at all.

      Reply
      • Badger 20 August 2011 at 8:17 pm #

        The guess is that if it’s one in, one out, Makoun is easier to shift than Ireland.

        Makes sense I guess.
        But I’d rather Ireland went.
        It would seem big Feck doesn’t rate him either.

        Reply

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