Aston Villa 0-4 Rovers (Aug 12, 1997)

AVL

BLB

21'

Chris Sutton

Assist: Stuart Ripley

25'

Chris Sutton

Assist: Kevin Gallacher

41'

Chris Sutton

Assist: Jason Wilcox

45'

Ian Pearce

Stéphane Henchoz

45'

Ian Taylor

Ugo Ehiogu

45'

Julian Joachim

Savo Milošević

71'

Kevin Gallacher

Assist: Stuart Ripley

76'

Martin Dahlin

Kevin Gallacher

81'

Lars Bohinen

Stuart Ripley

89'

Billy McKinlay

89'

Chris Sutton

89'

Garry Flitcroft

89'

Patrick Valery

0-0

Premier League Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	35	78
2	Man United	38	23	8	7	47	77
3	Liverpool	38	18	11	9	26	65
4	Chelsea	38	20	3	15	28	63
5	Leeds	38	17	8	13	11	59
6	Rovers	38	16	10	12	5	58
7	Aston Villa	38	17	6	15	1	57
8	West Ham	38	16	8	14	-1	56
9	Derby County	38	16	7	15	3	55
10	Leicester	38	13	14	11	10	53
11	Coventry	38	12	16	10	2	52
12	Southampton	38	14	6	18	-5	48
13	Newcastle	38	11	11	16	-9	44
14	Tottenham	38	11	11	16	-12	44
15	Wimbledon	38	10	14	14	-12	44
16	Sheffield Wed	38	12	8	18	-15	44
17	Everton	38	9	13	16	-15	40
18	Bolton	38	9	13	16	-20	40
19	Barnsley	38	10	5	23	-45	35
20	Crystal Palace	38	8	9	21	-34	33

Game Summary

Aston Villa fell to Blackburn Rovers, 4 to 0, in the Premier League on August 13, 1997.

Game Info

Premier League Matchweek 2

August 12, 1997

AVL

Lineup

BLB

13

Oakes

13

Filan

4

Southgate

3

Kenna

5

Ehiogu

45'

5

Hendry

14

Wright

22

Valery

15

Nélson

24

Henchoz

45'

16

Grayson

7

Ripley

81'

6

Townsend

11

Wilcox

8

Draper

15

Flitcroft

9

Milošević

45'

17

McKinlay

10

Yorke

8

Gallacher

76'

11

Collymore

9

Sutton

AVL

Substitutes

BLB

7

Taylor

45'

18

Pearce

45'

12

Joachim

45'

10

Dahlin

76'

12

Bohinen

81'

21'

C. Sutton scores a goal. S. Ripley assists on the shot.

25'

C. Sutton scores a goal. K. Gallacher assists on the shot.

41'

C. Sutton scores a goal. J. Wilcox assists on the shot.

45'

I. Pearce enters the game. S. Henchoz leaves the game.

45'

I. Taylor enters the game. U. Ehiogu leaves the game.

45'

J. Joachim enters the game. S. Milošević leaves the game.

71'

K. Gallacher scores a goal. S. Ripley assists on the shot.

76'

M. Dahlin enters the game. K. Gallacher leaves the game.

81'

L. Bohinen enters the game. S. Ripley leaves the game.

89'

B. McKinlay receives a yellow card.

89'

C. Sutton receives a yellow card.

89'

G. Flitcroft receives a yellow card.

89'

P. Valery receives a yellow card.

AVL

BLB

Player	Rating	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Shots on Target	xG
Alan Wright A. Wright #14		90	0	0
Andy Townsend A. Townsend #6		90	0	0
Dwight Yorke D. Yorke #10		90	0	0
Fernando Nélson F. Nélson #15		90	0	0
Gareth Southgate G. Southgate #4		90	0	0
Ian Taylor I. Taylor #7		45	0	0
Julian Joachim J. Joachim #12		45	0	0
Mark Draper M. Draper #8		90	0	0
Savo Milošević S. Milošević		45	0	0
Simon Grayson S. Grayson #2		90	0	0
Stan Collymore S. Collymore #8		90	0	0
Ugo Ehiogu U. Ehiogu #16		45	0	0