Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 October 2004

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 2 October 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Aston Villa: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Aston Villa 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 October 2004. The half-time score was 1-1.

Juan Ángel Arango opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Barry Ferguson (30') and Brett Emerton (63'). Aston Villa scored through Juan Ángel Arango (25') and Olof Mellberg (80').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 5 points from 7 and Aston Villa 9th on 10 points from 7. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Aston Villa 10th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Juan Ángel ArangoAston Villa · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Barry FergusonBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers
  • 60'Yellow card · Gavin McCannAston Villa
  • 63'Goal · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Nolberto Albino Solano TodcoAston Villa
  • 80'Goal · Olof MellbergAston Villa · 2-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Lucas NeillBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 1, Aston Villa 3.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango