Carling Cup: Blackburn 0 Villa 1
Wakiwa ugenini Uwanja wa Ewood Park, Aston Villa wamewafunga wenyeji wao Blackburn Rovers bao 1-0 katika mechi ya mzunguko wa kwanza wa Nusu Fainali ya Kombe la Carling iliyochezwa Alhamisi usiku Januari 14.
Timu hizi zitarudiana tena Januari 20 huko Villa Park nyumbani kwa Aston Villa na Mshindi atakutana Fainali na Mshindi wa Nusu Fainali nyingine kati ya Mahasimu Manchester City na Manchester United watakaokutana Januari 19 City of Manchester Stadium na kurudiana Old Trafford Januari 27.
Bao la ushindi la Aston Villa lilifungwa na James Milner dakika ya 23.
Vikosi vilivyoanza:
Blackburn: Robinson, Jacobsen, Samba, Nelsen, Chimbonda, Salgado, Emerton, Nzonzi, Pedersen, Dunn, Kalinic.
AKIBA: Brown, McCarthy, Reid, Olsson, Hoilett, Di Santo, Jones.
Aston Villa: Guzan, Cuellar, Collins, Dunne, Warnock, Ashley Young, Milner, Petrov, Downing, Heskey, Agbonlahor.
AKIBA: Friedel, Luke Young, Sidwell, Carew, Delph, Reo-Coker, Beye
REFA: Mark Clattenburg