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2-4 Loss to Gunners

Claran Clark scores a double against Arsenal, but Villa loses ground on the Premiership table. (15th with still only 17 points.  Man Utd jumps to the top of the table today with 31 points)

Aston Villa 2 Arsenal 4
Scorer: Clark (51, 70)	Scorer: Arshavin (38) Scorer: Nasri (44) Scorer: Chamakh (55) Scorer: Wilshere (90)
Attendance: 38,544	FT (14:40)

Sat. 27 Nov 2010 - Wake Up Sleepy Head

Arsenal vs. Villa   4:30am (Pacific) Saturday morning on  ESPN2  Watch the match in the early hours of the morning while you enjoy leftover turkey.

Albrighton Out for 3-4 Weeks

Marc Albrighton will not be available to play for 3-4 weeks because of appendicitus.  This is quite a blow for Villa.  We hope Marc is feeling better soon.

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2228396,00.html

2-nil loss to Blackburn

Not a good game from our Villa lads.  Pedersen of Blackburn scored 2 goals (one in each half) to take 3 points.

Blackburn Rovers 2 - 0 Aston Villa

MATCH INFORMATION
Stadium:	Ewood Park, England
Attendance:	21,848
Match Time:	November 21, 2010, 08:30 ET
Referee	Michael Oliver

SCORING SUMMARY
Blackburn Rovers	Aston Villa
Morten Gamst Pedersen (45)
Morten Gamst Pedersen (66)

MATCH STATS
	Blackburn Rovers	Aston Villa
Shots (on Goal)	17(4)	16(4)
Fouls	15	11
Corner Kicks	5	8
Offsides	1	2
Time of Possession	39%	61%
Yellow Cards	0	1
Red Cards	0	0
Saves

2 Late Goals by Utd Kills Villa Upset Bid

Through 79', the Villa not only kept pace with Man Utd., but with a Ashley Young PK and a brilliant goal by Marc Albrighton had Villa leading 2-nil.  But as soon as the commentators started saying "2-nil is a dangerous score" and "you can never count Man Utd out", Macheda and Vidic score to make it 2-2 with 10' to play.  But Villa held on to manage a draw.  It is hard to see a 2-nil lead slip away so quickly, but our lineup was filled with very young players (Bannon, Hogg, Herd, and Lichaj) helped to hold on for a draw.

Aston Villa 2 - 2 Manchester United

MATCH INFORMATION
Stadium:	Villa Park, England
Attendance:	40,073
Match Time:	November 13, 2010, 07:45 ET
Referee	Mike Dean

SCORING SUMMARY
Aston Villa	Manchester United
Ashley Young (pen 72)	Federico Macheda (81)
Marc Albrighton (76)	Nemanja Vidic (85)

MATCH STATS
	Aston Villa	Manchester United
Shots (on Goal)	17(5)	16(3)
Fouls	11	9
Corner Kicks	9	7
Offsides	0	6
Time of Possession	40%	60%
Yellow Cards	3	4
Red Cards	0	0
Saves	1	3

3 Points! Villa 3-2 over Blackpool

Quite a game to watch (you can see a replay on espn3.com).

Interesting side story about Ian Holloway, Blackpool's manager, and the FA's accusations that he fielded a "weakened" team against Villa.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=840678&sec=england&cc=5901

Aston Villa 3 - 2 Blackpool

MATCH INFORMATION
Stadium:	Villa Park, England
Attendance:	34,330
Match Time:	November 10, 2010, 14:45 ET
Referee	Anthony Taylor

SCORING SUMMARY
Aston Villa	Blackpool
Stewart Downing (28)	Marlon Harewood (45)
Nathan Delfouneso (60)	DJ Campbell (87)
James Collins (89)

MATCH STATS
	Aston Villa	Blackpool
Shots (on Goal)	21(8)	14(3)
Fouls	10	10
Corner Kicks	10	8
Offsides	2	4
Time of Possession	40%	60%
Yellow Cards	2	3
Red Cards	0	0
Saves	1	5

Villa v. Blackpool on ESPN3.com

Just a reminder that tomorrow (10 Nov), the Villa v. Blackpool match will be broadcast online at ESPN3.com.

Another Draw: Villa 1-1 versus Fulham

SCORING SUMMARY
Fulham	Aston Villa
Brede Hangeland (90)	Marc Albrighton (41)

MATCH STATS
	Fulham	Aston Villa
Shots (on Goal)	15(5)	15(6)
Fouls	14	6
Corner Kicks	3	3
Offsides	1	2
Time of Possession	57%	43%
Yellow Cards	1	0
Red Cards	0	0
Saves	5	4

MATCH INFORMATION

Stadium: Craven Cottage, England Attendance: 23,654 Match Time: 11:00 ET Referee: Peter Walton