Arsenal 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 14 December 2003

Result

Arsenal 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 14 December 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Arsenal defeated Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 14 December 2003. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Dennis Bergkamp of Arsenal in the 11th minute.

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 35 points from 15 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 17 points from 15. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 44.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Vratislav GreskoBlackburn Rovers
  • 11'Goal · Dennis BergkampArsenal · 1-0
  • 13'Yellow card · Barry FergusonBlackburn Rovers
  • 29'Yellow card · Gilberto SilvaArsenal
  • 42'Yellow card · Markus BabbelBlackburn Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Pascal CyganArsenal
  • 77'Yellow card · Andy ToddBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Vratislav Gresko, Tugay Kerimoglu, Paul Gallagher, Brett Emerton, Dwight Yorke, Brad Friedel, Craig Short, Markus Babbel, Andy Todd, Barry Ferguson