Arsenal 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 25 August 2004
Result
Arsenal 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Wednesday 25 August 2004, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Arsenal won against Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 25 August 2004. The half-time score was 0-0.
Thierry Henry opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Thierry Henry (50'), Cesc Fàbregas (58') and José Antonio Reyes (79'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 6 points from 2 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 1 point from 2. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 42.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Thierry Henry
- 21'Yellow card · Brett Emerton
- 27'Yellow card · Lucas Neill
- 50'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 58'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
- 72'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 75'Yellow card · Craig Short
- 79'Goal · José Antonio Reyes
- 87'Yellow card · Dominic Matteo
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Lucas Neill, Nils-Eric Johansson, Dominic Matteo, Vratislav Gresko, Michael Gray, Brett Emerton, Tugay Kerimoglu, Jon Stead, Brad Friedel, Craig Short, Paul Dickov