Arsenal 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2005

Result

Arsenal 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Arsenal 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Arsenal beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 November 2005. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Cesc Fàbregas opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Cesc Fàbregas (4'), Thierry Henry (45') and Robin van Persie (90'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 23 points from 12 and Blackburn Rovers 12th on 18 points from 13. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Blackburn Rovers 6th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Steven ReidBlackburn Rovers
  • 45'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 2-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Lucas NeillBlackburn Rovers
  • 77'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal
  • 90'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 3-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Laurén, Pascal Cygan, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, José Antonio Reyes, Cesc Fàbregas, Gilberto Silva, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry, Sulzeer Campbell

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Steven Reid, Michael Gray, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Craig Bellamy, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Ryan Nelsen, Shefki Kuqi