Arsenal 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Monday 11 February 2008
Result
Arsenal 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Monday 11 February 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Arsenal won against Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in the Premier League on Monday 11 February 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Philippe Senderos opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Philippe Senderos (4') and Emmanuel Adebayor (90+1'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 62 points from 25 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 39 points from 25. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Blackburn Rovers's D-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Philippe Senderos
- 90'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 90+1'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)
Jens Lehmann, Bacary Sagna, Philippe Senderos, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva, Eduardo da Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Roque Santa Cruz, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy, Bruno Berner