Arsenal 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 March 2009
Result
Arsenal 4-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 14 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Arsenal won against Blackburn Rovers 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 March 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Arsenal's goals came from an own goal by Andre Ooijer (2'), Andrey Arshavin (65'), Emmanuel Eboué (87') and Emmanuel Eboué (90'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 49 points from 28 and Blackburn Rovers 15th on 30 points from 28. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-D-D-D and Blackburn Rovers's W-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 2'Own goal · Andre Ooijer
- 21'Yellow card · El-Hadji Diouf
- 35'Yellow card · Teboho Aaron Mokoena
- 38'Yellow card · Zurab Khizanishvili
- 65'Goal · Andrey Arshavin
- 76'Yellow card · Andre Ooijer
- 87'Goal · Emmanuel Eboué
- 90'Goal · Emmanuel Eboué
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Alex Song, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-5-1)
Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Zurab Khizanishvili, Aaron Mokoena, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Danny Simpson, Morten Gamst Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Jason Roberts