Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2011

Result

Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2011, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Arsenal: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Arsenal 4-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 September 2011. The half-time score was 1-2.

Gervinho opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Yakubu Aiyegbeni (25'), an own goal by A. Song (50'), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (59') and an own goal by Laurent Koscielny (69'). Arsenal scored through Gervinho (10'), Mikel Arteta (34') and Marouane Chamakh (85').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 20th on 1 point from 4 and Arsenal 12th on 4 points from 4. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 2 draws and 7 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · GervinhoArsenal · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 34'Goal · Mikel ArtetaArsenal · 1-2
  • 50'Own goal · A. SongBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 57'Yellow card · Johan DjourouArsenal
  • 59'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniBlackburn Rovers · 3-2
  • 67'Yellow card · S. DannBlackburn Rovers
  • 69'Own goal · Laurent KoscielnyBlackburn Rovers · 4-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Martin OlssonBlackburn Rovers
  • 85'Goal · Marouane ChamakhArsenal · 4-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 2, Arsenal 7.

Team news

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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Paul Robinson, Míchel Salgado, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Scott Dann, Mauro Formica, Steven Nzonzi, Jason Lowe, Rubén Rochina, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni

Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Samir Nasri, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen, J. Wilshere