Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 18 October 2009
Result
Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Burnley
Premier League · Sunday 18 October 2009, 12:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Burnley: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Burnley 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 October 2009. The half-time score was 3-1.
R. Blake opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from David Dunn (9'), Franco Di Santo (21') and Pascal Chimbonda (43'). Burnley scored through R. Blake (5') and Chris Eagles (90').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Burnley received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 7 points from 7 and Burnley 10th on 12 points from 8. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Burnley 18th with 30.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Burnley's W-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · R. Blake
- 9'Goal · David Dunn
- 21'Goal · Franco Di Santo
- 22'Yellow card · Franco Di Santo
- 43'Goal · Pascal Chimbonda
- 51'Yellow card · S. Nzonzi
- 83'Yellow card · Clarke Carlisle
- 86'Yellow card · Tyrone Mears
- 87'Yellow card · Christopher Samba
- 90'Goal · Chris Eagles
- 90'Yellow card · Brian Jensen
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Paul Robinson, Lars Jacobsen, Christopher Samba, Pascal Chimbonda, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Keith Andrews, El-Hadji Diouf, Franco Di Santo, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn