Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2008

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Fulham

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Fulham: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Fulham 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 September 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Matt Derbyshire of Blackburn Rovers in the 84th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Fulham received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 18th on 4 points from 4 and Fulham 8th on 6 points from 3. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Fulham 7th with 53.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Fulham in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 3 for Fulham.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Keith AndrewsBlackburn Rovers
  • 32'Yellow card · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers
  • 84'Goal · Matt DerbyshireBlackburn Rovers · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 3, Fulham 3.

Team news

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

Paul Robinson, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Danny Simpson, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Keith Treacy, Roque Santa Cruz, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen

Fulham expected line-up (4-4-2)

Antti Niemi, Paul Konchesky, Carlos Bocanegra, Dejan Stefanovic, Chris Baird, Simon Davies, Steven Davis, Danny Murphy, Clint Dempsey, Diomansy Kamara, David Healy