Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Leicester City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Leicester City
Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Leicester City: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Leicester City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 August 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Nuno Gomes opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Nuno Gomes (33') and Morten Gamst Pedersen (79'). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (55').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 6th on 4 points from 2 and Leicester City 11th on 3 points from 2. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 17th with 58 points, and Leicester City 6th with 68.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 1 draw and 2 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 33'Goal · Nuno Gomes
- 48'Yellow card · Ritchie De Laet
- 50'Yellow card · Danny Murphy
- 55'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 79'Goal · Morten Gamst Pedersen
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Paul Robinson, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Marcus Olsson, Scott Dann, Jason Lowe, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Danny Murphy, Dickson Etuhu, Bruno Ribeiro, Edinho Júnior, Nuno Gomes
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ritchie De Laet, Paul Konchesky, Wes Morgan, Liam Moore, Ben Marshall, Andy King, Lloyd Dyer, Jamie Vardy, David Nugent, Danny Drinkwater