Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Liverpool
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Liverpool: match report
Blackburn Rovers defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Benni McCarthy of Blackburn Rovers in the 48th minute.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 19 points from 18 and Liverpool 4th on 34 points from 19. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 68.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackburn Rovers wins, 5 draws and 5 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Liverpool's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 48'Goal · Benni McCarthy
- 66'Yellow card · D. Agger
- 66'Yellow card · Craig Bellamy
- 72'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 76'Yellow card · Shabani Nonda
- 84'Yellow card · Morten Gamst Pedersen
- 86'Yellow card · Brett Emerton
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Lucas Neill, Andre Ooijer, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Shabani Nonda, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, B. McCarthy
Liverpool line-up
Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Daniel Agger, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Jamie Carragher, Mark González, Peter Crouch, Craig Bellamy, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso