Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Monday 25 April 2011

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Monday 25 April 2011, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Manchester City: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Manchester City 0-1 in the Premier League on Monday 25 April 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Edin Dzeko of Manchester City in the 75th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 16th on 35 points from 33 and Manchester City 4th on 56 points from 32. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 71.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-5-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Gareth BarryManchester City
  • 49'Yellow card · P. JonesBlackburn Rovers
  • 52'Yellow card · Mario BalotelliManchester City
  • 60'Yellow card · N. de JongManchester City
  • 70'Yellow card · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Goal · Edin DzekoManchester City · 0-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 3, Manchester City 3.

Team news

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

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Jermaine Jones, Brett Emerton, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Jason Roberts, David Dunn

Manchester City expected line-up (4-5-1)

Wayne Bridge, Nigel de Jong, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards