Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2004
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Newcastle United
Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
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Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Newcastle United: match report
Blackburn Rovers drew with Newcastle United 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2004. The half-time score was 1-2.
Kieron Dyer opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Paul Dickov (26') and Andy Todd (54'). Newcastle United scored through Kieron Dyer (6') and Laurent Robert (34').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 16th on 15 points from 18 and Newcastle United 13th on 21 points from 18. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Newcastle United 14th with 44.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-D-L-W-D and Newcastle United's L-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Kieron Dyer
- 26'Goal · Paul Dickov
- 28'Yellow card · Robbie Elliott
- 34'Yellow card · G. Flitcroft
- 34'Goal · Laurent Robert
- 54'Goal · Andy Todd
- 78'Yellow card · Laurent Robert
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up
Lucas Neill, Nils-Eric Johansson, Steven Reid, James McEveley, Brett Emerton, Tugay Kerimoglu, Paul Gallagher, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Paul Dickov, Barry Ferguson