Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2009
Result
Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Newcastle United: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Newcastle United 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Benni McCarthy opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Benni McCarthy (59'), Jason Roberts (66') and Jason Roberts (86'). Newcastle United did not score.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 18 points from 20 and Newcastle United 11th on 23 points from 21. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 34.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-D-W-L-L and Newcastle United's D-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 59'Goal · Benni McCarthy
- 60'Yellow card · David Edgar
- 66'Goal · Jason Roberts
- 82'Yellow card · Vincenzo Grella
- 83'Second yellow · Nicky Butt
- 83'Yellow card · Jason Roberts
- 86'Goal · Jason Roberts
- 89'Yellow card · Joey Barton
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, Damien Duff, José Enrique, Sebastien Bassong, David Edgar, Danny Guthrie, Charles N'Zogbia, Michael Owen, Andy Carroll, Fabricio Coloccini, Nicky Butt