Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Newcastle United: result and report

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Newcastle United

Championship · Monday 2 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers defeated Newcastle United 1-0 in the Championship on Monday 2 January 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Charlie Mulgrew of Blackburn Rovers in the 74th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 22nd on 21 points from 24 and Newcastle United 1st on 53 points from 24. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Newcastle United 1st with 95.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jason Steele of Blackburn Rovers (8.3), level with Charlie Mulgrew (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 2 for Newcastle United.

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