Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Norwich City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 April 2012
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Norwich City
Premier League · Saturday 21 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Norwich City: match report
Blackburn Rovers defeated Norwich City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
Mauro Formica opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Mauro Formica (41') and Junior Hoilett (49'). Norwich City did not score.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Norwich City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 28 points from 34 and Norwich City 11th on 43 points from 34. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Norwich City 12th with 47.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Norwich City in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 2 draws and 0 for Norwich City.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Norwich City's L-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · David Dunn
- 34'Yellow card · Jonathan Howson
- 41'Goal · Mauro Formica
- 49'Goal · Junior Hoilett
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Paul Robinson, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Scott Dann, Bradley Orr, Marcus Olsson, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Jason Lowe, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, David Dunn
Norwich City expected line-up (4-3-3)
John Ruddy, Zak Whitbread, Kyle Naughton, Elliott Ward, Adam Drury, David Fox, Andrew Surman, Andrew Crofts, Simeon Jackson, Grant Holt, Wesley Hoolahan