Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 9 April 2005

Result

Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 9 April 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Southampton: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Southampton 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 April 2005. The half-time score was 1-0.

Morten Gamst Pedersen opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Morten Gamst Pedersen (11'), an own goal by Andreas Jakobsson (48') and Steven Reid (55'). Southampton did not score.

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 15th on 33 points from 31 and Southampton 17th on 27 points from 31. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Southampton 20th with 32.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Southampton.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Henri CamaraSouthampton
  • 48'Own goal · Andreas JakobssonBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers
  • 55'Goal · Steven ReidBlackburn Rovers · 3-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Steven ReidBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 2, Southampton 2.

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

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap