Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Stoke City

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Stoke City: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Stoke City 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Robert Huth opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Stoke City scored through Robert Huth (51') and M. Wilson (90+3').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 12th on 22 points from 18 and Stoke City 13th on 21 points from 17. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Stoke City 13th with 46.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 1 draw and 3 for Stoke City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Yellow card · Andy WilkinsonStoke City
  • 43'Yellow card · Nikola KalinicBlackburn Rovers
  • 44'Yellow card · Ryan ShawcrossStoke City
  • 51'Goal · Robert HuthStoke City · 0-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Jermaine PennantStoke City
  • 71'Yellow card · Matthew EtheringtonStoke City
  • 90+3'Goal · M. WilsonStoke City · 0-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 1, Stoke City 3.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Grant Hanley, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Nikola Kalinić, Mame Diouf, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn

Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Danny Collins, Robert Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap, Matthew Etherington, Ricardo Fuller