Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2012

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Stoke City

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Stoke City: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Stoke City 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 2 January 2012. The half-time score was 0-2.

Peter Crouch opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from David Goodwillie (70'). Stoke City scored through Peter Crouch (17') and Peter Crouch (45').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 14 points from 19 and Stoke City 8th on 26 points from 19. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Stoke City 14th with 45.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 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 5 for Stoke City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Peter CrouchStoke City · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Robert HuthStoke City
  • 45'Goal · Peter CrouchStoke City · 0-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Grant HanleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 70'Goal · David GoodwillieBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Rubén RochinaBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Mark Bunn, Christopher Samba, Grant Hanley, Adam Henley, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Radosav Petrovic, Steven Nzonzi, Jason Lowe, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, David Dunn

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

Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Collins, Glenn Whelan, Jermaine Pennant, Jonathan Walters, Rory Delap, Matthew Etherington