Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 October 2011

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 23 October 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 October 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Mauro Formica (28'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Rafael van der Vaart (15') and Rafael van der Vaart (53').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 5 points from 8 and Tottenham Hotspur 6th on 13 points from 7. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 69.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 5 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Rafael van der VaartTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 28'Goal · Mauro FormicaBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 53'Goal · Rafael van der VaartTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 55'Yellow card · S. NzonziBlackburn Rovers
  • 63'Yellow card · Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Yellow card · Danny RoseTottenham Hotspur
  • 80'Yellow card · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Yakubu AiyegbeniBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 5.

Team news

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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Simon Vukčević, Jason Lowe, Junior Hoilett, Jason Roberts

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Younès Kaboul, Sebastien Bassong, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Aaron Lennon, Scott Parker, Brad Friedel