Burnley 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 March 2016

Result

Burnley 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 5 March 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Burnley · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Burnley 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Burnley defeated Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 5 March 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Andre Gray of Burnley in the 16th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 1st on 67 points from 34 and Blackburn Rovers 16th on 40 points from 33. Burnley went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 55.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Jordi GómezBlackburn Rovers
  • 16'Penalty goal · Andre GrayBurnley · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers
  • 63'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonBurnley
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Elliott BennettBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Fredrik UlvestadBurnley
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Tony WattBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers · injury (Foot Injury)

Burnley expected line-up (4-4-2)

Tom Heaton, Michael Duff, Ben Mee, Kieran Trippier, Jason Shackell, Scott Arfield, David Jones, George Boyd, Danny Ings, Lukas Jutkiewicz

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

Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Tom Cairney, Ryan Tunnicliffe, J. Rhodes, Craig Conway, Rudy Gestede