Everton 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2007

Result

Everton 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2007, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Everton 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Everton drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 August 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

R. Santa Cruz opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Everton's goal came from James McFadden (78'). Blackburn Rovers scored through R. Santa Cruz (16').

Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 6th on 6 points from 3 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 4 points from 2. Everton went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Andre OoijerBlackburn Rovers
  • 16'Goal · R. Santa CruzBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 78'Goal · James McFaddenEverton · 1-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 5, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Everton expected line-up

Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley

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

Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy, David Dunn