Everton 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 20 September 2009
Result
Everton 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Sunday 20 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Everton 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Everton beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 September 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Louis Saha opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Everton's goals came from Louis Saha (22'), Louis Saha (54') and Joseph Yobo (58'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Everton were 19th on 3 points from 4 and Blackburn Rovers 16th on 4 points from 4. Everton went on to finish that season 8th with 61 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 50.
Everton lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Everton wins, 5 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Everton's last five read L-W-L-L and Blackburn Rovers's W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Johnny Heitinga
- 22'Goal · Louis Saha
- 37'Yellow card · David Dunn
- 54'Goal · Louis Saha
- 58'Goal · Joseph Yobo
- 65'Yellow card · El-Hadji Diouf
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton line-up (4-4-1-1)
Tim Howard, Leighton Baines, Joseph Yobo, Sylvain Distin, Jack Rodwell, Steven Pienaar, Leon Osman, Marouane Fellaini, Louis Saha, Tim Cahill, Johnny Heitinga
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Pascal Chimbonda, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Jason Roberts, El-Hadji Diouf, David Dunn