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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Johnny HeitingaEverton
  • 22'Goal · Louis SahaEverton · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · David DunnBlackburn Rovers
  • 54'Goal · Louis SahaEverton · 2-0
  • 58'Goal · Joseph YoboEverton · 3-0
  • 65'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

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