Fulham 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 11 March 2009
Result
Fulham 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Wednesday 11 March 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Fulham 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Fulham were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 11 March 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Clint Dempsey opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Fulham's goal came from Clint Dempsey (2'). Blackburn Rovers scored through El-Hadji Diouf (69') and Jason Roberts (85').
Discipline: Fulham received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Fulham were 10th on 34 points from 27 and Blackburn Rovers 18th on 27 points from 27. Fulham went on to finish that season 7th with 53 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.
Fulham lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Fulham wins, 3 draws and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read L-D-W-L-D and Blackburn Rovers's D-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Clint Dempsey
- 45'Yellow card · El-Hadji Diouf
- 53'Yellow card · Danny Murphy
- 69'Goal · El-Hadji Diouf
- 85'Goal · Jason Roberts
Head-to-head
Team news
Fulham expected line-up (4-4-2)
Antti Niemi, Paul Konchesky, Carlos Bocanegra, Dejan Stefanovic, Chris Baird, Simon Davies, Steven Davis, Danny Murphy, Clint Dempsey, Diomansy Kamara, David Healy
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Tugay Kerimoglu, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, El-Hadji Diouf, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen