Manchester City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 13 November 2004

Result

Manchester City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 13 November 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Manchester City drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 November 2004. The half-time score was 1-0.

Antoine Sibierski opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Manchester City's goal came from Antoine Sibierski (45'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Paul Dickov (78', penalty).

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 13th on 13 points from 12 and Blackburn Rovers 20th on 8 points from 12. Manchester City went on to finish that season 8th with 52 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 2 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Andy ToddBlackburn Rovers
  • 40'Yellow card · Stephen JordanManchester City
  • 45'Goal · Antoine SibierskiManchester City · 1-0
  • 76'Yellow card · James McEveleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 77'Red card · Danny MillsManchester City
  • 78'Penalty goal · Paul DickovBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · David ThompsonBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Manchester City 1, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Stephen Jordan, Steve McManaman, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Willo Flood, Nicolas Anelka, David James, Antoine Sibierski, Paul Bosvelt

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Nils-Eric Johansson, Steven Reid, James McEveley, Brett Emerton, Tugay Kerimoglu, Jon Stead, Brad Friedel, Paul Dickov, Barry Ferguson, Andy Todd