Manchester City 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 May 2009
Result
Manchester City 3-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 2 May 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
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Manchester City 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Manchester City beat Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 May 2009. The half-time score was 3-0.
Felipe Caicedo opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Felipe Caicedo (27'), Robinho (34') and Elano (45'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Keith Andrews (66').
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 9th on 44 points from 34 and Blackburn Rovers 15th on 37 points from 34. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 6 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Blackburn Rovers's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Felipe Caicedo
- 27'Yellow card · Felipe Caicedo
- 34'Goal · Robinho
- 45'Goal · Elano
- 45+1'Yellow card · Vincenzo Grella
- 45+1'Yellow card · Ryan William Nelsen
- 45+1'Yellow card · Andre Ooijer
- 60'Yellow card · Nigel de Jong
- 66'Goal · Keith Andrews
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Stephen Warnock, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Andre Ooijer, Aaron Mokoena, Morten Gamst Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy