Manchester City 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2012

Result

Manchester City 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2012, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Manchester City won against Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 February 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Mario Balotelli (30'), Sergio Agüero (52') and Edin Dzeko (81'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 60 points from 25 and Blackburn Rovers 18th on 21 points from 25. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Grant HanleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 30'Goal · Mario BalotelliManchester City · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 2-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Bradley OrrBlackburn Rovers
  • 81'Goal · Edin DzekoManchester City · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 5, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Stefan Savić, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Samir Nasri, Edin Džeko, Sergio Agüero, Aleksandar Kolarov

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Scott Dann, Bradley Orr, Marcus Olsson, Grant Hanley, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Radosav Petrovic, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni