Newcastle United 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2007

Result

Newcastle United 0-2 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Newcastle United 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 May 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Benni McCarthy opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Blackburn Rovers scored through Benni McCarthy (14') and Jason Roberts (73').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 42 points from 36 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 47 points from 35. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 23'Yellow card · Nicky ButtNewcastle United
  • 26'Yellow card · Stephen WarnockBlackburn Rovers
  • 58'Yellow card · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers
  • 73'Goal · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Tugay KerimogluBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 4, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up

Steve Harper, Stephen Carr, Oguchi Onyewu, Titus Bramble, Kieron Dyer, James Milner, Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen, N. Solano, Scott Parker, Nicky Butt

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Aaron Mokoena, Christopher Samba, Stephen Warnock, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy