Newcastle United 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 March 2008

Result

Newcastle United 0-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 1 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Newcastle United 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 March 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Matt Derbyshire of Blackburn Rovers in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 13th on 28 points from 27 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 42 points from 27. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.

Newcastle United 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 4 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 82'Yellow card · H. BeyeNewcastle United
  • 82'Yellow card · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+1'Goal · Matt DerbyshireBlackburn Rovers · 0-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 4, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)

Damien Duff, Steve Harper, José Enrique, Abdoulaye Faye, Steven Taylor, James Milner, Michael Owen, Joey Barton, Alan Smith, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt

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

Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy