Newcastle United 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Newcastle United 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Newcastle United defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 September 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Demba Ba opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Demba Ba (27'), Demba Ba (30') and Demba Ba (54'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Junior Hoilett (37').

Discipline: Newcastle United received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 4th on 9 points from 5 and Blackburn Rovers 16th on 4 points from 5. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 7 for Blackburn Rovers.

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