Southampton 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2004

Result

Southampton 3-2 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2004, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Southampton 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Southampton beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 August 2004. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Kevin Phillips opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Southampton's goals came from Kevin Phillips (32'), Anders Svensson (74') and James Beattie (90', penalty). Blackburn Rovers scored through Barry Ferguson (50') and Paul Dickov (68').

Discipline: Southampton received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Southampton went on to finish that season 20th with 32 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Kevin PhillipsSouthampton · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · Barry FergusonBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 68'Goal · Paul DickovBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 74'Goal · Anders SvenssonSouthampton · 2-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Paul DickovBlackburn Rovers
  • 81'Yellow card · Michael GrayBlackburn Rovers
  • 85'Yellow card · Nils-Eric JohanssonBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Penalty goal · James BeattieSouthampton · 3-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Southampton 1, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Fitz Hall, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, David Prutton, Yoann Folly, Fabrice Fernandes, Kevin Phillips, James Beattie