Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 5 March 2006
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Sunday 5 March 2006, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Tottenham Hotspur defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 March 2006. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Robbie Keane opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Robbie Keane (9'), Robbie Keane (42') and Mido (70'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Florent Sinama-Pongolle (44') and Craig Bellamy (67').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 46 points from 27 and Blackburn Rovers 6th on 43 points from 27. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Blackburn Rovers 6th with 63.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read D-D-W-L-D and Blackburn Rovers's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Robbie Keane
- 42'Goal · Robbie Keane
- 44'Goal · Florent Sinama-Pongolle
- 67'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 70'Goal · Mido
- 71'Yellow card · Michael Gray
- 75'Yellow card · Young-Pyo Lee
- 77'Yellow card · Steven Reid
- 78'Yellow card · Andy Todd
- 86'Yellow card · Mido
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up
Paul Robinson, Paul Stalteri, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Michael Carrick, Jermaine Jenas, Edgar Davids, Teemu Tainio, R. Keane, Mido
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Lucas Neill, Steven Reid, Michael Gray, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Daniel Bentley, Craig Bellamy, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Ryan Nelsen