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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 44'Goal · Florent Sinama-PongolleBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 67'Goal · Craig BellamyBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 70'Goal · MidoTottenham Hotspur · 3-2
  • 71'Yellow card · Michael GrayBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Yellow card · Young-Pyo LeeTottenham Hotspur
  • 77'Yellow card · Steven ReidBlackburn Rovers
  • 78'Yellow card · Andy ToddBlackburn Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · MidoTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 3.

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