Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 28 October 2007
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Sunday 28 October 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Tottenham Hotspur lost to Blackburn Rovers 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 October 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.
Robbie Keane opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Robbie Keane (49', penalty). Blackburn Rovers scored through Benni McCarthy (60') and Christopher Samba (90+3').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 4 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 18th on 7 points from 10 and Blackburn Rovers 7th on 18 points from 9. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.
Tottenham Hotspur 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 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 4 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read L-D-D-D-L and Blackburn Rovers's W-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 44'Yellow card · David Dunn
- 49'Penalty goal · Robbie Keane
- 60'Goal · Benni McCarthy
- 62'Yellow card · T. Huddlestone
- 70'Yellow card · Benni McCarthy
- 81'Yellow card · R. Santa Cruz
- 82'Yellow card · Didier Zokora
- 90+2'Yellow card · Young-Pyo Lee
- 90+3'Goal · Christopher Samba
- 90+4'Yellow card · Jermain Defoe
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Radek Cerný, Pascal Chimbonda, Young-Pyo Lee, Younès Kaboul, Michael Dawson, Didier Zokora, Steed Malbranque, Tom Huddlestone, Dimitar Berbatov, R. Keane, Aaron Lennon
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Daniel Bentley, Roque Santa Cruz, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy, David Dunn