Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 13 November 2010

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 13 November 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Blackburn Rovers 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 November 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Gareth Bale opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Gareth Bale (16'), Roman Pavlyuchenko (42'), Peter Crouch (69') and Gareth Bale (76'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Ryan Nelsen (80') and Gaël Givet-Viaros (90').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 8th on 16 points from 12 and Blackburn Rovers 13th on 15 points from 12. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.

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 D-L-L-D-W and Blackburn Rovers's W-W-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Luka ModricTottenham Hotspur
  • 33'Missed penalty · Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur
  • 42'Goal · Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers
  • 69'Goal · Peter CrouchTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 76'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 4-0
  • 80'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufBlackburn Rovers
  • 80'Goal · Ryan NelsenBlackburn Rovers · 4-1
  • 82'Yellow card · William GallasTottenham Hotspur
  • 90'Goal · Gaël Givet-ViarosBlackburn Rovers · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 4, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Alan Hutton, Younès Kaboul, William Gallas, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Jermaine Jenas, Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Peter Crouch

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Pascal Chimbonda, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Nikola Kalinić, Junior Hoilett, Ryan Nelsen