West Ham United 4-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 30 August 2008
Result
West Ham United 4-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 30 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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West Ham United 4-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
West Ham United won against Blackburn Rovers 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 August 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.
Calum Davenport opened the scoring in the 12th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Calum Davenport (12'), an own goal by Christopher Samba (20'), Craig Bellamy (90') and Carlton Cole (90'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Jason Roberts (22').
Discipline: West Ham United received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Ham United were 16th on 3 points from 2 and Blackburn Rovers 3rd on 4 points from 2. West Ham United went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.
West Ham United 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 7 West Ham United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Vincenzo Grella
- 12'Goal · Calum Davenport
- 20'Own goal · Christopher Samba
- 22'Goal · Jason Roberts
- 26'Yellow card · Jason Roberts
- 30'Yellow card · Andre Ooijer
- 51'Yellow card · Brett Emerton
- 90'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 90'Goal · Carlton Cole
- 90'Yellow card · Craig Bellamy
- 90'Yellow card · Ryan William Nelsen
Head-to-head
Team news
West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Green, George McCartney, Lucas Neill, James Tomkins, Anton Ferdinand, Boa Morte, Bobby Zamora, Dean Ashton, Scott Parker, Mark Noble
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen