Arsenal 7-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2012

Result

Arsenal 7-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2012, 13:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Arsenal 7-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Arsenal won against Blackburn Rovers 7-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 February 2012. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (2'), Robin van Persie (38'), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (40'), Mikel Arteta (51'), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (54'), Robin van Persie (62') and Thierry Henry (90+3'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Morten Gamst Pedersen (32').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 7th on 37 points from 23 and Blackburn Rovers 18th on 18 points from 23. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-5-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

2'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-0
15'Yellow card · Anthony ModesteBlackburn Rovers
25'Yellow card · S. NzonziBlackburn Rovers
31'Yellow card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
32'Goal · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
38'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 2-1
40'Goal · Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainArsenal · 3-1
41'Yellow card · Martin OlssonBlackburn Rovers
43'Red card · Gaël Givet-ViarosBlackburn Rovers
51'Goal · Mikel ArtetaArsenal · 4-1
54'Goal · Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainArsenal · 5-1
62'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 6-1
86'Yellow card · Thomas VermaelenArsenal
90+3'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 7-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 6, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Blackburn Rovers 4-3 ArsenalPremier League · 17 Sep 2011
Arsenal 0-0 Blackburn RoversPremier League · 2 Apr 2011
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 ArsenalPremier League · 28 Aug 2010
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 ArsenalPremier League · 3 May 2010
Arsenal 6-2 Blackburn RoversPremier League · 4 Oct 2009
Arsenal 4-0 Blackburn RoversPremier League · 14 Mar 2009

Team news

Unavailable

Gilles SunuArsenal · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)
C. JenkinsonArsenal · injury (Fatigue Fracture)

Arsenal expected line-up (4-5-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Scott Dann, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Radosav Petrovic, Steven Nzonzi, Jason Lowe, Anthony Modeste, Junior Hoilett, David Dunn