Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2006

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Arsenal: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Arsenal 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 February 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Morten Gamst Pedersen of Blackburn Rovers in the 18th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 7th on 40 points from 26 and Arsenal 5th on 41 points from 26. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Arsenal 4th with 67.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 6 for Arsenal.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-L-L-W-W and Arsenal's L-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Kolo TouréArsenal
  • 18'Goal · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Andy ToddBlackburn Rovers
  • 56'Yellow card · Jens LehmannArsenal
  • 79'Yellow card · Sergio PeterBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Yellow card · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 1, Arsenal 6.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Steven Reid, Michael Gray, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Tugay Kerimoglu, Craig Bellamy, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Ryan Nelsen

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Philippe Senderos, Emmanuel Eboué, Kolo Touré, Abou Diaby, José Antonio Reyes, Cesc Fàbregas, Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor, Thierry Henry