Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 19 August 2007

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 19 August 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Arsenal: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Arsenal 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 19 August 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from David Dunn (72'). Arsenal scored through Robin van Persie (18').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Arsenal received 4 yellow cards.

Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 85.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 0 draws and 7 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 29'Yellow card · Mathieu FlaminiArsenal
  • 30'Yellow card · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers
  • 45'Yellow card · Robbie SavageBlackburn Rovers
  • 61'Yellow card · Ryan NelsenBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Yellow card · Eduardo da SilvaArsenal
  • 66'Yellow card · Gaël ClichyArsenal
  • 72'Goal · David DunnBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Robin van PersieArsenal
  • 84'Second yellow · Ryan NelsenBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 0, Arsenal 7.

Team news

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

Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Matt Derbyshire, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Jens Lehmann, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Eduardo da Silva, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott