Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Monday 3 May 2010

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Monday 3 May 2010, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Arsenal: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 3 May 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from David Dunn (44') and Christopher Samba (68'). Arsenal scored through Robin van Persie (13').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 13th on 44 points from 36 and Arsenal 3rd on 72 points from 36. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 75.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 1 draw and 8 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Vince GrellaBlackburn Rovers
  • 44'Goal · David DunnBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Yellow card · Mikaël SilvestreArsenal
  • 68'Goal · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Sulzeer CampbellArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 1, Arsenal 8.

Team news

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

Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Martin Olsson, Míchel Salgado, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Mikaël Silvestre, Emmanuel Eboué, Armand Traore, Abou Diaby, Samir Nasri, Robin van Persie, Carlos Vela, Theo Walcott, Sulzeer Campbell