Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2010

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2010, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Arsenal: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 August 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

T. Walcott opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Andrea Pirlo (27'). Arsenal scored through T. Walcott (20') and Andrey Arshavin (51').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 10th on 3 points from 2 and Arsenal 2nd on 4 points from 2. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 7 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Andrea PirloBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Andrey ArshavinArsenal · 1-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Gaël Givet-ViarosBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 1, Arsenal 7.

Team news

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

Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Nikola Kalinić, El-Hadji Diouf, Mame Diouf, Ryan Nelsen

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

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen