Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2011
Result
Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2011, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Arsenal: match report
Blackburn Rovers won against Arsenal 4-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 September 2011. The half-time score was 1-2.
Gervinho opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Yakubu Aiyegbeni (25'), an own goal by A. Song (50'), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (59') and an own goal by Laurent Koscielny (69'). Arsenal scored through Gervinho (10'), Mikel Arteta (34') and Marouane Chamakh (85').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 20th on 1 point from 4 and Arsenal 12th on 4 points from 4. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 2 draws and 7 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-L-L-L and Arsenal's W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Gervinho
- 25'Goal · Yakubu Aiyegbeni
- 34'Goal · Mikel Arteta
- 50'Own goal · A. Song
- 57'Yellow card · Johan Djourou
- 59'Goal · Yakubu Aiyegbeni
- 67'Yellow card · S. Dann
- 69'Own goal · Laurent Koscielny
- 70'Yellow card · Martin Olsson
- 85'Goal · Marouane Chamakh
Head-to-head
Team news
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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Paul Robinson, Míchel Salgado, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Scott Dann, Mauro Formica, Steven Nzonzi, Jason Lowe, Rubén Rochina, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Samir Nasri, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen