Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Everton: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 April 2010
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Everton
Premier League · Saturday 17 April 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Everton: match report
Blackburn Rovers lost to Everton 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 April 2010. The half-time score was 0-1.
Mikel Arteta opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from S. Nzonzi (69') and Jason Roberts (81'). Everton scored through Mikel Arteta (4', penalty), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (79') and Tim Cahill (90').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Everton received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 11th on 43 points from 34 and Everton 8th on 51 points from 34. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Everton 8th with 61.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Everton in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 4 for Everton.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-D-W-W-D and Everton's D-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Penalty goal · Mikel Arteta
- 20'Yellow card · Mikel Arteta
- 20'Yellow card · Morten Gamst Pedersen
- 65'Yellow card · Keith Andrews
- 69'Goal · S. Nzonzi
- 76'Yellow card · Sylvain Distin
- 79'Goal · Yakubu Aiyegbeni
- 81'Goal · Jason Roberts
- 82'Yellow card · Jason Roberts
- 90'Goal · Tim Cahill
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Paul Robinson, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Martin Olsson, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Keith Andrews, Nikola Kalinić, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn
Everton expected line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Howard, Leighton Baines, Lucas Neill, Tony Hibbert, Joseph Yobo, Steven Pienaar, Marouane Fellaini, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Tim Cahill, Louis Saha, Johnny Heitinga