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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Penalty goal · Mikel ArtetaEverton · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Mikel ArtetaEverton
  • 20'Yellow card · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Yellow card · Keith AndrewsBlackburn Rovers
  • 69'Goal · S. NzonziBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Sylvain DistinEverton
  • 79'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniEverton · 1-2
  • 81'Goal · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Goal · Tim CahillEverton · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 4, Everton 4.

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