Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Liverpool

Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Liverpool: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Benni McCarthy of Blackburn Rovers in the 48th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 19 points from 18 and Liverpool 4th on 34 points from 19. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 68.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackburn Rovers wins, 5 draws and 5 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 48'Goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 66'Yellow card · D. AggerLiverpool
  • 66'Yellow card · Craig BellamyLiverpool
  • 72'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoLiverpool
  • 76'Yellow card · Shabani NondaBlackburn Rovers
  • 84'Yellow card · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 0, draws 5, Liverpool 5.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Andre Ooijer, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Shabani Nonda, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, B. McCarthy

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Daniel Agger, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Jamie Carragher, Mark González, Peter Crouch, Craig Bellamy, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso