Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 August 2009

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 15 August 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Manchester City: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Manchester City 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 August 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Manchester City scored through Emmanuel Adebayor (3') and Stephen Ireland (90').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Manchester City 5th with 67.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 5 draws and 1 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorManchester City · 0-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Micah RichardsManchester City
  • 83'Yellow card · Stephen WarnockBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Goal · Stephen IrelandManchester City · 0-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Paul GallagherBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 5, Manchester City 1.

Team news

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

Paul Robinson, Lars Jacobsen, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Keith Andrews, Jason Roberts, El-Hadji Diouf, B. McCarthy

Manchester City line-up (4-4-2)

Shay Given, Micah Richards, Wayne Bridge, Richard Dunne, Kolo Touré, Stephen Ireland, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Robinho, Gareth Barry, Emmanuel Adebayor, Craig Bellamy