Blackburn Rovers 0-4 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 October 2011

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-4 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 1 October 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 0-4 Manchester City: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Manchester City 0-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 October 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Adam Johnson opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Manchester City scored through Adam Johnson (57'), Mario Balotelli (59'), Samir Nasri (73') and Stefan Savic (87').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 18th on 4 points from 6 and Manchester City 2nd on 16 points from 6. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Manchester City 1st with 89.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 4 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 57'Goal · Adam JohnsonManchester City · 0-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Gaël Givet-ViarosBlackburn Rovers
  • 59'Goal · Mario BalotelliManchester City · 0-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City
  • 73'Goal · Samir NasriManchester City · 0-3
  • 87'Goal · Stefan SavicManchester City · 0-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 3, Manchester City 4.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Scott Dann, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Radosav Petrovic, Steven Nzonzi, Jason Lowe, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, David Goodwillie

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Micah Richards, Jérôme Boateng, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Adam Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera