Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2008

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2008, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Manchester United: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Manchester United 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Wes Brown opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Manchester United scored through Wes Brown (30') and Wayne Rooney (64').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 8th on 10 points from 6 and Manchester United 13th on 8 points from 5. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Manchester United 1st with 90.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Wes BrownManchester United · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers
  • 64'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Darren FletcherManchester United
  • 85'Yellow card · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Martin Olsson, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Matt Derbyshire, Ryan Nelsen, Jason Brown

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-Sung, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha