Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2004

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Newcastle United

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Newcastle United: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Newcastle United 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2004. The half-time score was 1-2.

Kieron Dyer opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Paul Dickov (26') and Andy Todd (54'). Newcastle United scored through Kieron Dyer (6') and Laurent Robert (34').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 16th on 15 points from 18 and Newcastle United 13th on 21 points from 18. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Newcastle United 14th with 44.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Kieron DyerNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 26'Goal · Paul DickovBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Robbie ElliottNewcastle United
  • 34'Yellow card · G. FlitcroftBlackburn Rovers
  • 34'Goal · Laurent RobertNewcastle United · 1-2
  • 54'Goal · Andy ToddBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Laurent RobertNewcastle United

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 2, Newcastle United 3.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up

Lucas Neill, Nils-Eric Johansson, Steven Reid, James McEveley, Brett Emerton, Tugay Kerimoglu, Paul Gallagher, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Paul Dickov, Barry Ferguson