Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2007

Result

Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Newcastle United: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 December 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.

Obafemi Martins opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Daniel Bentley (54'), Daniel Bentley (67') and Tugay Kerimoglu (90+3'). Newcastle United scored through Obafemi Martins (47').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 9th on 23 points from 14 and Newcastle United 11th on 18 points from 13. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 43.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Newcastle United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Nicky ButtNewcastle United
  • 47'Goal · Obafemi MartinsNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Joey BartonNewcastle United
  • 54'Goal · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 67'Goal · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Tugay KerimogluBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+3'Goal · Tugay KerimogluBlackburn Rovers · 3-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · James MilnerNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 2, Newcastle United 4.

Team news

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

Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Aaron Mokoena, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Roque Santa Cruz, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy, David Dunn

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)

Shay Given, David Rozehnal, Abdoulaye Faye, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Obafemi Martins, Joey Barton, Alan Smith, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt