Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2008
Result
Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Stoke City: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Stoke City 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 December 2008. The half-time score was 3-0.
Benni McCarthy opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Benni McCarthy (9', penalty), Jason Roberts (18') and Benni McCarthy (27'). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 13 points from 17 and Stoke City 13th on 20 points from 17. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Stoke City 12th with 45.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Stoke City's D-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 9'Penalty goal · Benni McCarthy
- 18'Goal · Jason Roberts
- 27'Goal · Benni McCarthy
- 33'Yellow card · Amdy Faye
- 45+4'Yellow card
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn, B. McCarthy
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap