Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 April 2009

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 4 April 2009, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 April 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

Robbie Keane opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Benni McCarthy (82') and Andre Ooijer (89'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Robbie Keane (30').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 31 points from 30 and Tottenham Hotspur 11th on 38 points from 30. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 5 draws and 4 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers
  • 78'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosTottenham Hotspur
  • 80'Second yellow · Wilson PalaciosTottenham Hotspur
  • 82'Goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 89'Goal · Andre OoijerBlackburn Rovers · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 5, Tottenham Hotspur 4.

Team news

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

Paul Robinson, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Aaron Mokoena, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, El-Hadji Diouf, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Jermaine Jenas, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Darren Bent, Aaron Lennon, R. Keane, Jonathan Woodgate