Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 23 October 2011
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Sunday 23 October 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Blackburn Rovers lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 October 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Mauro Formica (28'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Rafael van der Vaart (15') and Rafael van der Vaart (53').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 5 points from 8 and Tottenham Hotspur 6th on 13 points from 7. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 69.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 5 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-L-L-W-D and Tottenham Hotspur's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 28'Goal · Mauro Formica
- 53'Goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 55'Yellow card · S. Nzonzi
- 63'Yellow card · Jason Lowe
- 75'Yellow card · Danny Rose
- 80'Yellow card · Jason Roberts
- 90+1'Yellow card · Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Head-to-head
Team news
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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Simon Vukčević, Jason Lowe, Junior Hoilett, Jason Roberts
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Younès Kaboul, Sebastien Bassong, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Aaron Lennon, Scott Parker, Brad Friedel