Blackburn Rovers 1-2 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 March 2007

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 West Ham United

Premier League · Saturday 17 March 2007, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 West Ham United: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to West Ham United 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 March 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.

Christopher Samba opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Christopher Samba (47'). West Ham United scored through C. Tevez (71', penalty) and Bobby Zamora (76').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 5 yellow cards; West Ham United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 10th on 40 points from 29 and West Ham United 20th on 20 points from 29. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and West Ham United 15th with 41.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 4 for West Ham United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 20'Yellow card · Lee BowyerWest Ham United
  • 41'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-CokerWest Ham United
  • 47'Goal · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers
  • 70'Yellow card · Bobby ZamoraWest Ham United
  • 71'Penalty goal · C. TevezWest Ham United · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Yellow card · David DunnBlackburn Rovers
  • 76'Goal · Bobby ZamoraWest Ham United · 1-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Anton FerdinandWest Ham United
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 1, West Ham United 4.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Zurab Khizanishvili, Christopher Samba, Stephen Warnock, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Matt Derbyshire, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy, David Dunn

West Ham United line-up

Robert Green, Lucas Neill, Anton Ferdinand, George McCartney, James Collins, Nigel Reo-Coker, Marlon Harewood, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Matthew Etherington, Mark Noble, Lee Bowyer