Everton 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2007
Result
Everton 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2007, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Everton 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Everton drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 August 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.
R. Santa Cruz opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Everton's goal came from James McFadden (78'). Blackburn Rovers scored through R. Santa Cruz (16').
Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Everton were 6th on 6 points from 3 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 4 points from 2. Everton went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Everton wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Andre Ooijer
- 16'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 78'Goal · James McFadden
- 89'Yellow card · Morten Gamst Pedersen
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton expected line-up
Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy, David Dunn