Liverpool 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 October 2006

Result

Liverpool 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 14 October 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Liverpool 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Liverpool drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 October 2006. The half-time score was 0-1.

Benni McCarthy opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Liverpool's goal came from Craig Bellamy (64'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Benni McCarthy (17').

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 10th on 10 points from 7 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 11 points from 7. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 5 draws and 0 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 42'Yellow card · Lucas NeillBlackburn Rovers
  • 53'Yellow card · Robbie SavageBlackburn Rovers
  • 64'Goal · Craig BellamyLiverpool · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Sami HyypiaLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 5, draws 5, Blackburn Rovers 0.

Team news

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Fábio Aurélio, Jamie Carragher, Jermaine Pennant, Peter Crouch, Craig Bellamy, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Andre Ooijer, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Shabani Nonda, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy