Manchester City 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 27 December 2007

Result

Manchester City 2-2 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Thursday 27 December 2007, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Manchester City 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Manchester City drew with Blackburn Rovers 2-2 in the Premier League on Thursday 27 December 2007. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Darius Vassell opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Darius Vassell (27') and an own goal by Ryan Nelsen (30'). Blackburn Rovers scored through R. Santa Cruz (28') and R. Santa Cruz (84').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 5th on 34 points from 18 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 26 points from 18. Manchester City went on to finish that season 9th with 55 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Darius VassellManchester City · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · R. Santa CruzBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 30'Own goal · Ryan NelsenManchester City · 2-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Bruno BernerBlackburn Rovers
  • 55'Yellow card · Micah RichardsManchester City
  • 84'Goal · R. Santa CruzBlackburn Rovers · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 1, draws 4, Blackburn Rovers 5.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Michael Ball, Nedum Onuoha, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Rolando Bianchi, Darius Vassell

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

Christopher Samba, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn, Bruno Berner