Manchester City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 September 2010

Result

Manchester City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 11 September 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Manchester City drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 September 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Nikola Kalinic opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Manchester City's goal came from Patrick Vieira (55'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Nikola Kalinic (25').

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 9th on 4 points from 3 and Blackburn Rovers 15th on 3 points from 3. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-5-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Patrick VieiraManchester City
  • 25'Goal · Nikola KalinicBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 55'Goal · Patrick VieiraManchester City · 1-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Pascal ChimbondaBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Yellow card · Yaya TouréManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 3, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-5-1)

Wayne Bridge, Nigel de Jong, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-5-1)

Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Nikola Kalinić, El-Hadji Diouf, Mame Diouf, Ryan Nelsen