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.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Patrick Vieira
- 25'Goal · Nikola Kalinic
- 55'Goal · Patrick Vieira
- 81'Yellow card · Pascal Chimbonda
- 90'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
Head-to-head
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