Manchester United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2009
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2009, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Manchester United defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 October 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Dimitar Berbatov (55') and Wayne Rooney (87'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 22 points from 10 and Blackburn Rovers 17th on 10 points from 9. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 50.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Blackburn Rovers's L-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Brett Emerton
- 38'Yellow card · Pascal Chimbonda
- 55'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 87'Goal · Wayne Rooney
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Pascal Chimbonda, Brett Emerton, Steven Nzonzi, Keith Andrews, El-Hadji Diouf, Franco Di Santo, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn