Manchester United 2-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Manchester United 2-3 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2011, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester United lost to Blackburn Rovers 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.

Yakubu Aiyegbeni opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Dimitar Berbatov (52') and Dimitar Berbatov (62'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Yakubu Aiyegbeni (16', penalty), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (51') and Grant Hanley (80').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 45 points from 18 and Blackburn Rovers 20th on 11 points from 18. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 0 for Blackburn Rovers.

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