Newcastle United 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2007
Result
Newcastle United 0-2 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Newcastle United 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Newcastle United were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 May 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Benni McCarthy opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Blackburn Rovers scored through Benni McCarthy (14') and Jason Roberts (73').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 42 points from 36 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 47 points from 35. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 52.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-D-L-D-W and Blackburn Rovers's W-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Benni McCarthy
- 23'Yellow card · Nicky Butt
- 26'Yellow card · Stephen Warnock
- 58'Yellow card · Jason Roberts
- 73'Goal · Jason Roberts
- 74'Yellow card · Tugay Kerimoglu
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up
Steve Harper, Stephen Carr, Oguchi Onyewu, Titus Bramble, Kieron Dyer, James Milner, Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen, N. Solano, Scott Parker, Nicky Butt
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Aaron Mokoena, Christopher Samba, Stephen Warnock, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy