Newcastle United 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 10 November 2010

Result

Newcastle United 1-2 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Wednesday 10 November 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Newcastle United 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 10 November 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Morten Gamst Pedersen opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Andy Carroll (47'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Morten Gamst Pedersen (3') and Jason Roberts (82').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 5th on 17 points from 11 and Blackburn Rovers 16th on 12 points from 11. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-5-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · P. JonesBlackburn Rovers
  • 37'Yellow card · Kevin NolanNewcastle United
  • 38'Yellow card · Cheik TioteNewcastle United
  • 45'Yellow card · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers
  • 47'Goal · Andy CarrollNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Junior HoilettBlackburn Rovers
  • 82'Goal · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Fabricio ColocciniNewcastle United
  • 90'Yellow card · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 3, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 6.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-5-1)

Tim Krul, José Enrique, Mike Williamson, Danny Simpson, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Andy Carroll, Shola Ameobi, Fabricio Coloccini, Kevin Nolan, Joey Barton

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Pascal Chimbonda, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Nikola Kalinić, Junior Hoilett, Ryan Nelsen