Norwich City 3-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2011

Result

Norwich City 3-3 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Norwich City 3-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Norwich City drew with Blackburn Rovers 3-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 October 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Junior Hoilett opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Steve Morison (53'), Bradley Johnson (82') and Grant Holt (90+4', penalty). Blackburn Rovers scored through Junior Hoilett (45+3'), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (62') and Christopher Samba (64').

Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Norwich City were 8th on 12 points from 9 and Blackburn Rovers 20th on 5 points from 9. Norwich City went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Elliott BennettNorwich City
  • 45+3'Goal · Junior HoilettBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 53'Goal · Steve MorisonNorwich City · 1-1
  • 62'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 64'Yellow card · Leon BarnettNorwich City
  • 64'Goal · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers · 1-3
  • 79'Yellow card · Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers
  • 82'Goal · Bradley JohnsonNorwich City · 2-3
  • 90+4'Penalty goal · Grant HoltNorwich City · 3-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Norwich City 0, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

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

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Jason Lowe, Rubén Rochina, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni