Stoke City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 April 2009
Result
Stoke City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 18 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Stoke City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Stoke City beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 April 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Liam Lawrence of Stoke City in the 75th minute.
Discipline: Stoke City received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stoke City were 13th on 36 points from 32 and Blackburn Rovers 16th on 34 points from 32. Stoke City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Stoke City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Blackburn Rovers's L-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Andy Wilkinson
- 46'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Faye
- 52'Yellow card · Ricardo Fuller
- 53'Yellow card · Stephen Warnock
- 75'Goal · Liam Lawrence
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Aaron Mokoena, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, El-Hadji Diouf, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy