Stoke City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 October 2010
Result
Stoke City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 2 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Stoke City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Stoke City defeated Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 October 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Jonathan Walters of Stoke City in the 48th minute.
Discipline: Stoke City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stoke City were 15th on 7 points from 6 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 8 points from 6. Stoke City went on to finish that season 13th with 46 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read W-D-W-L-L and Blackburn Rovers's W-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Robert Huth
- 33'Yellow card · Gaël Givet-Viaros
- 46'Yellow card · El-Hadji Diouf
- 48'Goal · Jonathan Walters
- 52'Yellow card · S. Nzonzi
- 89'Yellow card · Rory Delap
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Danny Collins, Robert Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Glenn Whelan, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson, Sanli Tuncay, Rory Delap
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, El-Hadji Diouf, Mame Diouf, Ryan Nelsen