Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 13 March 2010

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 13 March 2010, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 March 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Jermain Defoe (44'), Roman Pavlyuchenko (55') and Roman Pavlyuchenko (85'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Christopher Samba (80').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 49 points from 28 and Blackburn Rovers 12th on 34 points from 28. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 50.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 5 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 80'Goal · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 85'Goal · Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 3, draws 5, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Sebastien Bassong, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar, Gareth Bale, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Jermain Defoe

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Martin Olsson, Míchel Salgado, Pascal Chimbonda, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Nikola Kalinić, David Dunn