Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 29 April 2012

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 29 April 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 29 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Rafael van der Vaart (22') and Kyle Walker (75'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 6th on 59 points from 34 and Blackburn Rovers 19th on 31 points from 35. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Rafael van der VaartTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 75'Goal · Kyle WalkerTottenham Hotspur · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 6, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

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Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-1-1)

Younès Kaboul, William Gallas, Kyle Walker, Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Aaron Lennon, Brad Friedel, Danny Rose, Sandro

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

Paul Robinson, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Scott Dann, Bradley Orr, Marcus Olsson, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Jason Lowe, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, David Dunn