West Bromwich Albion 1-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 28 December 2010

Result

West Bromwich Albion 1-3 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Tuesday 28 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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West Bromwich Albion 1-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

West Bromwich Albion were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 1-3 in the Premier League on Tuesday 28 December 2010. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Nikola Kalinic opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. West Bromwich Albion's goal came from Jerome Thomas (17'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Nikola Kalinic (3'), Nikola Kalinic (53') and Andrea Pirlo (62').

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 12th on 22 points from 18 and Blackburn Rovers 13th on 22 points from 19. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 11th with 47 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.

West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 West Bromwich Albion win, 5 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Nikola KalinicBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 17'Goal · Jerome ThomasWest Bromwich Albion · 1-1
  • 19'Yellow card · James FreitasWest Bromwich Albion
  • 44'Yellow card · Míchel SalgadoBlackburn Rovers
  • 53'Goal · Nikola KalinicBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 62'Goal · Andrea PirloBlackburn Rovers · 1-3
  • 64'Red card · Nikola KalinicBlackburn Rovers
  • 71'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufBlackburn Rovers
  • 77'Yellow card · Mark BunnBlackburn Rovers
  • 87'Red card · Gabriel TamaşWest Bromwich Albion

Head-to-head

8 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 1, draws 5, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Scott Carson, Nicky Shorey, Gabriel Tamaş, James Freitas, Somen Tchoyi, James Morrison, Jerome Thomas, Graham Dorrans, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Paul Scharner, Peter Odemwingie

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

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Míchel Salgado, Grant Hanley, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Nikola Kalinić, El-Hadji Diouf, Mame Diouf, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn