West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 7 April 2012

Result

West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 7 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

West Bromwich Albion defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 April 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

West Bromwich Albion's goals came from an own goal by Martin Olsson (7'), M. Fortuné (69') and Liam Ridgewell (85'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 14th on 36 points from 31 and Blackburn Rovers 18th on 28 points from 31. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.

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

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

Going into the match West Bromwich Albion's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Blackburn Rovers's L-L-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Own goal · Martin OlssonWest Bromwich Albion · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · S. DannBlackburn Rovers
  • 69'Goal · M. FortunéWest Bromwich Albion · 2-0
  • 85'Goal · Liam RidgewellWest Bromwich Albion · 3-0
  • 90'Red card · Anthony ModesteBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 2, draws 5, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

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

Ben Foster, Jonas Olsson, Liam Ridgewell, Billy Jones, Keith Andrews, Chris Brunt, Graham Dorrans, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Peter Odemwingie, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Gareth McAuley

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

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Scott Dann, Bradley Orr, Grant Hanley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Jason Lowe, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, David Dunn