West Ham United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 March 2008

Result

West Ham United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 15 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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West Ham United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

West Ham United defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

R. Santa Cruz opened the scoring in the 19th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Dean Ashton (39') and Freddie Sears (81'). Blackburn Rovers scored through R. Santa Cruz (19').

Discipline: West Ham United received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 10th on 40 points from 29 and Blackburn Rovers 8th on 46 points from 29. West Ham United went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.

West Ham United 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 6 West Ham United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · R. Santa CruzBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 39'Goal · Dean AshtonWest Ham United · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · David DunnBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Yellow card · Steven ReidBlackburn Rovers
  • 79'Yellow card · Anton FerdinandWest Ham United
  • 81'Goal · Freddie SearsWest Ham United · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: West Ham United 6, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, Lucas Neill, George McCartney, Anton Ferdinand, Jonathan Spector, Dean Ashton, Bobby Zamora, Fredrik Ljungberg, Scott Parker, N. Solano, Hayden Mullins

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

Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, David Dunn