Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2011

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers lost to Blackburn Rovers 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 May 2011. The half-time score was 0-3.

Jason Roberts opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Jamie O'Hara (73') and Noel Hunt (87'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Jason Roberts (22'), Brett Emerton (38') and Junior Hoilett (45').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 16th on 40 points from 37 and Blackburn Rovers 15th on 40 points from 37. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Karl HenryWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 22'Goal · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 45'Yellow card · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers
  • 45'Goal · Junior HoilettBlackburn Rovers · 0-3
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Jody CraddockWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 73'Goal · Jamie O'HaraWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-3
  • 87'Goal · Noel HuntWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Noel HuntWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, George Elokobi, Jody Craddock, Michael Mancienne, Kevin Foley, Karl Henry, Noel Hunt, Matt Jarvis, Steven Fletcher, Stephen Ward, Jamie O'Hara

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

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Jermaine Jones, Brett Emerton, Steven Nzonzi, Junior Hoilett, Jason Roberts