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Blackburn Rovers

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  1. Blackburn and Everton draw

    Blackburn and Everton draw

    Blackburn slipped back into the Premier League relegation zone despite holding Everton to 0-0 draw at Ewood Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • Everton
    • 90' All over at Ewood Park and it finishes goalless. It wasn't a classic by any stretch of the imagination, but both managers will probably go away happy with the point. Thanks for joining me!
    • 87' Diouf leaves the field to a warm reception. In his place comes Keith Treacy. This match is fizzling out rather. Nelsen is named man of the match, which is probably the right choice.
    • 77' Marouane Fellaini enters the fray at the expense of Jo for Everton.
    • 73' Pienaar breaks free inside the Blackburn box, but Warnock makes a vital block before he can pull the trigger.
    • 72' Teenager Rodwell makes way for Louis Saha.
    • 68' ROBERTS GOES CLEAN THROUGH FOR ROVERS...Lescott takes him left, but tries to shoot with the outside of his right foot and scuffs his effort into Tim Howard's hands.
    • 64' Nasty clash of heads between Gael Givet and Leon Osman. Givet comes off worse, but picks up a yellow card for the foul and is then forced to come off injured. Aaron Mokoena replaces him.
    • 61' Diouf sends over a cross from the left and SANTA CRUZ HEADS WIDE!! He must have read the last comment.
    • 60' Roberts is seeing a lot of the ball for Blackburn, but Santa Cruz has hardly been involved thus far.
    • 57' Cahill is back on his feet and looks to be OK. Blackburn are enjoying a good spell, but they have yet to create a serious opening.
    • 55' Cahill is hurt in an aerial challenge with Samba and is down holding his back. David Moyes does not look happy on the sidelines.
    • 51' Pienaar's cross is deflected and CAHILL HEADS STRAIGHT AT BROWN!!
    • 49' According to reports Grella was taken off with a groin injury. Everton try to string some early passes together, but Roberts is quick to close down and win his side a throw.
    • 46' The second half gets under way and we have a change to report. Sam Allaryce has brought on Tugay for Vince Grella.
    • 45' The half-time whistle sounds and the teams go into the break at 0-0. Blackburn have Brown to thank, with the keeper having made two excellent saves at either end of the half. Back in 15!
    • 44' Jo collects a long ball superbly on his thigh, turns inside Andre Oijer to make room for the shot...but his effort is very poor.
    • 39' WHAT A SAVE FROM BROWN!!! Pienaar meets a right-wing cross from Jagielka with a crashing volley from 10 yards that Brown somehow pushes away.
    • 35' Diouf trys to find a way round Joleon Lescott, but the big defender drops his shoulder and sends Diouf packing.
    • 31' Let's take some positives. Both sides are defending well and the crowd remain in remarkably good spirits considering.
    • 27' Not much to report I'm afraid. The ball is being ping-ponged back and fourth without much style or substance and aside from Jo's shot in the first minute we haven't come anywhere close to a goal.
    • 21' Free-kick to Everton just inside the Blackburn half. Leighton Baines swings over a skyscraping cross, but Brown gathers confidently. Not a great game this.
    • 17' Jo brings the ball down for Everton, but Ryan Nelsen is far too strong for the striker. He barges him aside and marches forward in possession.
    • 14' Keith Andrews gets the ball in space in a good central position, but he rushes his pass and the ball runs out for a corner.
    • 9' It's been a scrappy opening to the match, with neither side coming close to anything you might label attractive.
    • 5' Stephen Warnock pulls the trigger from 25 yards, but Phil Jagielka makes the block and Everton clear.
    • 3' Everton have made a lively start here and the home side are yet to put a couple of passes together.
    • 1' Away we go at Ewood Park, and within seconds JO SHOOTS FROM DISTANCE AND JASON BROWN MAKES A FINE SAVE TO PALM THE BALL BEHIND FOR A CORNER!!!
    • - If you want to keep an eye on what's happening elsewhere, why not open a separate page for our PREMIER LEAGUE MULTICAST
    • - For the full picture, you should also visit our Everton homepage
    • - If you want to examine Blackburn's recent form ahead of the match, why not take a look at the Blackburn Rovers homepage
    • - TEAM NEWS: Blackburn have gone with El-Hadji Diouf, Jason Roberts and Roque Santa Cruz in their starting XI. David Dunn, Tugay Sanli and Benni McCarthy are all on the bench.
    • - TEAM NEWS: Louis Saha starts on the bench for Everton, with Tim Cahill up top behind Jo. Jack Rodwell is also in the visitors' starting line-up.
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Blackburn v Everton in the Premier League. Your build-up starts right here and we'll be bringing you team news as soon as we have some. In the meantime, why not send in your match predictions to our message board...or spark up some lively debate.

  • Team Stats

    Blackburn Rovers Stats Everton
    50% Possession 49%
    10 Shots 9
    1 Shots on target 4
    3 Saves 1
    2 Corners 4
    14 Fouls 12
    3 Offsides 5
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 11
    250 Accurate passes 264
    47 Bad passes 46

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Blackburn Rovers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Jason Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
      21 Gaël Givet 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 7 2
      3 Stephen Warnock 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 23 9 7
      4 Christopher Samba 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 11 2 3
      6 Ryan Nelsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 2
      2 Andre Ooijer 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 19 0 1
      17 Keith Andrews 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 30 1 4
      11 Vincenzo Grella 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18 1 1
      30 Jason Roberts 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 17 6 0
      9 Roque Santa Cruz 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 26 4 2
      18 El Hadji Diouf 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 17 6 2
      22 Danny Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Kerimoglou Tugay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 7 1
      24 Keith Treacy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      8 David Dunn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      38 Mark Bunn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Benedict McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Aaron Mokoena 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 1 0
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 0
      26 Jack Rodwell 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 1 0
      6 Phil Jagielka 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 0 2
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 1 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 1 0
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 28 9 1
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 4 3
      17 Tim Cahill 0 2 2 5 3 1 0 32 7 2
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 25 10 0
      21 Leon Osman 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 21 3 2
      11 João Alves de Assis Silva 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 11 4 0
      25 Marouane Fellaini 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 2 1
      7 Andy van der Meyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Dan Gosling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Segundo Castillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Louis Saha 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 2 0
      15 Lars Jacobsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Carlo Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' All over at Ewood Park and it finishes goalless. It wasn't a classic by any stretch of the imagination, but both managers will probably go away happy with the point. Thanks for joining me!
    • 68' ROBERTS GOES CLEAN THROUGH FOR ROVERS...Lescott takes him left, but tries to shoot with the outside of his right foot and scuffs his effort into Tim Howard's hands.
    • 39' WHAT A SAVE FROM BROWN!!! Pienaar meets a right-wing cross from Jagielka with a crashing volley from 10 yards that Brown somehow pushes away.
    • - If you want to keep an eye on what's happening elsewhere, why not open a separate page for our PREMIER LEAGUE MULTICAST
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Blackburn v Everton in the Premier League. Your build-up starts right here and we'll be bringing you team news as soon as we have some. In the meantime, why not send in your match predictions to our message board...or spark up some lively debate.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alan Wiley

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    Captain: Ryan Nelsen

    Starting line-up

    • J. Brown
    • A. Ooijer
    • R. Nelsen
    • C. Samba
    • G. Givet Yellow Card Substitution Out (64′)
    • E. Diouf Substitution Out (88′)
    • V. Grella Substitution Out (45′)
    • K. Andrews
    • S. Warnock
    • J. Roberts
    • R. Santa Cruz

    Subs

    • K. Tugay Substitution In45′
    • B. McCarthy
    • D. Dunn
    • A. Mokoena Substitution In64′
    • K. Treacy Substitution In88′
    • D. Simpson
    • M. Bunn

    Injured

    • P. Robinson

    Suspended

    • M. Pedersen

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    Starting line-up

    • T. Howard
    • J. Yobo
    • P. Jagielka
    • J. Lescott
    • L. Baines
    • J. Rodwell Substitution Out (72′)
    • P. Neville
    • S. Pienaar
    • L. Osman
    • T. Cahill
    • .. Jo Substitution Out (77′)

    Subs

    • L. Saha Substitution In72′
    • C. Nash
    • A. Van der Meyde
    • L. Jacobsen
    • S. Castillo
    • M. Fellaini Substitution In77′
    • D. Gosling

    Injured

    • M. Arteta
    • T. Hibbert
    • A. Yakubu
    • N. Valente
    • J. Vaughan
    • V. Anichebe

    Suspended

    None

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  1. It is not a good game. It is bad

    From LE XUAN, on Tue 10 Mar 5:46AM

  2. dianesellars, league cup and 3 2 in the league but­ where will u b come 4.45pm final game of the season­ crying as u r relegated i prefer pepsi myself u enjoy­ coca cola bye bye

    From john, on Wed 4 Mar 10:46PM

  3. All us Arsenal fans send our respects and thanks to­ Blackburn Rovers,, Manchester City..But only for­ today..iTS BEEN A GREAT EVENING FOR THE GUNNERS &­ THEY DID'NT EVEN PLAY..

    From arsnic, on Wed 4 Mar 10:33PM

  4. All us Arsenal fans send our respects and thanks to­ Blackburn Rovers,, Manchester City..But only for­ today..iTS BEEN A GREAT EVENING FOR THE GUNNERS &­ THEY DID'NT EVEN PLAY..

    From arsnic, on Wed 4 Mar 10:33PM

  5. ENJOY THE CHAMPIONSHIP BLACKBURN,,,HA HA
    C.T.I.D

    From big10, on Wed 4 Mar 10:19PM

  6. Come on the Moyes boys,just warming up fot cup at­ weekend

    From phil, on Wed 4 Mar 10:02PM

  7. Come on the Moyes boys,just warming up fot cup at­ weekend

    From phil, on Wed 4 Mar 10:01PM

  8. dawson793, yeah..Everton would definitely beat Arsenal­ for the top four!!! It's gonna be Man Utd, Chelsea,­ Liver and Everton!

    From CHONG, on Wed 4 Mar 10:01PM

  9. Blackburn vs Everton - This has got to be a fixture to­ avoid on any given fixture list.
    There seems to be alot­ of Evertonians happy with the mediocrity of it all now,­ clearly not expecting to offer any resistance to the­ inevitable conclusion that Arsenal will finish 4th­ again!!!
    What a dull conclusion to the season.
    You wont­ get the FA Cup either

    From happychappie, on Wed 4 Mar 10:00PM

  10. Ah Arsenals night just got better! Thank you Everton,­ less pressure now

    From Shannen, on Wed 4 Mar 10:00PM

  11. We have to keep up with Arsenal, don't drop points!

    From dawson793, on Wed 4 Mar 9:56PM

  12. came on rovers

    From Marko, on Wed 4 Mar 9:56PM

  13. Mand, you're a true Blues!!!

    From CHONG, on Wed 4 Mar 9:51PM

  14. Just thought I'd mosey in here to suss out the­ quality of the debate!! Er . . bye!!

    From slaintejd, on Wed 4 Mar 9:51PM

  15. Come on Everton

    From Peter S, on Wed 4 Mar 9:50PM

  16. come on evertonfc you can beat blackburn.

    From Ethan, on Wed 4 Mar 9:48PM

  17. ROVERS///ROVERS////ROVERS////ROVERS­ /////ROVERS//////ROVERS

    From coyne456, on Wed 4 Mar 9:47PM

  18. efc should of had a pen

    From digger.ddempsey, on Wed 4 Mar 9:38PM

  19. So Toffees - Hi time to score "the" goal of­ the day
    Meanwhile, I'm eating my Everton Scouse­ which is #81 at culinary.senses if you want to see it­ and enjoy it

    Go Everton Go

    From GariMann, on Wed 4 Mar 9:37PM

  20. NP Mand x.......................

    From Peter S, on Wed 4 Mar 9:34PM
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