English Premier League

FT Saturday, May 2, 2009
Blackburn Rovers DWLLW 1
–
Manchester City LLWWW 3
Etihad Stadium · 43,967 att.

Team Stats

15
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
7
0
Saves
5
50.6
Possession
49.4
16
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
323
Accurate Passes
325
446
Passes
436
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
2
25
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.1
72
Long Balls
70
29
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
7
13
Effective Tackles
8
16
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
33
18
Clearances
55

Head to Head

BLK leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MNC · 4-5-1

  1. 37Shay GivenG
  2. 4Nedum OnuohaCD-L
  3. 22Richard DunneCD-R
  4. 25Wayne BridgeLB
  5. 2Micah RichardsRB
  6. 34Nigel de JongCM-L
  7. 33Vincent KompanyCM-R
  8. 7Stephen IrelandAM
  9. 10RobinhoLM
  10. 11ElanoRM
  11. 20Felipe CaicedoF

Substitutes

  1. 17Martin PetrovSUB
  2. 15Javier GarridoSUB
  3. 36GláuberSUB
  4. 9Valeri BojinovSUB
  5. 24Ched EvansSUB
  6. 1Joe HartSUB
  7. 19Gelson FernandesSUB

BLK · 4-4-2

  1. 1Paul RobinsonG
  2. 21Gaël GivetCD-L
  3. 6Ryan NelsenCD-R
  4. 3Stephen WarnockLB
  5. 2Andre OoijerRB
  6. 11Vince GrellaCM-L
  7. 5Tugay KerimogluCM-R
  8. 12Morten PedersenLM
  9. 18El-Hadji DioufRM
  10. 10Benni McCarthyCF-L
  11. 4Christopher SambaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Carlos VillanuevaSUB
  2. 17Keith AndrewsSUB
  3. 39Aaron DoranSUB
  4. 15Aaron MokoenaSUB
  5. 38Mark BunnSUB
  6. 13Zurab KhizanishviliSUB
  7. 29Martin OlssonSUB

Timeline

  1. 27'
  2. 34'
  3. 45'+2'
  4. 45'
  5. 63'
  6. 64'
  7. 64'
  8. 66'
  9. 66'
  10. 78'

Premier League News

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