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Blackburn Rovers - 7th, English Premier League

League Record 2007-2008

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GFA	GAA	PpG	Pts	Rank
Home Record	19	8	7	4	26	19	7	1.36	1.00	1.63	31	8
Away Record	18	7	6	5	23	25	-2	1.27	1.38	1.50	27	7
Overall Record	37	15	13	9	49	44	5	1.32	1.18	1.56	58	7

League Record 2006-2007 [for the same period]

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GFA	GAA	PpG	Pts	Rank
Home Record	18	9	2	7	28	22	6	1.55	1.22	1.61	29	11
Away Record	19	6	4	9	21	29	-8	1.10	1.52	1.15	22	6
Overall Record	37	15	6	16	49	51	-2	1.32	1.37	1.37	51	10

Match Results

English Premier League
No.	Date	Ven	Opponent	Result		HT	Scorers	Attend
1	11-Aug-07	A	Middlesbrough	W	2-1	(0-1)	Santa Cruz 63; Derbyshire 79	25,058
2	19-Aug-07	H	Arsenal	D	1-1	(0-1)	Dunn 72	24,917
3	25-Aug-07	A	Everton	D	1-1	(1-0)	Santa Cruz 15	33,850
4	02-Sep-07	H	Manchester City	W	1-0	(1-0)	McCarthy 13	26,881
5	15-Sep-07	A	Chelsea	D	0-0	(0-0)		41,062
6	23-Sep-07	H	Portsmouth	L	0-1	(0-1)		19,506
7	29-Sep-07	A	Sunderland	W	2-1	(0-0)	Bentley 53; Santa Cruz 55	41,252
8	07-Oct-07	H	Birmingham City	W	2-1	(1-0)	Bentley 15; McCarthy 56p	19,316
9	20-Oct-07	H	Reading	W	4-2	(3-0)	McCarthy 18, 82p; Santa Cruz 22; Kerimoglu 32	19,425
10	28-Oct-07	A	Tottenham Hotspur	W	2-1	(0-0)	McCarthy 60; Samba 90	36,086
11	03-Nov-07	H	Liverpool	D	0-0	(0-0)		30,033
12	11-Nov-07	A	Manchester United	L	0-2	(0-2)		75,710
13	25-Nov-07	A	Fulham	D	2-2	(0-0)	Emerton 57; Warnock 79	22,826
14	28-Nov-07	H	Aston Villa	L	0-4	(0-1)		20,776
15	01-Dec-07	H	Newcastle United	W	3-1	(1-0)	Bentley 14, 67; Kerimoglu 90	27,477
16	09-Dec-07	H	West Ham United	L	0-1	(0-0)		20,870
17	15-Dec-07	A	Wigan Athletic	L	3-5	(1-3)	Santa Cruz 45, 50, 61	16,489
18	23-Dec-07	H	Chelsea	L	0-1	(0-1)		23,966
19	27-Dec-07	A	Manchester City	D	2-2	(1-2)	Santa Cruz 28, 84	42,112
20	30-Dec-07	A	Derby County	W	2-1	(2-1)	Santa Cruz 39; Bentley 42	30,048
21	02-Jan-08	H	Sunderland	W	1-0	(0-0)	McCarthy 57p	23,212
22	13-Jan-08	A	Bolton Wanderers	W	2-1	(0-1)	Samba 53; Roberts 90	18,315
23	19-Jan-08	H	Middlesbrough	D	1-1	(0-1)	Derbyshire 75	21,687
24	26-Jan-08	A	Aston Villa	D	1-1	(0-0)	Santa Cruz 68	39,602
25	02-Feb-08	H	Everton	D	0-0	(0-0)		27,946
26	11-Feb-08	A	Arsenal	L	0-2	(0-1)		60,049
27	24-Feb-08	H	Bolton Wanderers	W	4-1	(1-0)	McCarthy 25p, 67p; Bentley 71; Pedersen 90	23,995
28	01-Mar-08	A	Newcastle United	W	1-0	(0-0)	Derbyshire 90	34,969
29	08-Mar-08	H	Fulham	D	1-1	(0-0)	Pedersen 59	20,362
30	15-Mar-08	A	West Ham United	L	1-2	(1-1)	Santa Cruz 19	34,006
31	22-Mar-08	H	Wigan Athletic	W	3-1	(2-1)	Santa Cruz 13, 63; Roberts 45	23,541
32	29-Mar-08	A	Reading	D	0-0	(0-0)		24,374
33	05-Apr-08	H	Tottenham Hotspur	D	1-1	(1-1)	Pedersen 30	24,592
34	13-Apr-08	A	Liverpool	L	1-3	(0-0)	Santa Cruz 92	43,283
35	19-Apr-08	H	Manchester United	D	1-1	(1-0)	Santa Cruz 21	30,316
36	27-Apr-08	A	Portsmouth	W	1-0	(0-0)	Santa Cruz 74	18,722
37	03-May-08	H	Derby County	W	3-1	(0-1)	Roberts 47; Santa Cruz 47, 77	26,110


FA Cup
	Date	Ven	Opponent	Result		HT	Scorers	Attend
3	05-Jan-08	H	Coventry City	L	1-4	(0-1)	Bentley 84	14,421


League Cup
	Date	Ven	Opponent	Result		HT	Scorers	Attend
3	26-Sep-07	H	Birmingham City	W	3-0	(0-0)	Bentley 66; Derbyshire 82p; Santa Cruz 91	9,205
4	31-Oct-07	A	Portsmouth	W	2-1	(1-0)	McCarthy 1; Pedersen 77	11,788
QF	18-Dec-07	H	Arsenal	L	2-3	(1-2)	Santa Cruz 42, 60 [aet]	16,207


UEFA Cup Qual
	Date	Ven	Opponent	Result		HT	Scorers	Attend
Q2 L1	16-Aug-07	A	MyPa-47 Anjalankoski	W	1-0	(1-0)	Santa Cruz 6	--,---
Q2 L2	30-Aug-07	H	MyPa-47 Anjalankoski	W	2-0	(0-0)	Bentley 48; Roberts 90	--,---
1 L1	20-Sep-07	A	Larissa	L	0-2	(0-2)		8,126
1 L2	04-Oct-07	H	Larissa	W	2-1	(1-1)	Derbyshire 45p; Warnock 51	20,741

Monthly Results

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GFA	GAA	PpG	Pts	Rank
August	3	1	2	0	4	3	1	1.33	1.00	1.66	5	9
September	4	2	1	1	3	2	1	0.75	0.50	1.75	7	6
October	3	3	0	0	8	4	4	2.66	1.33	3.00	9	3
November	4	0	2	2	2	8	-6	0.50	2.00	0.50	2	14
December	6	2	1	3	10	11	-1	1.66	1.83	1.16	7	14
January	4	2	2	0	5	3	2	1.25	0.75	2.00	8	6
February	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	1.33	1.00	1.33	4	9
March	5	2	2	1	6	4	2	1.20	0.80	1.60	8	6
April	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	1.00	1.25	1.25	5	13
May	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	3.00	1.00	3.00	3	2

Recent Form

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GFA	GAA	PpG	Pts	Rank
Last 8 Overall	8	3	3	2	11	9	2	1.37	1.12	1.50	12	7
Last 5 Home	5	2	3	0	9	5	4	1.80	1.00	1.80	9	6
Last 5 Away	5	2	1	2	4	5	-1	0.80	1.00	1.40	7	6

Season Record

Home and away results against each team, listed in the current league table standings

Home	2006-2007	Team	2006-2007	Away	Pts
D 1-1	[0-1]	Manchester United	[1-4]	L 0-2	1
L 0-1	[0-2]	Chelsea	[0-3]	D 0-0	1
D 1-1	[0-2]	Arsenal	[2-6]	L 0-2	1
D 0-0	[1-0]	Liverpool	[1-1]	L 1-3	1
D 0-0	[1-1]	Everton	[0-1]	D 1-1	2
L 0-4	[1-2]	Aston Villa	[0-2]	D 1-1	1
		Blackburn Rovers
L 0-1	[3-0]	Portsmouth	[0-3]	W 1-0	3
W 1-0	[4-2]	Manchester City	[3-0]	D 2-2	4
L 0-1	[1-2]	West Ham United	[1-2]	L 1-2	0
D 1-1	[1-1]	Tottenham Hotspur	[1-1]	W 2-1	4
W 3-1	[1-3]	Newcastle United	[2-0]	W 1-0	6
W 3-1	[2-1]	Wigan Athletic	[3-0]	L 3-5	3
D 1-1	[2-1]	Middlesbrough	[1-0]	W 2-1	4
W 1-0	-	Sunderland	-	W 2-1	6
W 4-1	[0-1]	Bolton Wanderers	[2-1]	W 2-1	6
D 1-1	[2-0]	Fulham	[1-1]	D 2-2	2
W 4-2	[3-3]	Reading	[2-1]	D 0-0	4
W 2-1	-	Birmingham City	-	-	3
W 3-1	-	Derby County	-	W 2-1	6

Position Graph

Leading Scorers

League

Cup

Europe

Santa Cruz		23
Bentley		9
McCarthy		9
Derbyshire		5
Pedersen		4
Roberts		4
Kerimoglu		2
Samba		2
Warnock		2
Dunn		1
Emerton		1

Result Distribution

Score distributions by match - goals scored by row, and goals conceded by column. Each box shows the number of this season's matches with the resulting scoreline.

League

Cup

Europe

	0	1	2	3	4	5
0	4	3	2		1
1	4	7	1	1
2		6	2
3		3				1
4		1	1

	0	1	2	3	4
0
1					1
2		1		1
3	1

	0	1	2
0			1
1	1
2	1	1

Goal Time Distribution

When the goals have been scored and conceded this season

Season Stats

Scoring & Conceding	No.	Rank
Goals For	49	8
Average Goals For	1.32	8
Goals Against	44	7
Average Goals Against	1.18	7

Occurrence Stats	Occ	W	D	L	F:A	Rank
Score First	15	10	4	1	27:13	12
Opp Scores First	18	5	5	8	22:31	4
Clean Sheet	8	4	4	0	4:0	18
Fail To Score	10	0	4	6	0:11	5

Overall Seqs	W	WD	D	L	LD	Pts	Rank
Combined	4	7	3	3	4	9	8
Home	2	9	2	2	2	9	10
Away	2	5	2	1	4	6	7

Points Gained
Win When Losing	5
Draw When Losing	5
Points Gained	20
Rank	2

Points Lost
Lose When Winning	1
Draw When Winning	4
Points Lost	11
Rank	7

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GFA	GAA	PpG	Pts	Rank
Record v. Top Half	18	2	8	8	10	22	-12	0.55	1.22	0.77	14	12
Record v. Bottom Half	19	13	5	1	39	22	17	2.05	1.15	2.31	44	6
First Half Record	37	9	16	12	17	20	-3	0.45	0.54	1.16	43	13
Second Half Record	37	14	15	8	32	24	8	0.86	0.64	1.54	57	7
Winning at Halftime	9	7	2	0	21	9	12	2.33	1.00	2.55	23	8
Drawing at Halftime	16	5	8	3	14	13	1	0.87	0.81	1.43	23	9
Losing at Halftime	12	3	3	6	14	22	-8	1.16	1.83	1.00	12	4