Newcastle United vs Blackburn Rovers

What it means

• Blackburn has dropped 4 of the last 5.
• Newcastle has dropped 5 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup

1. 1Brad FriedelG
2. 2Andre OoijerD
3. 3Christopher SambaD
4. 4Zurab KhizanishviliD
5. 5Stephen WarnockD
6. 6Brett EmertonM
7. 7David BentleyM
8. 8Steven ReidM
9. 9Morten PedersenM
10. 10Roque Santa CruzF
11. 11Benni McCarthyF

Newcastle11th in English Premier League

Lineup

1. 1Steve HarperG
2. 2Stephen CarrD
3. 3Steven TaylorD
4. 4José EnriqueD
5. 5Habib BeyeD
6. 6Abdoulaye FayeM
7. 7James MilnerM
8. 8Joey BartonM
9. 9Nicky ButtM
10. 10Damien DuffM
11. 11Michael OwenF
12. 12Alan SmithF

Head to head

Last 5

BLK

• Wvs BOL4-1
• L@ ARS0-2
• Tvs EVE0-0
• T@ AVL1-1
• Tvs MID1-1

NEW

• Lvs MAN1-5
• L@ AVL1-4
• Tvs MID1-1
• L@ ARS0-3
• L@ ARS0-3

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

St James' Park, England · Attendance 50,796