Newcastle United vs Blackburn Rovers

Championship

Newcastle

3-3-0

3-1

Final

Blackburn

1-1-4

St. James' Park

Match pulse

NEWAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'BLK

64%Possession36%

21Shots3

4On target1

4Corners2

0Saves1

8Fouls17

Team	1H	2H	T
NEW	2	1	3
BLK	1	0	1

Who won: Newcastle 3-1

Newcastle United beat Blackburn Rovers 3-1 on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at St. James' Park. Goals for Newcastle: Demba Ba (27', 30', 54'). Goals for Blackburn: Junior Hoilett (37').

Latest headlines

ESPN · 24m ago

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ESPN · 1h ago

Lampard: Coventry 'feet on the ground' after Newcastle win

ESPN · 2h ago

Ogden: Every team's fans will be against Man City after this win

ESPN · Aug 14

Raúl Jiménez marks Wolves return by rescuing draw with Blackburn

ESPN · Aug 14

Wolves 2-2 Blackburn: Raúl Jiménez converts last minute penalty to rescue point in curtain raiser - as it happened

ESPN · Feb 17

What's happened to Blackburn Rovers' Ryan Alebiosu since his injury on debut for Nigeria at AFCON?

Recap · Feb 14

Socceroos right back Lewis Miller appears to injure Achilles in Blackburn win

Recap · Jan 1

Wrexham boost playoff chances with 2-0 win against tepid Blackburn

Lineups

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1Paul RobinsonG
2Scott DannCD-L
3Christopher SambaCD-R
4Gaël GivetLB
5Míchel SalgadoRB
6Jason LoweLM
7Steven N'ZonziRM
8Yakubu AyegbeniF
9Mauro FormicaRCF
10Martin OlssonAM-L
11Junior HoilettAM-R

Newcastle11th in English Premier League

Lineup (4-4-2)

1Tim KrulG
2Fabricio ColocciniCD-L
3Steven TaylorCD-R
4Ryan TaylorLB
5Danny SimpsonRB
6Yohan CabayeCM-L
7Cheick TiotéCM-R
8Jonás GutiérrezLM
9Gabriel ObertanRM
10Demba BaCF-L
11Leon BestCF-R

Head to head

BLK leads series 4-0-1

Last meeting: Blackburn 1, Newcastle 0 (Mar 1)

Last 5

BLK

Wvs LEY3-2
Wvs ARS4-3
T@ FUL1-1
Lvs EVE0-1
Wvs SHW3-1

NEW

W@ NFO4-3
T@ AVL1-1
T@ QPR0-0
Wvs FUL2-1
W@ SCU2-1

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Game info

Venue: St. James' Park · Attendance 46,236
Officials: M Atkinson (Referee), Martin Atkinson (Referee), M Atkinson (Referee)

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