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Newcastle United vs Blackburn Rovers

Championship
Newcastle
NEW
2-1
Final
Blackburn
BLK
St. James' Park

Match pulse

NEWAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'BLK
56%Possession44%
15Shots8
6On target3
13Corners3
3Saves5
8Fouls7
17'Michael WilliamsonNEW34'Mark BunnBLK90'+5'Jonás GutiérrezNEW
Team1H2HT
NEW022
BLK101

Who won: Newcastle 2-1

Newcastle United beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at St. James' Park. Goals for Newcastle: Hatem Ben Arfa (70') and Jonás Gutiérrez (90'+5'). Goals for Blackburn: David Goodwillie (35').

What it means

  • Blackburn has dropped 4 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Blackburn13th in English League Championship
Lineup
  1. 1Mark BunnG
  2. 2Martin OlssonD
  3. 3Gaël GivetD
  4. 4Grant HanleyD
  5. 5Adam HenleyD
  6. 6Morten PedersenM
  7. 7Radosav PetrovicM
  8. 8Steven N'ZonziM
  9. 9Simon VukcevicM
  10. 10David GoodwillieF
  11. 11Rubén RochinaF
Newcastle11th in English Premier League
Lineup
  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 2Danny SimpsonD
  3. 3Fabricio ColocciniD
  4. 4Michael WilliamsonD
  5. 5Davide SantonD
  6. 6Gabriel ObertanM
  7. 7Mehdi AbeidM
  8. 8Yohan CabayeM
  9. 9Jonás GutiérrezM
  10. 10Hatem Ben ArfaM
  11. 11Leon BestF

Head to head

BLK leads series 3-1-1
Last meeting: Blackburn 3, Newcastle 0 (Jan 17)

Last 5

BLK
  • Lvs STK1-2
  • W@ MAN3-2
  • T@ LIV1-1
  • Lvs BOL1-2
  • Lvs WBA1-2
NEW
  • Wvs MAN3-0
  • L@ LIV1-3
  • W@ BOL2-0
  • Lvs WBA2-3
  • Tvs SWA0-0

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Game info

Venue
St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England · Attendance 30,876
Officials
K Friend (Referee), K Friend (Referee)

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Season seriesBLK leads series 3-1-1