Head 2 Head: Blackburn Rovers


By Matthew Jones
December 24 2004

Stats ahead of Newcastle's visit to Blackburn Rovers on Boxing Day. A full preview may follow later - depends how busy people are.


Last 10 Results


Blackburn Rovers Newcastle United
Ven Versus Pos
H 0 - 0 Everton D 2
A 0 - 0 Crystal Palace D 16
H 0 - 1 Tottenham L 13
A 2 - 0 Fulham W 13
H 3 - 3 Birmingham D 15
A 1 - 1 Man City D 13
A 1 - 1 Norwich D 19
H 2 - 2 Liverpool D 5
A 0 - 4 Chelsea L 2
H 0 - 4 Middlesbrough L 9
Ven Versus Pos
A 1 - 3 Liverpool L 6
H 1 - 1 Portsmouth D 9
A 0 - 4 Chelsea L 1
H 1 - 1 Everton D 3
A 2 - 0 Crystal Palace W 16
H 1 - 3 Man Utd L 7
H 1 - 4 Fulham L 15
A 1 - 2 Bolton L 4
H 4 - 3 Man City W 10
A 1 - 1 Charlton D 9
key

Ven
Home or Away

Pos Opposition League Position at Kick Off


Leading League Scorers Comparison


Paul
Dickov

Blackburn
10
 Craig
Bellamy

Newcastle
10
5 Goals 7
18 Games Played 17
0.28 Goals Per Game Average 0.41
5 Total Games Scored In 7
5 Games Scored 1 Goals 7
0 Games Scored 2 Goals 0
0 Games Scored 3 Goals 0
2 Scoring Run (games) 2
7 Dry Spell (games) 5
2 Close Range 2
3 Inside 18 Yard Box 5
0 Outside 18 Yard Box 0
0 Shots 3
1 Headers 2
2 Volleys 2
2 Penalties 0
0 Free Kicks 0

Importance of Goals
taking out top socrers, how results are affected.
0 W>L 0
0 W>D 1
3 D>L 4
3 Total Points 6

key
W>L Number of games which, had the top scorer not scored, would have been lost instead of won.
W>D Would have been drawn instead of won
D>L Would have been lost instead of drawn


Previous Meetings between these two clubs



Summary of Past Meetings

Pld Won Drawn Lost For Against GD Pts
Ewood Park
Blackburn 9 6 3 0 14 6 8 21
Newcastle 9 0 3 6 6 14 -8 3
St James' Park
Newcastle 10 5 4 1 17 8 9 19
Blackburn 10 1 4 5 8 17 -9 7
Total
Blackburn 19 7 7 5 22 23 -1 28
Newcastle 19 5 7 7 23 22 1 22



Home and Away with dates and attendance

11/9/2004 Newcastle 3 Blackburn 0
52,015 own goal, Shearer, O'Brien
11/2/2004 Blackburn 1 Newcastle 1
23,459 Stead Bellamy
28/12/2003 Newcastle 0 Blackburn 1
51,648 Gallagher
22/3/2003 Newcastle 5 Blackburn 1
52,106 Solano, Robert, Jenas, own goal, Bellamy Duff
19/10/2002 Blackburn 5 Newcastle 2
27,307 Dunn (2), Taylor (2), own goal Shearer (2)
23/4/2002 Blackburn 2 Newcastle 2
26,712 Gillespie, Cole Shearer (2)
15/12/2001 Newcastle 2 Blackburn 1
50,064 Bernard, Speed Dunn
16/5/1999 Newcastle 1 Blackburn 1
36,623 Hamann Wilcox
12/12/1998 Blackburn 0 Newcastle 0
27,569
10/5/1998 Blackburn 1 Newcastle 0
29,300 Sutton
25/10/1997 Newcastle 1 Blackburn 1
36,716 Gillespie Sutton
26/12/1996 Blackburn 1 Newcastle 0
30,398 Gallacher
14/9/1996 Newcastle 2 Blackburn 1
36,424 Shearer, Ferdinand Sutton
8/4/1996 Blackburn 2 Newcastle 1
30,717 Fenton (2) Batty
8/11/1995 Newcastle 1 Blackburn 0
36,473 Lee
8/5/1995 Blackburn 1 Newcastle 0
30,545 Shearer
9/10/1994 Newcastle 1 Blackburn 1
34,344 own goal Shearer
19/2/1994 Blackburn 1 Newcastle 0
21,269 May
29/8/1993 Newcastle 1 Blackburn 1
34,272 Cole Shearer


When Goals Scored


8 4 0
0 4 8

2
 0-15
5

3
 16-30
2

1
 31-45
5

2
 46-60
5

5
 61-75
4

3
 76-90
8
8 4 0
0 4 8
Number of Goals