Newcastle United v Blackburn Rovers
Line-ups
Who started; on the bench, who came on and for how long
Newcastle United3-5-24-4-2Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United bench
- Peter Ramage20 min
- Shola Ameobi20 min
Blackburn Rovers bench
- Matt Derbyshire23 min
- Shabani Nonda5 min
- Paul Gallagher1 min
Goals
0–2- 14'0–1Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers
- 73'0–2Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers
Match numbers
16
Shots
96
Shots on target
65
Corners
212
Fouls
201
Yellow cards
30
Red cards
0Who played
| Newcastle United | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Harper | 90 | – | ||
| Oguchi Onyewu | 90 | – | ||
| Stephen Carr | 90 | – | ||
| Nolberto Solano | 90 | – | ||
| Scott Parker | 90 | – | ||
| Nicky Butt | 90 | – | ||
| James Milner | 90 | – | ||
| Michael Owen | 90 | – | ||
| Obafemi Martins | 90 | – | ||
| Titus Bramble | 70 | – | ||
| Kieron Dyer | 70 | – | ||
| Peter Ramage sub | 20 | – | ||
| Shola Ameobi sub | 20 | – |
| Blackburn Rovers | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Friedel | 90 | – | ||
| Christopher Samba | 90 | – | ||
| Ryan Nelsen | 90 | – | ||
| Stephen Warnock | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Aaron Mokoena | 90 | – | ||
| Brett Emerton | 90 | – | ||
| David Bentley | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Morten Pedersen | 90 | – | ||
| Tugay Kerimoglu | 89 | – | ||
| Jason Roberts | 85 | 1 | – | |
| Benni McCarthy | 67 | 1 | – | |
| Matt Derbyshire sub | 23 | – | ||
| Shabani Nonda sub | 5 | – | ||
| Paul Gallagher sub | 1 | – |