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Blackburn 5-2 Newcastle United - October 19, 2002 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 10

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

October 19, 2002

27 307

Blackburn

5 - 2

Newcastle United

(penalty) David Dunn

David Dunn

Martin Taylor

55'

(o.g) Andy Griffin

65'

Martin Taylor

74'

36'

Alan Shearer (penalty)

48'

Alan Shearer

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4' - Red card Nikos Dabizas

5' - Goal David Dunn5

8' - Goal David Dunn8

36' - Goal Alan Shearer

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48' - Goal Alan Shearer

55' - Goal Martin Taylor55

65' - Own goal Andy Griffin65

66' - Substitution Keith Gillespieis substituted by Kerimoglu Tugay photo Matt Jansen

66' - Substitution Dwight Yorkeis substituted by Matt Jansen66

74' - Goal Martin Taylor74

75' - Substitution Andy Griffinis substituted by Titus Bramble photo Hugo Viana

75' - Substitution Laurent Robertis substituted by Hugo Viana

78' - Substitution Egil Ostenstadis substituted by Corrado Grabbi78

79' - Substitution Aaron Hughesis substituted by Olivier Bernard

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

5 - 2

Newcastle United

Blackburn Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age33 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Taylor7455

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age22 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Johansson

Nils-Eric Johansson

Sweden

B.date13/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Dunn85

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Thompson

David Thompson

England

B.date12/09/1977

Age25 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Gillespie66

Keith Gillespie

Northern Ireland

B.date18/02/1975

Age27 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Yorke66

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

Ostenstad78

Egil Ostenstad

Norway

B.date02/01/1972

Age30 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		31	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		33	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Taylor	7455	22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill		24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		29	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nils-Eric Johansson		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Dunn	85	22	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Thompson		25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Gillespie	66	27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke	66	30	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Egil Ostenstad	78	30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age26 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

18 Hughes79

Aaron Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date08/11/1979

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

34 Dabizas4

Nikos Dabizas

Greece

B.date03/08/1973

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

5 O'Brien

Andy O'Brien

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/06/1979

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

12 Griffin6575

Andy Griffin

England

B.date17/03/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

4 Solano

Nolberto Solano

Peru

B.date12/12/1974

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

7 Jenas

Jermaine Jenas

England

B.date18/02/1983

Age19 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

11 Speed

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age33 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

32 Robert75

Laurent Robert

France

B.date21/05/1975

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Shearer4836

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age32 years

H1m80

positionStriker

10 Bellamy

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age23 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		26	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Aaron Hughes	79	22	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	Nikos Dabizas	4	29	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Andy O'Brien		23	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Andy Griffin	6575	23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nolberto Solano		27	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Jermaine Jenas		19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Gary Speed		33	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Laurent Robert	75	27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer	4836	32	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Craig Bellamy		23	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

126

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Kerimoglu Tugay	66	32	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matt Jansen	66	24	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Corrado Grabbi	78	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	D	Titus Bramble	75	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Olivier Bernard	79	23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	M	Hugo Viana	75	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dwight Yorke

Andy Cole

OUT

Keith Gillespie

Damien Duff

OUT

Egil Ostenstad

Kerimoglu Tugay

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jermaine Jenas

Kieron Dyer

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

128

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Souness vs Newcastle United

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 19, 2002

Souness vs Robson

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 19, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

156

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Robson vs Blackburn

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 19, 2002

Robson vs Souness

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 19, 2002

Referee

Alan Wiley

7 victories	12 draws	16 losses	Blackburn35 matches	General total	Newcastle United36 matches	15 victories	13 draws	8 losses
1 victory	2 draws	1 loss	Blackburn4 matches	Season total	Newcastle United3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 28, 2010					Latest figure on March 29, 2010

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Key figures

Alan Shearer scored 8 goals vs Blackburn in his professional career

It's the first time David Dunn scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Newcastle United in his professional career

The last time Blackburn has ended with the score 5-2 at home in Premier League, It was on the 07/03/1964 (vs )

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBlackburn 0-0 Sunderland17/08/2002

DBlackburn 2-2 Liverpool28/08/2002

LBlackburn 2-3 Chelsea11/09/2002

DBlackburn 1-1 CSKA Sofia19/09/2002

VBlackburn 1-0 Leeds United22/09/2002

LBlackburn 1-2 Tottenham06/10/2002

Overall

DManchester City 2-2 Blackburn15/09/2002

DBlackburn 1-1 CSKA Sofia19/09/2002

VBlackburn 1-0 Leeds United22/09/2002

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-2 Blackburn30/09/2002

DCSKA Sofia 3-3 Blackburn03/10/2002

LBlackburn 1-2 Tottenham06/10/2002

Current form

Away

LManchester City 1-0 Newcastle United24/08/2002

DLiverpool 2-2 Newcastle United02/09/2002

LChelsea 3-0 Newcastle United14/09/2002

LDynamo Kyiv 2-0 Newcastle United18/09/2002

VBirmingham City 0-2 Newcastle United28/09/2002

LJuventus 2-0 Newcastle United01/10/2002

Overall

LDynamo Kyiv 2-0 Newcastle United18/09/2002

VNewcastle United 2-0 Sunderland21/09/2002

LNewcastle United 0-1 Feyenoord Rotterdam24/09/2002

VBirmingham City 0-2 Newcastle United28/09/2002

LJuventus 2-0 Newcastle United01/10/2002

VNewcastle United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion05/10/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	5	7
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	8
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	1
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	3
2	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.11	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (1 times)

Bookings

17	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

David Dunn	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Alan Shearer
David Dunn	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Alan Shearer
David Dunn	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
David Dunn	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Egil Ostenstad	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 8 matches	Alan Shearer

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

33 v

11 d

14 l

107 gf

62 ga

Away

59 matches

8 v

16 d

35 l

61 gf

109 ga

Total

117 matches

41 v

27 d

49 l

168 gf

171 ga

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

35 v

16 d

8 l

109 gf

61 ga

Away

58 matches

14 v

11 d

33 l

62 gf

107 ga

Total

117 matches

49 v

27 d

41 l

171 gf

168 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	September 09, 1925
Home	6 - 1	January 30, 1937

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 23, 1926
Away	3 - 0	October 17, 1931

Latest head to head

April 23, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Blackburn

2 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

December 15, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Blackburn

January 31, 2000 - FA Cup 1999/2000

Blackburn

1 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

May 16, 1999 - Premier League 1998/1999

Newcastle United

1 - 1

Blackburn

February 24, 1999 - FA Cup 1998/1999

Blackburn

0 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Chris Sutton	5 goals	1995 - 1998
Malcolm Darling	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Mike England	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Alistair MacLeod	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Graham Fenton	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Tim Sherwood	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Alan Shearer	6 goals	1996 - 2002
Rob Lee	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Chris Waddle	2 goals	1983 - 1983
Len White	2 goals	1960 - 1960
John McGuigan	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Marc Hottiger	1 goal	1995 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Tim Flowers	12 matches	1994 - 1999
Henning Berg	12 matches	1993 - 2002
Tim Sherwood	12 matches	1993 - 1998
Jason Wilcox	12 matches	1993 - 1999
Colin Hendry	11 matches	1993 - 1998
Chris Sutton	10 matches	1994 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Rob Lee	15 matches	1993 - 2001
Steve Howey	11 matches	1994 - 1999
John Beresford	11 matches	1993 - 1997
Peter Beardsley	10 matches	1983 - 1996
Pavel Srnicek	10 matches	1993 - 1997
Steve Watson	10 matches	1993 - 1998