Matchday 16 ~ Blackburn vs West Ham

Freddy Adu · 12-06-2007, 01:18 AM

Blackburn vs West Ham

Premier League 2007/2008 | Campeonato | Jornada 16


Blackburn				West Ham

Data
2007-12-09 16h00

Cidade
Blackburn

Estádio
Ewood Park

Árbitro

Brasil · 12-06-2007, 05:09 PM

Blackburn.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 04:27 PM

Blackburn need to win this one so they can stay up in the standings!

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:40 PM

Blackburn v West Ham

Ewood Park
Sunday, 9 December
Kick-off: 1600 GMT
BBC coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio Five Live & highlights on Match of the Day.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:41 PM

Defender Ryan Nelsen is also absent as he completes his ban for his red card against Aston Villa on 28 November.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:41 PM

West Ham's Mark Noble is pushing for a return to the squad after undergoing a hernia operation. Lee Bowyer is rated "touch and go" after the same surgery.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:41 PM

Dean Ashton and Freddie Ljungberg could start after their appearances off the bench against Chelsea last weekend.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:41 PM

Blackburn (from): Friedel, Emerton, Ooijer, Samba, Warnock, Tugay, Mokoena, Reid, Dunn, Pedersen, Santa Cruz, McCarthy, Roberts, Brown, Savage, Berner, Derbyshire, Khizanishvili, Treacy.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:42 PM

West Ham (from): Green, McCarthy, Gabiddon, Upson, Neill, Etherington, Boa Morte, Parker, Mullins, Noble, Solano, Ljungberg, Cole, Ashton, Wright, Spector, Collins.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:42 PM

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes:
"I have said we have a great squad this year, great quality.

"When players go out of the team it is sometimes difficult to get back in. They have wait for their opportunity.

"In some games I may change personnel irrespective of whether they have done great the week before."

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:43 PM

Blackburn are looking for back-to-back victories in Mark Hughes' 125th Premier League match in charge.

The 100th competitive meeting with Rovers, completes a first year in charge of West Ham for Alan Curbishley.

Blackburn have not lost to a London club in eight Premier League matches, since the 1-2 defeat, home to West Ham, on 17 March.

That victory lifted the Hammers off the foot of the table. But it was not without controversy. The sides were standing at one-all with 15 minutes to go, when a Bobby Zamora shot in a goalmouth melee struck Carlos Tevez on the line and a goal was awarded by referee Howard Webb.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:43 PM

BLACKBURN ROVERS

Club stats
Fixtures
(all statistics are ahead of this weekend's round of Premier League fixtures) 1. Won one of five Premier League matches; failed to score in three of the five.
2. Kept one clean sheet in 10 league outings; 0-0, home to Liverpool on 3 November.
3. Gained 50 Premier League victories under Hughes.
4. Been shown four red cards in Premier League competition so far this season; that's more than any other club.
5. Used fewer players in Premier League matches this season than any other club; 19.
6. The current total of 26 points after 15 matches is their best to this stage of a Premier League season, since 30 points were accrued in 1997-98, when Rovers were second in the table, but ended the season in sixth.
7. Picked up eight Premier League points from losing positions, beating Middlesbrough (a) and Tottenham (a) and drawing with Arsenal (h) and Fulham (a).
8. Lost one of the last seven at Ewood Park (all competitions).
9. Lost one of five home league games, winning three of them.
10. A trip to Wigan follows this, before a home Carling Cup quarter-final against Arsenal and a pre-Christmas league clash, home to Chelsea.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:43 PM

WEST HAM UNITED

Club stats
Fixtures
(all statistics are ahead of this weekend's round of Premier League fixtures) 1. Last Saturday's 1-0 loss at Chelsea ended a six-game undefeated sequence (all competitions).
2. Avoided defeat in five of the last six Premier League matches.
3. Not beaten a north-west club in three attempts in the Premier League this season, but won the last five last season.
4. Two short of conceding 5,000 goals in their league history.
5. Need to net five more times to total 3,000 goals in top-flight football.
6. On the longest current run of eight matches in the Premier League since conceding more than a single goal in a game; the most recent being the 3-1 reverse at Newcastle on 23 September.
7. Their 14 league games have produced just 31 goals (19 for, 12 against). At 2.21, it's the third lowest goals per game average in the division. Chelsea's is 2.07 and Manchester United's 2.13.
8. Yet to beat a fellow top half club; drawn one and lost four of their five matches to date against clubs currently in the top 10.
9. Kept clean sheets in four of their last seven league games on the road, and failed to score in three of the last four; the exception being the 0-5 thrashing of Derby at Pride Park on 10 November.
10. Two home fixtures with Everton follow this, in the Carling Cup quarter-finals and the Premier League, before a pre-Christmas visit to Middlesbrough.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:44 PM

Benni McCARTHY is Blackburn's top scorer with eight goals, and the club's leading Premier League marksman with five.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:44 PM

Brad FRIEDEL has made 161 successive appearances for Blackburn, 129 of them in the Premier League; the league sequence started at the beginning of the 2004-05 season.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:44 PM

Only FRIEDEL has played every minute of every one of Blackburn's league and cup matches this season.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:44 PM

David DUNN is a hat-trick shy of 100 club career goals.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:44 PM

Morten Gamst PEDERSEN will be making his 100th Premier League start in Blackburn colours.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:44 PM

Suspended:-

Sergio PETER (one match)
David BENTLEY (one match)
Ryan NELSEN (one match)

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:44 PM

Craig BELLAMY and Lee BOWYER are West Ham's joint top scorers with four goals each.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:45 PM

BOWYER is the Hammers' top Premier League marksmen as all four of his goals were in the league.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:45 PM

West Ham have eight players on their Premier League goalscorers list, all but Nol SOLANO are British.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:45 PM

Robert GREEN has saved all three penalties awarded in Premier League matches this season.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:45 PM

Matthew UPSON and GREEN are the only remaining players to have been on the field for every minute of every one of West Ham's Premier League matches this season.

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:46 PM

BOWYER is a double shy of 50 career Premier League goals (Leeds, Newcastle and West Ham).

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:46 PM

George McCARTNEY will be making his 200th club career appearance (Sunderland and West Ham).

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:46 PM

Henri CAMARA will be making his 100th English league appearance (Wolves, Southampton, Wigan and West Ham).

Freddy Adu · 12-07-2007, 11:47 PM

BELLAMY will be facing a former club. The 28 year old Wales international forward made 32 appearances (27 in the league) and scored 17 goals (13 league) in one season for Blackburn from 2005.

12-06-2007, 05:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Brasil Soccer Forums Rookie Offline Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 20,159 vCash: 23720747 Rep Points: 1487	Blackburn.

12-07-2007, 04:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Blackburn need to win this one so they can stay up in the standings!

12-07-2007, 11:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Defender Ryan Nelsen is also absent as he completes his ban for his red card against Aston Villa on 28 November.

12-07-2007, 11:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	West Ham's Mark Noble is pushing for a return to the squad after undergoing a hernia operation. Lee Bowyer is rated "touch and go" after the same surgery.

12-07-2007, 11:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Dean Ashton and Freddie Ljungberg could start after their appearances off the bench against Chelsea last weekend.

12-07-2007, 11:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Blackburn (from): Friedel, Emerton, Ooijer, Samba, Warnock, Tugay, Mokoena, Reid, Dunn, Pedersen, Santa Cruz, McCarthy, Roberts, Brown, Savage, Berner, Derbyshire, Khizanishvili, Treacy.

12-07-2007, 11:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	West Ham (from): Green, McCarthy, Gabiddon, Upson, Neill, Etherington, Boa Morte, Parker, Mullins, Noble, Solano, Ljungberg, Cole, Ashton, Wright, Spector, Collins.

12-07-2007, 11:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Blackburn boss Mark Hughes: "I have said we have a great squad this year, great quality. "When players go out of the team it is sometimes difficult to get back in. They have wait for their opportunity. "In some games I may change personnel irrespective of whether they have done great the week before."

12-07-2007, 11:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Blackburn are looking for back-to-back victories in Mark Hughes' 125th Premier League match in charge. The 100th competitive meeting with Rovers, completes a first year in charge of West Ham for Alan Curbishley. Blackburn have not lost to a London club in eight Premier League matches, since the 1-2 defeat, home to West Ham, on 17 March. That victory lifted the Hammers off the foot of the table. But it was not without controversy. The sides were standing at one-all with 15 minutes to go, when a Bobby Zamora shot in a goalmouth melee struck Carlos Tevez on the line and a goal was awarded by referee Howard Webb.

12-07-2007, 11:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	BLACKBURN ROVERS Club stats Fixtures (all statistics are ahead of this weekend's round of Premier League fixtures) 1. Won one of five Premier League matches; failed to score in three of the five. 2. Kept one clean sheet in 10 league outings; 0-0, home to Liverpool on 3 November. 3. Gained 50 Premier League victories under Hughes. 4. Been shown four red cards in Premier League competition so far this season; that's more than any other club. 5. Used fewer players in Premier League matches this season than any other club; 19. 6. The current total of 26 points after 15 matches is their best to this stage of a Premier League season, since 30 points were accrued in 1997-98, when Rovers were second in the table, but ended the season in sixth. 7. Picked up eight Premier League points from losing positions, beating Middlesbrough (a) and Tottenham (a) and drawing with Arsenal (h) and Fulham (a). 8. Lost one of the last seven at Ewood Park (all competitions). 9. Lost one of five home league games, winning three of them. 10. A trip to Wigan follows this, before a home Carling Cup quarter-final against Arsenal and a pre-Christmas league clash, home to Chelsea.

12-07-2007, 11:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	WEST HAM UNITED Club stats Fixtures (all statistics are ahead of this weekend's round of Premier League fixtures) 1. Last Saturday's 1-0 loss at Chelsea ended a six-game undefeated sequence (all competitions). 2. Avoided defeat in five of the last six Premier League matches. 3. Not beaten a north-west club in three attempts in the Premier League this season, but won the last five last season. 4. Two short of conceding 5,000 goals in their league history. 5. Need to net five more times to total 3,000 goals in top-flight football. 6. On the longest current run of eight matches in the Premier League since conceding more than a single goal in a game; the most recent being the 3-1 reverse at Newcastle on 23 September. 7. Their 14 league games have produced just 31 goals (19 for, 12 against). At 2.21, it's the third lowest goals per game average in the division. Chelsea's is 2.07 and Manchester United's 2.13. 8. Yet to beat a fellow top half club; drawn one and lost four of their five matches to date against clubs currently in the top 10. 9. Kept clean sheets in four of their last seven league games on the road, and failed to score in three of the last four; the exception being the 0-5 thrashing of Derby at Pride Park on 10 November. 10. Two home fixtures with Everton follow this, in the Carling Cup quarter-finals and the Premier League, before a pre-Christmas visit to Middlesbrough.

12-07-2007, 11:44 PM	#14 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Benni McCARTHY is Blackburn's top scorer with eight goals, and the club's leading Premier League marksman with five.

12-07-2007, 11:44 PM	#15 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Brad FRIEDEL has made 161 successive appearances for Blackburn, 129 of them in the Premier League; the league sequence started at the beginning of the 2004-05 season.

12-07-2007, 11:44 PM	#16 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Only FRIEDEL has played every minute of every one of Blackburn's league and cup matches this season.

12-07-2007, 11:44 PM	#17 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	David DUNN is a hat-trick shy of 100 club career goals.

12-07-2007, 11:44 PM	#18 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Morten Gamst PEDERSEN will be making his 100th Premier League start in Blackburn colours.

12-07-2007, 11:44 PM	#19 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Suspended:- Sergio PETER (one match) David BENTLEY (one match) Ryan NELSEN (one match)

12-07-2007, 11:44 PM	#20 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Craig BELLAMY and Lee BOWYER are West Ham's joint top scorers with four goals each.

12-07-2007, 11:45 PM	#21 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	BOWYER is the Hammers' top Premier League marksmen as all four of his goals were in the league.

12-07-2007, 11:45 PM	#22 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	West Ham have eight players on their Premier League goalscorers list, all but Nol SOLANO are British.

12-07-2007, 11:45 PM	#23 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Robert GREEN has saved all three penalties awarded in Premier League matches this season.

12-07-2007, 11:45 PM	#24 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Matthew UPSON and GREEN are the only remaining players to have been on the field for every minute of every one of West Ham's Premier League matches this season.

12-07-2007, 11:46 PM	#25 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	BOWYER is a double shy of 50 career Premier League goals (Leeds, Newcastle and West Ham).

12-07-2007, 11:46 PM	#26 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	George McCARTNEY will be making his 200th club career appearance (Sunderland and West Ham).

12-07-2007, 11:46 PM	#27 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Henri CAMARA will be making his 100th English league appearance (Wolves, Southampton, Wigan and West Ham).

12-07-2007, 11:47 PM	#28 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	BELLAMY will be facing a former club. The 28 year old Wales international forward made 32 appearances (27 in the league) and scored 17 goals (13 league) in one season for Blackburn from 2005.

12-07-2007, 11:47 PM	#29 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos</