- Dickov (56 pen), Dickov (57), Kuqi (76)
- Zamora (45), Harewood (63)
- Date:2005-12-10
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Ewood Park
- Attendance:20370
- Referee:Riley, M
Live Commentary
94mins
Blackburn take the victory at Ewood Park as they hold on to their 3-2 lead.
93mins
Paul Dickov is booked for dissent.
93mins
David Bentley goes off the field with cramp. He is replaced by Matt Jansen.
89mins
Roy Carroll is booked for a late challenge on Morten Gamst Pedersen as he tried to round the keeper.
88mins
Paul Konchesky plays the ball forward to Marlon Harewood who chests it down to Hayden Mullins.Tomas Repka is fouled by Morten Gamst Pedersen.
86mins
Marlon Harewood is booked for an untidy challenge.
83mins
Paul Konchesky chips the ball down the line. Steven Reid heads it away butMarlon Harewood is there to pick the ball up and West ham come forward again.
79mins
Kerimoglu Tugay makes way for Aaron Mokoena.
79mins
Morten Gamst Pedersen takes a long throw into the penalty area. Shefki Kuqi flicks it on to David Bentley and Paul Dickov is there but he is offside.
76mins
Alan Pardew takes Bobby Zamora off and brings Jeremie Aliadiere on instead.
75mins
Shefki Kuqi shakes off his defender to break free in the box and rilfes the ball into the roof of the net.
71mins
David Bentley comes down the right hand side as Blackburn attempt to build the pressure on West Ham. Lucas Neill is lazy on the ball and it drifts out for a West Ham throw.
68mins
Paul Dickov goes down in the penalty area under a challenge from Anton Ferdinand but Mike Riley waves the Blackbrun appeals away.
66mins
Tomas Repka is booked for his challenge on Shefki Kuqi while Anton Ferdinand is booked for dissent.
64mins
Robbie Savage lines up a free kick just outside the area. It is a brilliant free kick that again crashes against the bar.
61mins
Marlon Harewood equalises for West Ham as he gets on the end of Bobby Zamora's pass and cuts open the Blackburn defence to fire home.
60mins
West Ham replace Mark Noble with David Bellion.
59mins
Blackburn make a substitution as Brett Emerton makes way for Shefki Kuqi.
56mins
Paul Dickov grabs his second as he nips in behind a sleeping West Ham defence at the far post and slides the ball past Roy Carroll.
54mins
Paul Dickov slots his penalty into the back of the net drawing Blackburn level.
53mins
Tomas Repka is judged to have handled the ball in the area and Blackburn are awarded a penalty.
51mins
Yossi Benayoun punishes Kerimoglu Tugay for delaying on the ball as he takes it away from him and sends West Ham forward.
48mins
David Bentley blasts the ball at West Ham's goal 25 yards out and forces Roy Carroll to make a diving save.
47mins
Mark Noble misses a great opportunity to double West Ham's lead as he makes his way into the penalty area late and gets his head to the ball but sends it just wide of target.
46mins
Bobby Zamora tracks back with Michael Gray as he goes on a searching run with the ball. He crosses in but Paul Konchesky has time to bring it down on his chest and play it back to Roy Carroll.
45mins
Zamora's goal divides the sides after a dull opening 45 minutes with few chances for either side.
45mins
The ball is threaded through to Bobby Zamora who slots it into the bottom left hand corner of the net from 15 yards seconds before the break.
45mins
Paul Koncheskey is shown the yellow card by referee Mike Riley for unsporting behaviour.
42mins
Brett Emerton on the righthand side tries to find Steven Reid but the Blackburn player is surrounded by defenders and West Ham gain possession.
38mins
Kerimoglu Tugay finds some space and knocks the ball to Morten Gamst Pedersen. Michael Gray is there to take the ball down the wing but Tomas Repka wins the ball plays it back to his goalkeeper.
36mins
Tomas Repka takes a throw for West Ham halfway through the West Ham half.
33mins
Michael Gray comes forward for Rovers and strikes from distance. It is on target but does not beat the goalkeeper.
32mins
Kerimoglu Tugay steps over the ball and finds Steven Reid who tries to play Paul Dickov through but Roy Carroll collects easily.
28mins
Robbie Savage launches a free kick into the centre of the penalty area but it catches the Rovers' players off guard and drops through the middle to Roy Carroll.
26mins
David Bentley chips the ball forward over the West Ham defenders but Paul Dickov is just offside.
23mins
Robbie Savage whips a corner in to Paul Dickov who flicks it on with his head but Bobby Zamora goes down in a crowded peanlty area and West Ham are awrded a free kick.
21mins
Danny Gabbidon is stretchered off the filed after colliding with the advertising boards. Christian Dailly is brought on to replace him.
19mins
Blackburn break with Morten Gamst Pedersen and he makes his way to the by-line whipping the ball in for Dickov at the far post but Danny Gabbidon races back to smash the ball out.
17mins
Marlon Harewood shrugs off Zurab Khizanishvili easily to find some space in Blackburn's half but his long pass forward goes out for a Rovers throw.
15mins
Paul Konchesky plays a dummy then crosses the ball in to Blackburn's penalty area . Marlon Harewood battles with Michael Gray who goes down in the area.
12mins
Bobby Zamora comes forward for West Ham, bursts into the box and his shot is deflected out for a corner.
10mins
The ball is played quickly into the box to Dickov who tries to flick it past Roy Carroll with his head but the West Ham goalkeeper is not beaten.
8mins
Hayden Mullins plays the ball down the left wing to Matthew Etherington but his options are limited and Blackburn win possession back.
6mins
David Bentley finds Paul Dickov on the edge of the peanlty area. Dickov holds the ball up makes his way into the box and shoots but it floats behind for a goal kick.
5mins
Mark Noble is booked for not retreating 10 yards from a free kick.
3mins
The free kick is on target and hammers against the crossbar.
2mins
Robbie Savage stands over a free kick for the home side just outside the area.
0mins
Blackburn get the game underway at Ewood park.
Match Preview
Blackburn face West Ham at Ewood Park with manager Mark Hughes desperate for his side to find some consistent form in the Premiership.
Last week's results were typical of Rovers' season to date as they fought back from two goals down to beat Charlton 3-2 in the Carling Cup only to go down 2-0 at home to Everton at the weekend.
In the league, Rovers' form is even more inconsistent as they have failed to win since the 4-1 thrashing of Charlton before last month's international break.
Goals are also proving hard to come by as the Lancashire side have failed to find the back of the net in their last three Premiership games.
Shefki Kuqi could be recalled to the starting line-up alongside Craig Bellamy should Hughes decide to chance his arm and play a second striker against a fellow mid-table team.
Meanwhile, at the back Andy Todd will be missing after his sending-off against Everton.
West Ham on the other hand are currently riding high in the table on the back of a recent solid run of results.
Last Monday's 2-1 victory over struggling Birmingham pushed the Hammers into the top half of the table courtesy of goals from Bobby Zamora and Marlon Harewood.
One defeat in their last four matches against Manchester United - in which they earned plenty of plaudits - has done much to convince the doubters that Alan Pardew's side won't just make up the numbers in the Premiership this season following their arrival via the play-offs last year.
Indeed they gave an early indication of their Premiership class on the opening day of the season as they defeated Blackburn 3-1 at Upton Park.
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Match Report
Supersub Shefki Kuqi fired home Blackburn Rovers' winner in a thrilling five-goal encounter against West Ham at Ewood Park.
Rovers, who had gone three Premiership games without a goal, scored three times in the second half to end a resilient Hammers display.
Paul Dickov, who was sent off in the reverse fixture in the opening day of the season, returned to the starting line-up with a man of the match performance and two well-taken goals.
Bobby Zamora had given the visitors the lead on the stroke of half-time, before a debatable penalty decision changed the course of the game.
Marlon Harewood restored parity for Alan Pardew's side with a well-placed header midway through the second half, before the flying Finn stepped off the bench to power home the winner
An unfamiliar looking Rovers side started brightly, with Dickov twice going close inside the opening 15 minutes. On 19 minutes, the visitors were dealt a cruel blow when Danny Gabbidon was stretchered off.
As he went up with Morton Gamst Pedersen for a header, in an attempt to prevent a corner, the Welsh defender was sent crashing into the advertising board and would play no further part.
The injury to Gabbidon, who was replaced by former Rover Christian Dailly, disrupted the flow of the game, as neither side registered a shot on goal for the remainder of normal time in the half.
But moments after the fourth official showed five minutes of time to be added on, the Hammers scored a breakaway goal.
Harewood was allowed to run almost 40 yards down the centre of the pitch, before he slipped the ball through to Zamora, who confidently tucked the ball past Brad Freidel under the covering challenge of Steven Reid.
But the disappointment of Rovers' first-half display was soon put to rest in an explosive two-minute spell shortly after the restart.
A long throw-in by Pedersen, which was flicked on by David Bentley at the near post and struck the arm of Thomas Repka with referee Mike Reilly pointing to the spot.
Dickov, who had looked Rovers' most likely scorer in the first half stepped up and calmly sent Roy Carroll the wrong way.
Moments later and following a neat interchange of passes, Pedersen found himself with time and space on the right wing.
The Norwegian's inviting cross eluded the entire Hammers defence, which allowed Dickov to steal in at the back post and slide home his second in as many minutes.
But just six minutes later, West Ham were back level. After a surging run, Yossi Benayoon slipped in Zamora on the left and the former Spurs striker picked out Harewood in the centre, who headed home the equaliser despite the best efforts of Robbie Savage on the line.
On 67 minutes, Savage, who had already struck the bar once, curled another free kick on to the woodwork, before Harewood almost raced clear to put the visitors back in front.
But with just a quarter of an hour to play, Kuqi smashed home the decisive third goal.
The Finnish international collected his own flick-on header, bustled his way through the Hammers defence and volleyed the ball past the helpless Carroll off the underside of the bar.
An explosive half of end to end action, which saw the visitors pick up six bookings, ended with a hard-fought victory for Mark Hughes' men - their seventh in ten games on home turf.
Man of the Match: Paul Dickov - The Scotland striker was a general nuisance to the Hammers backline throughout the game and gained good reward for his efforts with two goals.
Blackburn Rovers Team
West Ham United Team
Blackburn Rovers | West Ham United |
Corners
| 4 | 1 |
Fouls
| 14 | 14 |
Goal attempts
| 15 | 7 |
Shots off target
| 7 | 4 |
Offsides
| 6 | 3 |
91mins
Blackburn have a free kick which Michael Gray takes his time over as they try to run down the clock.