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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 38 (setup 6, season 21)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Southend United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Christian WALTON1Przemyslaw TYTON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Darnell FURLONG72RICARDO de Sousa ESGAIO
Dimitris GIANNOULIS63Harry KYPRIANOU
Joe ROTHWELL746Aleksandr VOLODKO
Darragh LENIHAN5Gabriel Sebastian TAMAS
Grant HANLEY66Denis POLYAKOV
Mauro Abel FORMICA777Alexander RING
Anthony GORDON786Ayanda PATOSI
Armando BROJA9Georgios SAMARAS
Ben BRERETON DÍAZ106Bobby ZAMORA
Josip DRMIC11Jon WALTERS
Manager
Bradley DACK12Gino PERUZZI Lucchetti
Josh KEELEY13Boy WATERMAN
John BUCKLEY14David WRIGHT
Lewis HOLTBY15Valon BERISHA
Milan VAN EWIJK616Salif SANÉ

Blackburn Rovers 2 Southend United 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 31,263, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Mick RUSSELL 7)
17 Drmic, 63 GordonScorers72 Patosi
77 Giannoulis <=> Van EwijkSubstitutions
Sendings off
23 Furlong, 90+1 BrojaBookings
2Corners1
15Fouls5
0Offsides2
4Shots on3
9Shots off6
13Total shots9
2Shots saved2
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: Josip DRMIC
5The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely shot from Southend United's SAMARAS.
11GIANNOULIS snapped at an easy chance.
15A twenty yard drive from DRMIC caused the 'keeper no problem.
17GOAL!! A deep corner left the Southend United 'keeper struggling and DRMIC stabbed the ball over the line. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
21A cross from ROTHWELL left FORMICA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
23A high challenge on ZAMORA by FURLONG results in a booking.
26BRERETON DÍAZ was put clear by DRMIC and he raced past TYTON but glanced his shot wide.
28DRMIC made space on the right and touched the ball to LENIHAN who rasped the ball over.
29GIANNOULIS shot over.
34A good effort from PATOSI scraped the upright.
35FORMICA beat PATOSI and hit the ball to DRMIC who fired his effort wide.
41SAMARAS ran onto a delightful ball from RING but fumbled his effort wide of the lefthand post.
 
46A shot from SAMARAS held little difficulty for the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
47A corner fell to WALTERS who nodded an effort over.
55A penalty box scramble resulted in RING driving a low shot over.
58A fine ball from TAMAS on the left was collected by PATOSI who mishit his shot wide.
63GOAL!! A two-fisted punch from the 'keeper enabled GORDON to glance the ball into the empty net. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
66A free-kick from DRMIC went over.
67SAMARAS headed wide.
68A weak strike from GORDON trickled agonisingly wide.
72GOAL!! The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from GIANNOULIS and PATOSI was able to squeeze the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
89FURLONG beat a number of Southend United players and slammed an effort inches wide.
90GORDON's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Southend United woodwork.
90+1A high challenge gets BROJA a yellow card.