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Commentary

10¹ KIWIOR headed over the bar. 11¹ A accurate pass was collected by DOLAN and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide. 17¹ GOAL!! A cross from the right was nodded down by WASS for KOSTIC to score. (1-0 WBA) 20¹ A drive from DOLAN seemed a certain goal but the WBA 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear. 24¹ JOHNSTONE was able to block a poor shot from HOEDT. 25¹ GOAL!! A neat one-two left TAYLOR clear and he made no mistake by expertly chipping the ball beyond the oncoming JOHNSTONE. (1-1) 30¹ A useful ball from KOSTIC on the right fell to WITSEL who scuffed his effort over the bar. 31¹ OKAY's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. 31¹ A delightful shot from GALLAGHER was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper. 33¹ TAYLOR rushed through the WBA defence but shot straight at the WBA 'keeper. 37¹ MURIEL given a yellow card for a high foul on MATSIMA. 38¹ A cross from DOLAN left TAYLOR in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot. 44¹ GALLAGHER beat three WBA players and blasted a great chance over the bar. 1² GOAL!! A mishit backpass by GODFREY enabled DOLAN to run in and hammer the ball past the 'keeper. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers) 4² GOAL!! A poor clearance dropped to MURIEL who mishit a shot goalward, luckily OKAY was on hand to volley the ball into the roof of the net. (2-2) 8² TAYLOR rushed an easy chance. 9² TAYLOR hit a right foot shot just wide from twenty-five yards out. 12² A corner fell to DOLAN who fired the ball wide. 15² The motionless WBA 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from KOSTIC dropped just over. 18² GOAL!! DOWNES made space for DOLAN who, after an interchange of passes twenty yards out, glanced the ball past the 'keeper. (3-2 Blackburn Rovers) 19² FERGUSON nodded the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area. 21² TAYLOR was put clear by DOLAN and he beat the WBA 'keeper but rammed his shot just wide. 22² The referee books FERGUSON for dangerous play against MATSIMA. 40² GOAL!! The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from HOEDT and WITSEL managed to scramble the ball home. (3-3) 47² A tame shot from DOLAN rolled agonisingly wide.

Blackburn Rovers   League position: 21 Home league form: WLX- Overall league form: LWLLLXLX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Matt TURNER 6  1 5½ Sam JOHNSTONE Lewis TRAVIS 7  2 8  Ben GODFREY Jakub KIWIOR 5½ 3 7½ Raphaël GUERREIRO Flynn DOWNES 7½ 4 7½ Daniel WASS Chrislain MATSIMA 7  5 6½ Axel WITSEL(c) Wesley HOEDT 8  6 6½ Dara O'SHEA Joe ROTHWELL 7  7 5½ Marcos ACUÑA Kenneth TAYLOR 6½ 8 6  Filip KOSTIC (p)Sam GALLAGHER 7  9 6  Evan FERGUSON(p) (f)Tyrhys DOLAN 6½ 10 6½ OKAY Yokuslu(f) Adam ARMSTRONG 6½ 11 6  Luis MURIEL Manager Jack VALE    12    MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza Aynsley PEARS    13    William OSULA Ben WHITEMAN    14    Isaac PRICE David WOLFE 6  15 6½ Kasey McATEER Duncan WATMORE    16    BERTUG Yildirim

WBA   League position: 12 Away league form: LXWW Overall league form: WLLXXOWW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Blackburn Rovers 3 WBA 3 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 31,283, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Kenny Stamatopoulos 6) Taylor 25¹, Dolan 1², Dolan 18² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Kostic 17¹, Okay 4², Witsel 40² KiwioróWolfe 40² O'SheaóMcAteer 5²       Muriel 37¹, Ferguson 22² 2 2 4 21 0 1 7 4 10 2 17 6 4 1 48% 52% ¶ Man of the match: Ben Godfrey ¶