| 2¹ | A shot from ADARABIOYO was smothered by the Newport County 'keeper. |
| 6¹ | GORDON beat AJAYI and drilled the ball to HOLTBY who hit his shot wide. |
| 8¹ | ROBERTS worked the ball to DOGUKAN, JAMES latched onto his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. |
| 9¹ | GORDON nodded the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area. |
| 12¹ | AJAYI waltzed round GORDON and poked a poor shot over. |
| 14¹ | The Newport County 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from BROJA. |
| 21¹ | A cross from GORDON left HOLTBY in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot. |
| 24¹ | A header by BRERETON DÍAZ at the near post was comfortably collected by WARD. |
| 25¹ | WALTON cautioned for a cynical challenge on ROBERTS. |
| 28¹ | A lovely effort from HOLTBY scraped the outside of the righthand post. |
| 30¹ | A weak shot from AJAYI trickled agonisingly wide. |
| 41¹ | GORDON whacked a looping shot over the bar from just outside the area. |
| 44¹ | WALTON was able to claw away a fierce effort. |
| 6² | LENIHAN rattled an easy chance past the near post. |
| 9² | A free-kick from GORDON raced just beyond the near post. |
| 13² | A drive from DRMIC seemed a certain goal but the Newport County 'keeper managed to fist the ball away. |
| 19² | GOAL!! The creative HANLEY neatly headed on a cross for BROJA to volley the ball in. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)| 20² | HOLTBY galloped through the Newport County defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. | | 22² | GORDON headed just wide. | | 23² | The referee cautions LENIHAN for a high challenge. | | 24² | GORDON rushed an easy chance. | | 25² | A mix up in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled ENGEL to hammer the ball over. | | 28² | BROJA ran onto a delightful ball from DRMIC but blasted his effort wide of the goal. | | 30² | A corner found MORTON who nodded the ball inches over. | | 39² | DRMIC given a yellow card for a poor challenge. | | 44² | A accurate pass was collected by GORDON and his left foot shot went narrowly over. | |