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Commentary
4¹BRERETON DÍAZ's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
13¹A neatly crafted cross from ALLEN was shot goalbound by NGOY only for WALTON to palm clear.
17¹A free-kick from DRMIC raced wide.
20¹A header by GORDON at the near post was comfortably collected by the Stoke City 'keeper.
24¹NGOY booted the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
29¹HANLEY beat a number of Stoke City players and blasted a shot inches wide.
31¹GOAL!! A mishit NGOY shot bobbled toward WILMOT who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (1-0 Stoke City)
33¹A mix up in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled NGOY to thump the ball wide.
41¹A twenty yard shot from FURLONG caused BUTLAND no problem.
43¹GORDON stormed through the Stoke City defence but shot straight at BUTLAND.
0²LOWE made space on the left and dragged the ball to CAMPBELL who rasped the ball wide.
1²LOWE's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers crossbar.
6²A drive from GORDON seemed a certain goal but BUTLAND managed to force the ball clear.
12²GOAL!! A long clearance by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper beat the Stoke City defence and GORDON fired the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (1-1)
14²A shot from CAMPBELL held no problem for the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
15²A weak strike from GORDON trickled agonisingly wide.
19²BRERETON DÍAZ headed over the bar.
23²The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from ALLEN fell just over.
26²NGOY scuffed a simple chance.
32²GOAL!! With his back to goal DRMIC wrong-footed the defence and stroked the ball past the Stoke City 'keeper. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
39²A lovely effort from GORDON scraped the upright.
42²HANLEY stroked an easy chance past the lefthand post.

 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 7
Home league form: XXWX
Overall league form: LXWXWWXX
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Christian WALTON7 17 Jack BUTLAND(c)
Darnell FURLONG6½27 Tom SPARROW
Dimitris GIANNOULIS7 37½Bruno MARTINS-INDI
Tyler MORTON7½46½Peter ETEBO
Grant HANLEY6½56½Ben WILMOT
(c)Tosin ADARABIOYO7 66½Danny BATTH
Bradley DACK6½76 Joe ALLEN
Joe ROTHWELL7 86 Julien NGOY
Josip DRMIC7½96½Tyrese CAMPBELL(p)
(f)Ben BRERETON DÍAZ6 106 Nathan LOWE(f)
(p)Anthony GORDON8 115½Nick POWELL
Luke MURRAYManager
Milan VAN EWIJK  12  Scott HOGAN
Josh KEELEY  13  Adam DAVIES
Lewis HOLTBY  14  Louis THOMPSON
John BUCKLEY  156 Ryan WOODS
Armando BROJA7 16  James McCLEAN
 
Stoke City
 
League position: 23
Away league form: LLXL
Overall league form: XLLXLLXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Blackburn Rovers 2 Stoke City 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 28,675, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Howard Webb 7½)

Gordon 12², Drmic 32²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Wilmot 31¹
Brereton DíazóBroja 25²BatthóWoods 30²
  
  
22
46
00
95
114
209
74
60%40%
Man of the match: Anthony Gordon