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1¹	CARVALHO galloped through the Newport County defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
2¹	MARC GUIU dummied SAIVET but slammed the ball into the arms of WARD.
8¹	A penalty box scramble resulted in WISSA knocking a low shot wide.
11¹	GOAL!! A Blackburn Rovers counter-attack allowed HINSHELWOOD to setup MARC GUIU with an easy goal. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
16¹	DOGUKAN rushed a simple chance.
19¹	The 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely shot from Newport County's JAMES.
22¹	A tame strike from GIANNOULIS rolled agonisingly wide.
26¹	WARD was able to palm clear a tame shot from MARC GUIU.
28¹	MORTON beat SAIVET and whacked the ball to WISSA who toe-poked his shot wide.
32¹	WISSA was put clear by GORDON and he stepped inside the 'keeper but glanced his shot wide.
38¹	GOAL!! A two-fisted punch from the Newport County 'keeper enabled WISSA to head the ball into the empty net. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
39¹	A shot from WISSA was smothered by WARD.
40¹	The hapless Newport County 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from JAMES dropped just wide.
45¹	A twenty yard shot from WISSA caused the Newport County 'keeper little difficulty.
1²	The Newport County 'keeper saved a glorious shot from MORTON.
15²	GOAL!! An inswinging corner was kicked clear only for GORDON to fire the ball home. (3-0 Blackburn Rovers)
22²	GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from COLWILL caught the Newport County defence square and WISSA rushed through to round the 'keeper and score. (4-0 Blackburn Rovers)
25²	DOGUKAN's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers crossbar.
27²	A great effort from WISSA scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
32²	GUEYE worked the ball to HEDGES, AJAYI collected his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
32²	A corner was collected by ADARABIOYO who touched an effort wide.
38²	BROJA hoofed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
41²	WISSA touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Newport County 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.

Newport County

League position:

Home league form:

OWLW

Overall league form:

XOOWLLLW

Formation:

4-3-3

Line-ups

Danny WARD	5	1	6	Illan MESLIER
^(c)Leandro BACUNA	7	2	7	Tosin ADARABIOYO
Ben NELSON	6½	3	7½	Dimitris GIANNOULIS
Henri SAIVET	8	4	8	Tyler MORTON
Semi AJAYI	7	5	6½	Levi COLWILL
Sam CURTIS	6½	6	8	Jarrad BRANTHWAITE
DOGUKAN Sinik	6	7	8	Anthony GORDON
Daniel JAMES	6½	8	6½	Jack HINSHELWOOD^(c)
^(p)Omar BOGLE	6	9	7	MARC GUIU Paz
^(f)Ryan HEDGES	6	10	7½	Fábio CARVALHO
Makhtar GUEYE	6	11	7½	Yoane WISSA^(p,f)
	Manager			Luke MURRAY
Conor WASHINGTON		12		Callum DOYLE
Tim KRUL		13		Cesare CASADEI
Jordan WILLIAMS		14		Josip DRMIC
Rhys WILLIAMS		15	6	Joe ROTHWELL
Billy SASS-DAVIES		16	6½	Armando BROJA

Blackburn Rovers

League position:

Away league form:

XWWW

Overall league form:

WXLWWWWL

Formation:

4-2-3-1

Statistics

Newport County 0 Blackburn Rovers 4

(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 5,331, Stadium: Rodney Parade, Referee: Howard Webb 5½)

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

Bookings

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Marc Guiu 11¹, Wissa 38¹, Gordon 15², Wissa 22²

HinshelwoodóRothwell 25², Marc GuiuóBroja 25²

42%

58%

¶ Man of the match: Anthony Gordon ¶