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Commentary
1¹ARMSTRONG rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
6¹GOAL!! The Birmingham City 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from PLAVOTIC and RUTTER was able to roll the ball into the net. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
9¹CARVALHO rushed an easy chance.
14¹A accurate pass bobbled toward ARMSTRONG and his left foot shot raced narrowly wide.
16¹HINSHELWOOD made space on the right and touched the ball to WISSA who fired the ball over.
16¹A poor strike from ZAKARIA trickled agonisingly wide.
19¹GOAL!! A great solo effort from CARVALHO who beat two defenders before rocketing the ball in off the post. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
25¹ZAKARIA hit a right foot shot just beyond the near post from twenty-five yards out.
26¹A corner fell to CARVALHO who headed the ball over the bar.
33¹GOAL!! Some steady work by LONGELO on the left, left ZAKARIA yards clear, and he beat the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper and slammed the ball over the line. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
41¹CARVALHO's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
0²JUTKIEWICZ played the ball to ARMSTRONG who turned it over.
2²The motionless OKOYE could only watch as a backpass from LONGELO dropped just over.
4²ARMSTRONG booted the ball wide from just outside the area.
7²WISSA shot wide.
14²A penalty box meleé resulted in VASSILEV knocking the ball wide.
17²GOAL!! A Blackburn Rovers counter-attack allowed GORDON to setup WISSA with a simple goal. (3-1 Blackburn Rovers)
21²A fine ball from BRANTHWAITE on the right bobbled toward CARVALHO who sliced his shot over the bar.
26²A free-kick from WISSA flew just beyond the near post.
29²ARMSTRONG stormed through the Blackburn Rovers defence but shot straight at MERET.
41²GORDON was put clear by ADARABIOYO and he dummied OKOYE but rammed his shot wide.
43²MARC GUIU nutmegged LONGELO but flicked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.

 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 2
Home league form: WWLW
Overall league form: LLWWWXLW
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Line-ups
Alex MERET7 16 Maduka OKOYE
Tosin ADARABIOYO8½26½Cesar AZPILICUETA(c)
Levi COLWILL7 36 Emmanuel LONGELO
Tyler MORTON7½47½Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG
(c)Lisandro MARTÍNEZ7½56 Luke McNALLY
Jarrad BRANTHWAITE7 66 Tin PLAVOTIC
Anthony GORDON7 76½Tyler BUREY
Jack HINSHELWOOD5½86 Indiana VASSILEV
(p)Yoane WISSA7½96 Sinclair ARMSTRONG(p)
(f)Georginio RUTTER7 106 Denis ZAKARIA(f)
Fábio CARVALHO7 116 Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Luke MURRAYManager
Ashley PHILLIPS  12  Marcel OAKLEY
Cesare CASADEI  13  Pierluigi GOLLINI
MARC GUIU Paz8 14  Jordan JAMES
Joe ROTHWELL7½15  Nico GORDON
Callum DOYLE  16  Marc ROBERTS
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 1
Away league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WXWWWWLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Blackburn Rovers go through to the next round
Statistics
Blackburn Rovers 3 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 31,269, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Anthony Taylor 6)

Rutter 6¹, Carvalho 19¹, Wissa 17²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Zakaria 33¹
HinshelwoodóRothwell 25², RutteróMarc Guiu 25² 
  
  
07
315
42
64
136
1910
33
58%42%
Man of the match: Tosin Adarabioyo