English Premier League

FT Sunday, April 27, 2008
Blackburn Rovers WDDLD 1
–
Portsmouth WWWDL 0
Fratton Park · 18,722 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
20
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
6
50
Possession
50
12
SHOTS
15
9
ON GOAL
6
0.8
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
9
Accurate Passes
7
9
Passes
7
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
4
Crosses
3
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
4
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
5
Effective Clearances
4
5
Clearances
4

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

POR

  1. 21Jamie AshdownG
  2. 5Glen JohnsonD
  3. 23Sol CampbellD
  4. 15Sylvain DistinD
  5. 4LaurenD
  6. 17John UtakaM
  7. 8Papa Bouba DiopM
  8. 6Lassana DiarraM
  9. 11Sulley MuntariM
  10. 14Jermain DefoeF
  11. 27KanuF

Substitutes

  1. 31Asmir BegovicG
  2. 3Lucien AubeyD
  3. 19Niko KranjcarM
  4. 28Sean DavisM
  5. 9Milan BarosF

BLK

  1. 1Brad FriedelG
  2. 6Ryan NelsenD
  3. 4Christopher SambaD
  4. 3Stephen WarnockD
  5. 7Brett EmertonM
  6. 11David BentleyM
  7. 14Steven ReidM
  8. 8Johann VogelM
  9. 12Morten PedersenM
  10. 9Roque Santa CruzF
  11. 30Jason RobertsF

Substitutes

  1. 32Jason BrownG
  2. 2Andre OoijerD
  3. 5Tugay KerimogluM
  4. 19David DunnM
  5. 27Matt DerbyshireF

Timeline

  1. 42' Steven Reid is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 46' Portsmouth makes a sub: Niko Kranjcar enters for John Utaka. Reason: Tactical
  3. 71' Jermain Defoe is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  4. 74' Goal!! Roque Santa Cruz hits a very good left footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Blackburn now leads 1 - 0
  5. 78' Portsmouth makes a sub: Milan Baros enters for Sulley Muntar. Reason: Tactical
  6. 87' Blackburn makes a sub: Andre Ooijer enters for Christopher Samba. Reason: Tactical
  7. 89' Sol Campbell is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 90' End of the game
  9. 90'+3' Stephen Warnock is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 90'+3' Blackburn makes a sub: David Dunn enters for Jason Roberts. Reason: Tactical

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