English League Championship

FT Saturday, May 7, 2016
Reading LLLDL 1
–
Blackburn Rovers DLDDW 3
1st2ndT
REA101
BLK213
Ewood Park · 13,140 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
1
46.2
Possession
53.8
5
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
336
Accurate Passes
386
424
Passes
490
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
8
17
Crosses
25
0.0
Cross %
0.3
72
Long Balls
90
35
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
8
9
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
4
31
Clearances
10

Head to Head

BLK leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BLK · 4-3-3

  1. 30Jason SteeleG
  2. 5Grant HanleyCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 4Matthew KilgallonLB
  5. 10Ben MarshallRB
  6. 6Jason LoweCM
  7. 14Jordi GómezLM
  8. 26Darragh LenihanRM
  9. 12Danny GrahamF
  10. 16Matt GrimesLF
  11. 31Elliott BennettRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Lee WilliamsonSUB
  2. 29Corry EvansSUB
  3. 33David RayaSUB
  4. 15Elliott WardSUB
  5. 35Simeon JacksonSUB
  6. 2Adam HenleySUB
  7. 32Craig ConwaySUB

REA · 4-4-2

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiG
  2. 35Jake CooperCD-L
  3. 5Paul McShaneCD-R
  4. 2Chris GunterLB
  5. 12Garath McClearyRB
  6. 6Oliver NorwoodCM-L
  7. 23Daniel WilliamsCM-R
  8. 21Stephen QuinnLM
  9. 49Josh BarrettRM
  10. 10Deniss RakelsCF-L
  11. 29Yann KermorgantCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Jonathan BondSUB
  2. 46Robert DickieSUB
  3. 37Jack StaceySUB
  4. 28Aaron KuhlSUB
  5. 4George EvansSUB
  6. 9Hal Robson-KanuSUB
  7. 43Tennai WatsonSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Reading 0. Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matthew Kilgallon with a cross.
  2. 14' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Reading 0. Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matthew Kilgallon.
  3. 31' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Reading 1. Yann Kermorgant (Reading) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Reading. Hal Robson-Kanu replaces Josh Barrett.
  5. 45' Substitution, Reading. Robert Dickie replaces Yann Kermorgant.
  6. 58' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Corry Evans replaces Ben Marshall.
  7. 69' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Simeon Jackson replaces Elliott Bennett.
  8. 74' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Craig Conway replaces Matt Grimes.
  9. 86' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 3, Reading 1. Simeon Jackson (Blackburn Rovers) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Grant Hanley with a headed pass following a corner.
  10. 87' Substitution, Reading. George Evans replaces Stephen Quinn.

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