English League Championship

FT Saturday, March 5, 2016
Blackburn Rovers WLLWW 0
–
Burnley WDWWW 1
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Turf Moor · 20,478 att.

Match Report

Win over rivals takes Burnley back to summit

Win over rivals takes Burnley back to summit

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
17
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
53.4
Possession
46.6
15
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
219
Accurate Passes
193
375
Passes
331
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.6
2
Accurate Crosses
2
26
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.2
95
Long Balls
101
36
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
9
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
32
17
Clearances
38

Head to Head

BUR leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

BUR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Tom HeatonG
  2. 6Ben MeeCD-L
  3. 5Michael KeaneCD-R
  4. 23Stephen WardLB
  5. 2Matthew LowtonRB
  6. 13Joey BartonCM-L
  7. 14David JonesCM-R
  8. 37Scott ArfieldLM
  9. 21George BoydRM
  10. 7Andre GrayCF-L
  11. 9Sam VokesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 26James TarkowskiSUB
  2. 17Paul RobinsonSUB
  3. 15Matthew TaylorSUB
  4. 27Tendayi DarikwaSUB
  5. 18Rouwen HenningsSUB
  6. 20Fredrik UlvestadSUB
  7. 11Michael KightlySUB

BLK · 4-4-1-1

  1. 30Jason SteeleG
  2. 5Grant HanleyCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 3Thomas SpurrLB
  5. 10Ben MarshallRB
  6. 21Hope AkpanCM-L
  7. 26Darragh LenihanCM-R
  8. 16Matt GrimesLM
  9. 14Jordi GómezRM
  10. 12Danny GrahamF
  11. 31Elliott BennettRCF

Substitutes

  1. 32Craig ConwaySUB
  2. 9Chris BrownSUB
  3. 15Elliott WardSUB
  4. 2Adam HenleySUB
  5. 35Simeon JacksonSUB
  6. 33David RayaSUB
  7. 8Tony WattSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Jordi Gómez (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 16' Goal! Burnley 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Andre Gray (Burnley) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  3. 52' Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Substitution, Burnley. Fredrik Ulvestad replaces David Jones because of an injury.
  5. 63' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tony Watt replaces Matt Grimes.
  6. 63' Matthew Lowton (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 75' Substitution, Burnley. Rouwen Hennings replaces Andre Gray.
  8. 85' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Chris Brown replaces Hope Akpan.
  9. 90'+1' Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90'+2' Tony Watt (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90'+2' Fredrik Ulvestad (Burnley) is shown the yellow card.

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