English League Championship

FT Friday, April 14, 2017
Blackburn Rovers DDLLL 1
–
Nottingham Forest LDDLW 0
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The City Ground · 26,279 att.

Match Report

Blackburn give themselves a relegation lifeline with win at Forest

Blackburn give themselves a relegation lifeline with win at Forest

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
17
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
0
38.5
Possession
61.5
7
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
259
Accurate Passes
453
338
Passes
531
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
29
0.2
Cross %
0.2
73
Long Balls
41
24
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
14
20
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
18
18
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BLK leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

NFO · 3-4-2-1

  1. 43Jordan SmithG
  2. 5Matthew MillsCD
  3. 6Armand TraoreCD-L
  4. 42Joe WorrallCD-R
  5. 24David VaughanCM-L
  6. 8Chris CohenCM-R
  7. 11Ben OsbornLM
  8. 2Eric LichajRM
  9. 45Ben Brereton DíazF
  10. 16Zach CloughCF-L
  11. 19Jamie WardCF-R

BLK · 4-4-1-1

  1. 33David RayaG
  2. 4Tommie HobanCD-L
  3. 15Elliott WardCD-R
  4. 5Derrick WilliamsLB
  5. 24Ryan NyambeRB
  6. 21Hope AkpanCM-L
  7. 6Jason LoweCM-R
  8. 7Liam FeeneyLM
  9. 28Connor MahoneyRM
  10. 19Sam GallagherF
  11. 31Elliott BennettRCF

Timeline

  1. 11' Armand Traore (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Michael Mancienne replaces Matt Mills because of an injury.
  3. 53' Elliott Ward (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 61' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Matthew Cash replaces David Vaughan.
  5. 63' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Anthony Stokes replaces Liam Feeney.
  6. 65' Derrick Williams (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 72' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Lucas João replaces Sam Gallagher.
  8. 72' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Britt Assombalonga replaces Jamie Ward.
  9. 74' Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 77' Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 78' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Blackburn Rovers 1. Tommie Hoban (Blackburn Rovers) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Connor Mahoney with a cross following a corner.
  12. 90'+3' Chris Cohen (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+4' Lucas João (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.

EFL Championship News

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