English League Championship

FT Saturday, April 1, 2017
Blackburn Rovers WDDDD 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion LLWWL 1
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American Express Stadium · 30,216 att.

Match Report

Glenn Murray's winner against Blackburn moves Brighton step closer to promotion

Glenn Murray's winner against Blackburn moves Brighton step closer to promotion

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
8
6
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
0
52.7
Possession
47.3
7
SHOTS
11
0
ON GOAL
7
0.0
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
279
Accurate Passes
259
389
Passes
351
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
6
22
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.3
102
Long Balls
84
37
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
36
14
Clearances
36

Head to Head

BHA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 4Uwe HünemeierCD-R
  4. 12Sébastien PocognoliLB
  5. 23Liam RoseniorRB
  6. 7Biram KiyalCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 8Jiri SkalakLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 28Chuba AkpomCF-L
  11. 17Glenn MurrayCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Jamie MurphySUB
  2. 27Fikayo TomoriSUB
  3. 1Niki MäenpääSUB
  4. 10Tomer HemedSUB
  5. 14Steve SidwellSUB
  6. 20Solly MarchSUB
  7. 21Oliver NorwoodSUB

BLK · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jason SteeleG
  2. 14Charlie MulgrewCD-L
  3. 26Darragh LenihanCD-R
  4. 5Derrick WilliamsLB
  5. 24Ryan NyambeRB
  6. 23Danny GuthrieCM-L
  7. 6Jason LoweCM-R
  8. 31Elliott BennettLM
  9. 32Craig ConwayRM
  10. 17Marvin EmnesCF-L
  11. 18Lucas JoãoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Wes BrownSUB
  2. 19Sam GallagherSUB
  3. 33David RayaSUB
  4. 4Tommie HobanSUB
  5. 28Connor MahoneySUB
  6. 21Hope AkpanSUB
  7. 7Liam FeeneySUB

Timeline

  1. 58' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Jiri Skalak.
  2. 58' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tomer Hemed replaces Chuba Akpom.
  3. 67' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert with a headed pass.
  4. 71' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Sam Gallagher replaces Lucas João.
  5. 71' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Liam Feeney replaces Marvin Emnes.
  6. 73' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Connor Mahoney replaces Craig Conway.
  7. 81' Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 83' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jamie Murphy replaces Anthony Knockaert.
  9. 88' Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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