English League Championship

FT Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Nottingham Forest LLDLW 1
–
Blackburn Rovers LWLLD 2
1st2ndT
NFO011
BLK202
Ewood Park · 10,462 att.

Match Report

Sam Gallagher brace sees Blackburn past Nottingham Forest

Sam Gallagher brace sees Blackburn past Nottingham Forest

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
1
60
Possession
40
21
SHOTS
8
2
ON GOAL
2
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
393
Accurate Passes
242
508
Passes
345
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
11
Accurate Crosses
2
25
Crosses
10
0.4
Cross %
0.2
81
Long Balls
87
37
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
8
Blocked Shots
1
16
Effective Tackles
10
24
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
6
Effective Clearances
21
10
Clearances
27

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

BLK · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jason SteeleG
  2. 4Tommie HobanCD-L
  3. 26Darragh LenihanCD-R
  4. 5Derrick WilliamsLB
  5. 6Jason LoweRB
  6. 29Corry EvansCM-L
  7. 23Danny GuthrieCM-R
  8. 32Craig ConwayLM
  9. 10Ben MarshallRM
  10. 17Marvin EmnesCF-L
  11. 19Sam GallagherCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Anthony StokesSUB
  2. 14Charlie MulgrewSUB
  3. 11Martin SamuelsenSUB
  4. 7Liam FeeneySUB
  5. 21Hope AkpanSUB
  6. 33David RayaSUB
  7. 31Elliott BennettSUB

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 38Vladimir StojkovicG
  2. 27Damien PerquisCD-L
  3. 5Matthew MillsCD-R
  4. 2Eric LichajLB
  5. 17Hildeberto PereiraRB
  6. 10Henri LansburyAM
  7. 8Chris CohenLM
  8. 24David VaughanRM
  9. 39Apostolos VelliosF
  10. 11Ben OsbornAM-L
  11. 18Mustapha CarayolAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Armand TraoreSUB
  2. 30Stephen HendersonSUB
  3. 28Thomas LamSUB
  4. 22Pajtim KasamiSUB
  5. 37Jorge GrantSUB
  6. 9Britt AssombalongaSUB
  7. 12Nicolao DumitruSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 11' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Marshall with a through ball.
  3. 25' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Pajtim Kasami replaces David Vaughan because of an injury.
  4. 44' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Corry Evans.
  5. 44' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolao Dumitru replaces Mustapha Carayol because of an injury.
  6. 71' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Charlie Mulgrew replaces Ben Marshall.
  7. 74' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Britt Assombalonga replaces Ben Osborn.
  8. 75' Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 89' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Liam Feeney replaces Marvin Emnes.
  10. 90'+3' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Damien Perquis (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  11. 90'+4' Liam Feeney (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+5' Second yellow card to Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+6' Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+6' Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.

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