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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 1, season 42)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Southampton
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Aynsley PEARS717Tomás VACLIK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Leon BALOGUN627LYANCO Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnovic
Ben DAVIES3Juan FAMILIA-CASTILLO
Sofiane BOUFAL747Quincy PROMES
Stefan BELL758OLIVER Torres Muñoz
Patrick McNAIR66Stefan LAINER
Souahilo MEITÉ76Karol LINETTY
Jesper KARLSSON88Samuel Castillejo Azuaga, SAMU CASTILLEJO
Jack VALE9Agustín ÁLVAREZ Martínez
Ryan HEDGES6107Morten THORSBY
Dan BUTTERWORTH611Sékou MARA
Manager
Dilan MARKANDAY12Ibrahim DIALLO
Ben FOSTER13Antoni MIKULKO
Emanuel AIWU14Mohamed ELYOUNOUSSI
Adetayo EDUN15Lewis PAYNE
Louie ANNESLEY16Ryan FINNIGAN

Blackburn Rovers 3 Southampton 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 23,684, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Clive PENTON 6, TV: highlights)
35 Karlsson, 42 Butterworth, 67 MeitéScorers45+3 Mara
Substitutions
Sendings off
12 ButterworthBookings1 Linetty, 86 Mara
6Corners4
15Fouls12
8Offsides10
5Shots on8
10Shots off5
15Total shots13
2Shots saved7
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: OLIVER Torres Muñoz
1The referee books LINETTY for an off-the-ball incident against VALE.
3PEARS did well to hold onto a fierce strike from PROMES.
7A deadly shot from SAMU CASTILLEJO was stopped by PEARS.
10A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
12BUTTERWORTH booked for a poor challenge on MARA.
24HEDGES made space on the left and knocked the ball to MEITÉ who rasped the ball over.
24A penalty box scramble resulted in BUTTERWORTH cracking a low shot over.
35GOAL!! A great dummy from HEDGES allowed BOUFAL to lay a perfect ball off to KARLSSON who thrust the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
42GOAL!! A tame shot from BUTTERWORTH seemed to hold little difficulty for the Southampton 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
45+3GOAL!! An energetic ÁLVAREZ ran down the wing and touched the ball back for MARA to flick home. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
 
54LAINER's shot beat PEARS but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers crossbar.
65ÁLVAREZ beat a number of Blackburn Rovers players and drove a great chance just beyond the far post.
66VALE headed wide.
67GOAL!! After a patient build-up MEITÉ drove the ball past the Southampton 'keeper. (3-1 Blackburn Rovers)
71A tame strike from LYANCO rolled agonisingly wide.
74A good ball from MCNAIR on the right fell to KARLSSON who scuffed his effort over the bar.
76A free-kick from KARLSSON raced inches over.
84A mix up in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled LAINER to hammer an effort just wide.
86A twenty yard drive from MARA caused PEARS little difficulty.
86MARA cautioned for a poor tackle.
87A good effort from BELL scraped the woodwork.
90+1BOUFAL beat OLIVER and blasted the ball to KARLSSON who fumbled his shot wide.