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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 8 (setup 1, season 31)
Brighton & HA
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Michel VORM17Alexander SCHWOLOW
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Yohan BENALOUANE2Kevin DIKS
Javier GARRIDO Behobide738Scott MALONE
Danny HOLLA4Victor WANYAMA
Leandro Daniel CABRERA Sasía75James BREE
Uwe HÜNEMEIER667Steven CAULKER
Lucas Martín VILLAFÁŃEZ67Kemar ROOFE
Ryan BABEL8Will HUGHES
SERCAN Yildirim9Jonathan KODJIA
Gilles SUNU10Nicolň BARELLA
Luiz Ricardo Alves, SASSÁ611Scott ARFIELD
ManagerScott Smillie
Simon VUKCEVIC12Ashley RICHARDS
Michael CORDIER13Mat RYAN
Marco MOTTA714Marten DE ROON
Jordan COUSINS15Adam FORSHAW
Tommer HEMED16Liam BOYCE

Brighton & HA 1 Blackburn Rovers 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 17,515, Stadium: Amex Community Stadium, Referee: Richard BEEBY 6½)
39 BabelScorers43 Hughes, 64 Arfield
48 Sercan <=> MottaSubstitutions
Sendings off
5 Sassá, 30 SunuBookings
6Corners5
13Fouls10
4Offsides13
5Shots on5
2Shots off11
7Total shots16
4Shots saved2
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Scott MALONE
2KODJIA headed inches wide.
4A twenty-five yard drive from BABEL caused the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper little difficulty.
5SASSÁ booked for arguing with the referee.
6KODJIA chipped the ball to HUGHES who headed it just beyond the near post.
12WANYAMA made space on the left and knocked the ball to KODJIA who rasped the ball over.
14VORM did well to hold onto a fierce strike from ARFIELD.
18A great effort from BABEL scraped the upright.
18ROOFE was put clear by WANYAMA and he pulled away from the Brighton & HA 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the near post.
21SCHWOLOW was able to claw away a tame header from SERCAN.
23VORM dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Blackburn Rovers's KODJIA.
25A accurate pass bobbled toward BARELLA and his deadly shot went narrowly over.
30SUNU booked.
32A brilliant shot from SERCAN was dealt with by a good stop from SCHWOLOW.
39GOAL!! A beautiful outswinging corner was nodded in at the near post by BABEL. (1-0 Brighton & HA)
42A header by ARFIELD at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
43GOAL!! A MALONE run down the middle resulted in a lovely cross for HUGHES to crack in. (1-1)
 
47DIKS beat two Brighton & HA players and slammed a shot wide.
48A tame strike from BARELLA rolled agonisingly wide.
64GOAL!! With his back to goal ARFIELD wrong-footed the defence and stroked the ball past VORM. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
75ROOFE beat BENALOUANE and blasted the ball to ARFIELD who hit his effort wide.
80The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from HÜNEMEIER fell just over.
82A shot from SUNU seemed a certain goal but the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper managed to punch the ball away.
86ARFIELD shot over.
88A cross from SUNU left BABEL in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
89BARELLA brought the ball past BENALOUANE and flicked a tame shot wide.