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Match report
English Footie
FA Cup: Round 3 (setup 2, season 18)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
WBA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Thomas KAMINSKI17Sam JOHNSTONE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Martin KELLY72Tosin ADARABIOYO
Romain PERRAUD37EMERSON PALMIERI dos Santos
Joe ROTHWELL746Jake LIVERMORE
Mathias Jørgensen, ZANKA75Jan BEDNAREK
Phil JONES66Kyle BARTLEY
Andrija LUKOVIC78Kamil GROSICKI
Ryan HEDGES8Hal ROBSON-KANU
Aleksandar PESIC9Andy CARROLL
Sam GALLAGHER106Callum ROBINSON
Ben BRERETON DÍAZ711Chuba AKPOM
Manager
Tyler MORTON12Romaine SAWYERS
Aynsley PEARS13Fraser FORSTER
Corry EVANS14Kean BRYAN
Jack VALE15Conor TOWNSEND
Adam WHARTON16Zac ASHWORTH

Blackburn Rovers 2 WBA 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 30,951, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Marek KOWALCZYK 5)
30p Pesic, 62 Brereton DíazScorers34 Carroll
Substitutions60 Robson-Kanu <=> Townsend
Sendings off
Bookings19 Grosicki
2Corners1
11Fouls27
1Offsides2
7Shots on4
6Shots off4
13Total shots8
5Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Kamil GROSICKI
2A penalty box meleé resulted in HEDGES cracking the ball over.
10An exceptional effort from PESIC scraped the upright.
13GALLAGHER ran onto a delightful ball from HEDGES but fumbled his shot wide of the righthand post.
17The WBA 'keeper was able to block a fierce effort.
19A clinical tackle gets GROSICKI a yellow card.
26Uncertainty in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled ROBSON-KANU to blast an effort over the bar.
27A header by PESIC at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
30GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Blackburn Rovers, after ROBINSON had fouled LUKOVIC, which PESIC easily converted.
34A shot from LIVERMORE seemed a certain goal but KAMINSKI managed to palm the ball away.
34GOAL!! CARROLL hit a beautiful thirty yard shot past the stunned KAMINSKI. (1-1)
37A free-kick from BRERETON DÍAZ floated over.
45GALLAGHER beat ROBSON-KANU and placed the ball to HEDGES who fired his effort wide.
 
56JOHNSTONE was able to claw away a weak shot from KELLY.
62GOAL!! KELLY made space for BRERETON DÍAZ who, after an interchange of passes twenty-five yards out, drilled the ball past JOHNSTONE. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
63CARROLL shot over.
65A strike from PESIC held little difficulty for the WBA 'keeper.
66LIVERMORE headed just beyond the far post.
76The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from CARROLL.
81A thirty yard drive from AKPOM caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
83A pin-point pass found PESIC and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
85BEDNAREK beat three Blackburn Rovers players and thundered a golden opportunity over the bar.
88HEDGES's shot was well held by the 'keeper.