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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 17 (setup 2, season 18)
Torquay United
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
David BUTTON718Aynsley PEARS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Joshua BRENET2Martin KELLY
Harry TOFFOLO38Romain PERRAUD
Kellyn ACOSTA47Joe ROTHWELL
John Anthony BROOKS58Mathias Jørgensen, ZANKA
Steve COOK666Hayden CARTER
Matt RITCHIE7Andrija LUKOVIC
Reiss NELSON86Ryan HEDGES
Vincent JANSSEN79Aleksandar PESIC
Odion Jude IGHALO10Corry EVANS
Andre GRAY116Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Manager
Alexander TETTEY12Ashley PHILLIPS
Joe WILDSMITH13Joe RANKIN-COSTELLO
Kevin DIKS14Adam WHARTON
Ben PEARSON15Tyler MORTON
John SWIFT16Sam GALLAGHER

Torquay United 2 Blackburn Rovers 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 6,027, Stadium: Plainmoor Ground, Referee: Aris GALANOPOULOS 7½)
51 Janssen, 74 IghaloScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings78 Kelly
2Corners4
9Fouls5
5Offsides1
4Shots on6
5Shots off6
9Total shots12
2Shots saved6
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Aynsley PEARS
6The 'keeper saved a curling shot from JANSSEN.
10Uncertainty in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled JANSSEN to hit the ball wide.
24The hapless BUTTON was all agog as a backpass from IGHALO dropped just wide.
35LUKOVIC dummied NELSON but knocked the ball into the arms of BUTTON.
36A free-kick from LUKOVIC raced wide.
37A drive from LUKOVIC seemed a certain goal but BUTTON managed to parry the ball away.
42A twenty-five yard drive from NELSON caused the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper little difficulty.
 
47A weak shot from NELSON trickled agonisingly wide.
51GOAL!! A COOK run down the left resulted in an exceptional cross for JANSSEN to drill in. (1-0 Torquay United)
65A shot from BRERETON DÍAZ held no problem for the 'keeper.
66The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from ZANKA.
67RITCHIE beat CARTER and placed the ball to JANSSEN who blasted his shot wide.
68A penalty box meleé resulted in NELSON cracking the ball wide.
68BUTTON did well to hold onto a powerful shot from PESIC.
73The Torquay United 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely shot from Blackburn Rovers's HEDGES.
74GOAL!! A shot from IGHALO bobbled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (2-0 Torquay United)
78KELLY booked.
78A corner found ROTHWELL who headed the ball inches over.
85BRENET waltzed past EVANS and poked a poor shot over the bar.
88A great effort from CARTER scraped the top of the crossbar.
89HEDGES hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
90+1A pin-point pass fell to HEDGES and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.