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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 17 (setup 4, season 27)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Mamadou SAMASSA81Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Nicolas MARIN26Curtis DAVIES
Patrick VAN AANHOLT38Joe BENNETT
David MEYLER747Ibrahim AFELLAY
Vegard FORREN57Mathieu BODMER
JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA76Aron Einar GUNNARSSON
Felipe TEIXEIRA777GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez
Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez8Diego Mario BUONANOTTE
Sjoerd ARS9Peter CROUCH
Danny GRAHAM610Victor ANICHEBE
Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona611Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO
Manager
Stefan MOORE12Craig NOONE
David RAYA Martin13Jonas LÖSSL
Peter WHITTINGHAM14Stuart O'KEEFE
Keith TREACY15Dimitar BERBATOV
Rhys WILLIAMS168Milan BAROS

Blackburn Rovers 0 Cardiff City 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 21,049, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Russell BOOTH 7½)
Scorers
Substitutions61 Afellay <=> Baros
Sendings off
26 Saizar, 32 MarinBookings58 Anichebe
3Corners4
16Fouls10
1Offsides3
5Shots on6
9Shots off6
14Total shots12
5Shots saved6
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Joe BENNETT
6A strike from DAVIES held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
7A shot from VAN AANHOLT was nodded off the line by DAVIES.
16FORREN headed over the bar.
17A penalty box scramble resulted in GERVINHO knocking a low shot over.
23ANICHEBE's shot was well held by SAMASSA.
23OVIEDO hit a left foot shot wide from close range.
25GERVINHO's shot was well saved by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
26SAIZAR cautioned for a late foul on BENNETT.
27KARIUS dived to his left to block a fierce shot from Blackburn Rovers's ARS.
27GIOVANI stormed through the Blackburn Rovers defence but shot straight at SAMASSA.
29A twenty-five yard shot from JORGE TEIXEIRA caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
32The ref books MARIN.
35A great effort from CROUCH scraped the top of the crossbar.
43OVIEDO's shot beat KARIUS but rebounded off the Cardiff City woodwork.
 
47SAMASSA saved a swerving effort from BUONANOTTE.
58BOOTH books ANICHEBE for violent conduct against TEIXEIRA.
59A cross from BUONANOTTE left ANICHEBE in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
63ANICHEBE made space on the left and knocked the ball to GIOVANI who touched the ball wide.
65TEIXEIRA nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
68A corner found ARS who forced the ball over the bar.
70ANICHEBE shot wide.
72A pin-point pass bobbled toward ARS and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.