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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 4, season 35)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Crystal Palace
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Thomas KAMINSKI17VICENTE GUAITA Panadero
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Lewis TRAVIS26Nathaniel CLYNE
Amari'i BELL73Joel WARD
John BUCKLEY4Cheick Oumar DOUCOURÉ
Vegard FORREN758Joachim ANDERSEN
JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA66Mamadou SAKHO
Reda KHADRA777Luka MILIVOJEVIC
Tyrhys DOLAN87Jack HARRISON
Ben BRERETON DÍAZ96Michy BATSHUAYI
Sam GALLAGHER610Ebere EZE
Dan BUTTERWORTH117Odsonne ÉDOUARD
Manager
Adetayo EDUN12Jeffrey SCHLUPP
Angus GUNN13Wayne HENNESSEY
Kasey PALMER714Patrick VAN AANHOLT
Hayden CARTER15Martin KELLY
Ian POVEDA616James McCARTHY

Blackburn Rovers 0 Crystal Palace 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 23,988, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Fred GRAHAM 7)
Scorers16 Doucouré, 74 Batshuayi
58 Khadra <=> Poveda, 64 Buckley <=> PalmerSubstitutions
Sendings off81 Harrison
Bookings29 Batshuayi, 73 Harrison
2Corners4
5Fouls11
3Offsides3
3Shots on13
2Shots off11
5Total shots24
3Shots saved10
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Joachim ANDERSEN
10FORREN booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
12EZE's shot was well saved by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
16GOAL!! A poor backpass by JORGE TEIXEIRA enabled DOUCOURÉ to nip in and slide the ball past the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
19EZE waltzed away from FORREN and stroked a tame shot well wide.
21WARD headed over.
23A poor strike from HARRISON trickled agonisingly wide.
28A great save prevented BATSHUAYI from scoring a lovely goal.
29BATSHUAYI booked for an off-the-ball incident.
32The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper managed to palm clear a fierce effort.
36The bemused Blackburn Rovers 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from KHADRA fell just over.
41MILIVOJEVIC clipped the ball through a crowd of players but KAMINSKI was a match for it as he dived to his right.
44ÉDOUARD beat TRAVIS and flicked the ball to CLYNE who hit his shot wide.
 
47EZE worked the ball to DOUCOURÉ, MILIVOJEVIC gathered his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
61A twenty-five yard shot from DOLAN caused the Crystal Palace 'keeper no problem.
62A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
64A neatly crafted pass from BATSHUAYI, was placed goalbound by EZE only for the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper to palm clear.
68An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of the 'keeper by CLYNE.
73The ref cautions HARRISON for dangerous play against PALMER.
74GOAL!! TRAVIS tried to play the ball out of the Blackburn Rovers penalty area but was tackled by DOUCOURÉ who forced the ball to BATSHUAYI for an easy goal. (2-0 Crystal Palace)
81HARRISON shown the red card for a clumsy challenge.
87The 'keeper was able to block a poor header from DOLAN.
89A free-kick from ANDERSEN raced over.