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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 33 (setup 4, season 34)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Northampton Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Ørjan Håskjold NYLAND1IAGO Herrerín Buisán
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA72Gaetano BERARDI
Amari'i BELL63Ali KOIKI
John BUCKLEY84ALFA SEMEDO Esteves
Vegard FORREN757Bailey WRIGHT
Rhys WILLIAMS66Jon GUTHRIE
Reda KHADRA7Shaun McWILLIAMS
Bradley JOHNSON786Alexander KACANIKLIC
Ben BRERETON DÍAZ9Stefanos ATHANASIADIS
Sam GALLAGHER6106Nicke KABAMBA
Adam ARMSTRONG11Sam HOSKINS
Manager
Dominic SAMUEL12Morgan ROBERTS
Barry DOUGLAS813Andreas LINDE
Hayden CARTER14Paul LEWIS
Dan BUTTERWORTH15Sid NELSON
Kasey PALMER16Jakub NAVRÁTIL

Blackburn Rovers 2 Northampton Town 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 19,855, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Mark HAYWOOD 7½)
37 Jorge Teixeira, 53 JohnsonScorers
55 Bell <=> DouglasSubstitutions59 McWilliams <=> Nelson
Sendings off
61 Gallagher, 84 WilliamsBookings
9Corners6
19Fouls13
4Offsides9
7Shots on3
8Shots off3
15Total shots6
3Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Barry DOUGLAS
1A delightful save prevented BRERETON DÍAZ from scoring a good goal.
6A cross from JOHNSON left GALLAGHER in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
15A corner fell to JOHNSON who nodded the ball just beyond the near post.
24JOHNSON floated the ball to BRERETON DÍAZ who turned it just wide.
26JOHNSON clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
30IAGO was able to claw away a tame header from JOHNSON.
37GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of JORGE TEIXEIRA who hit the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
38The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper parried a lovely shot from ATHANASIADIS.
43The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from KOIKI fell just wide.
 
51A twenty yard drive from BELL caused IAGO little difficulty.
51A perfect shot from WILLIAMS was dealt with by a good parry from IAGO.
53GOAL!! A long ball from KHADRA had the Northampton Town defence back-pedalling and JOHNSON made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
59A penalty box meleé resulted in GUTHRIE cracking the ball over.
60ARMSTRONG waltzed past ALFA SEMEDO and poked a tame shot over the bar.
61GALLAGHER booked for dangerous play.
67ATHANASIADIS made space on the right and pulled the ball to GUTHRIE who touched the ball over.
69A accurate pass found JOHNSON and his looping shot went narrowly over.
73BRERETON DÍAZ headed inches over.
79ALFA SEMEDO's shot beat NYLAND but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers crossbar.
81The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from KACANIKLIC.
83BRERETON DÍAZ scuffed an easy chance.
84A high challenge on NELSON by WILLIAMS results in a booking.
86A free-kick from KOIKI went just wide.