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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 4, season 37)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Oxford United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Thomas KAMINSKI1Fraser FORSTER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Lewis TRAVIS27Anfernee DIJKSTEEL
Victor KRISTIANSEN3Rhys NORRINGTON-DAVIES
Tyler MORTON46Dan GOSLING
Ashley PHILLIPS56Mads Juel ANDERSEN
Amari'i BELL766Elliott MOORE
Ben BRERETON DÍAZ76James HENRY
Tyrhys DOLAN8Yanic WILDSCHUT
Sam GALLAGHER9Matty TAYLOR
Adam WHARTON710Billy BODIN
Adam ARMSTRONG711Sam BALDOCK
Manager
Kasey PALMER12Djavan ANDERSON
Angus GUNN13Simon EASTWOOD
Callum BRITTAIN14Alejandro Rodríguez Gorrin, ÁLEX RODRÍGUEZ
Jack VALE15Slavi SPASOV
Adetayo EDUN16Sam LONG

Blackburn Rovers 3 Oxford United 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 20,238, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Grant HEGLEY 6½)
13 Gallagher, 48 Wharton, 90+1 KristiansenScorers
Substitutions68 Norrington-Davies <=> Álex Rodríguez
Sendings off72 Andersen
16 Armstrong, 27 Dolan, 53 KristiansenBookings43 Andersen
2Corners0
9Fouls13
0Offsides0
6Shots on2
8Shots off2
14Total shots4
2Shots saved1
65%Possession35%
Man of the match: Tyler MORTON
3A penalty box scramble resulted in WHARTON cracking the ball wide.
11DOLAN touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
13GOAL!! A mishit DOLAN shot was collected by GALLAGHER who made no mistake from just inside the area. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
16TAYLOR raced past KRISTIANSEN but blasted the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
16ARMSTRONG booked by the referee.
19An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Oxford United 'keeper by GALLAGHER.
22BALDOCK was put clear by BODIN and he pulled away from KAMINSKI but thrust his shot just wide.
27The ref books DOLAN.
34GALLAGHER floated the ball to ARMSTRONG who flicked it just beyond the near post.
43ANDERSEN given a yellow card for a clumsy challenge on KRISTIANSEN.
 
48GOAL!! A long ball from TRAVIS down the middle bobbled toward the lurking WHARTON who placed a deadly shot into the net. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
52The hapless Oxford United 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from GOSLING fell just over.
53A clinical tackle gets KRISTIANSEN a yellow card.
62A corner was collected by KRISTIANSEN who headed an effort just beyond the far post.
63A right foot shot from TAYLOR was blocked by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
65A tame shot from KRISTIANSEN rolled agonisingly wide.
66A lovely effort from WILDSCHUT scraped the outside of the righthand post.
71GALLAGHER's header was well saved by the Oxford United 'keeper.
72ANDERSEN sent off.
73Uncertainty in the Oxford United defence enabled WHARTON to thump an effort just beyond the far post.
75DOLAN shot over.
89KRISTIANSEN ran onto a delightful ball from WHARTON but pulled his shot wide of the lefthand post.
90+1GOAL!! After being forced wide KRISTIANSEN managed to drive the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (3-0 Blackburn Rovers)