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Match report

English Footie
Championship: Round 10 (setup 4, season 27)
Blackburn Rovers			v.	Portsmouth
Formation: 4-3-3 League position: 24 Overall form: Home form:	Mamadou SAMASSA	7	1	7½	Marco SILVESTRI	Formation: 4-3-3 League position: 20 Overall form: Home form:
	JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA	7	2	7½	Victor MOSES
	Patrick VAN AANHOLT	6	3	8	Aaron CRESSWELL
	David MEYLER	8	4	7	Quincy OWUSU-ABEYIE
	Vegard FORREN	7	5	6½	David WHEATER
	Rhys WILLIAMS	6½	6	6½	Liam FONTAINE
	Felipe TEIXEIRA	6½	7	7	Mauro Abel FORMICA
	Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez	7	8	7½	Sam CLUCAS
	Sjoerd ARS	7½	9	7½	LUCAS Eduardo Santos JOÃO
	Nicolas MARIN	6	10	6	Sylvan EBANKS-BLAKE
	Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona	6½	11	5½	Hameur BOUAZZA
		Manager
	Peter WHITTINGHAM		12		Kelvin WILSON
	David RAYA Martin		13		Joe LUMLEY
	MIKEL ALONSO Olano		14		James McFADDEN
	Keith TREACY		15		Chris DAGNALL
	Stephen O'LEARY		16		Stuart GIDDINGS

Blackburn Rovers 1 Portsmouth 0 (Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 19,150, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Paul MUSSELWHITE 5½) 13 Oviedo Scorers Substitutions Sendings off 31 Ars, 85 Van Aanholt Bookings 4 Corners 5 17 Fouls 0 1 Offsides 2 6 Shots on 9 7 Shots off 2 13 Total shots 11 3 Shots saved 8 50% Possession 50% Man of the match: David MEYLER

3	SILVESTRI dived to his right to block a lovely drive from Blackburn Rovers's MEYLER.
3	A penalty box scramble resulted in MOSES cracking a low shot over.
5	ARS beat CLUCAS and drilled the ball to OVIEDO who fumbled his effort wide.
11	A shot from OVIEDO held little difficulty for the Portsmouth 'keeper.
12	LUCAS JOÃO stormed through the Blackburn Rovers defence but shot straight at SAMASSA.
13	GOAL!! A long clearance by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper beat the Portsmouth defence and OVIEDO thundered the ball beyond the advancing Portsmouth 'keeper. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
15	MARIN's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
19	OVIEDO poked a simple chance past the far post.
20	ARS dribbled round CLUCAS and poked a tame shot into the crowd.
25	OVIEDO ran onto a great ball from MEYLER but fired his shot wide.
31	The ref yellow cards ARS for violent conduct against MOSES.
34	The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper stopped a clever strike from CLUCAS.
40	A shot from BOUAZZA seemed a certain goal but SAMASSA managed to palm the ball away.
42	TEIXEIRA was put clear by MEYLER and he pulled away from SILVESTRI but rammed his shot over the bar.
45+1	A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing SAMASSA.
47	A header by LUCAS JOÃO at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
49	The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from CLUCAS fell just over.
55	A great strike from BOUAZZA was dealt with by a fine parry from the 'keeper.
57	A twenty-five yard shot from LUCAS JOÃO caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
59	A lovely cross from SAIZAR, was hit goalbound by ARS only for SILVESTRI to block.
62	JORGE TEIXEIRA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Portsmouth post.
64	ARS snapped at an easy chance.
66	A delightful save prevented LUCAS JOÃO from scoring a great goal.
70	A cross from EBANKS-BLAKE left CLUCAS in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
85	VAN AANHOLT receives a yellow card by the ref.
86	A deadly shot from LUCAS JOÃO was pushed over by the 'keeper.