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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 30 (setup 4, season 34)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Ørjan Håskjold NYLAND1Marco SILVESTRI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Barry DOUGLAS27Victor MOSES
Amari'i BELL3Aaron CRESSWELL
John BUCKLEY84Anton WALKES
Vegard FORREN5Matt CLARKE
JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA6Sean RAGGETT
Reda KHADRA77Mauro Abel FORMICA
Bradley JOHNSON87Robbie BRADY
Ben BRERETON DÍAZ9Andy CARROLL
Sam GALLAGHER106Joe MORRELL
Adam ARMSTRONG611Ellis HARRISON
Manager
Rhys WILLIAMS12Omar BOGLE
Hayden CARTER13Thomas KAMINSKI
Dan BUTTERWORTH146Ronan CURTIS
Ian POVEDA15Gareth EVANS
Kasey PALMER16Ben CLOSE

Blackburn Rovers 2 Portsmouth 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 23,165, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Eddie ILDERTON 7)
45+3 Armstrong, 66 JohnsonScorers17 Brady, 22 Cresswell
Substitutions67 Moses <=> Curtis
Sendings off
Bookings14 Harrison, 60 Carroll
3Corners6
13Fouls21
10Offsides16
11Shots on2
8Shots off4
19Total shots6
9Shots saved0
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: John BUCKLEY
1BRERETON DÍAZ headed just beyond the near post.
12The motionless SILVESTRI was a mere bystander as a backpass from CLARKE dropped just wide.
14HARRISON booked for violent conduct.
15SILVESTRI saved a beautiful shot from DOUGLAS.
17GOAL!! A scuffed MORRELL shot was collected by BRADY who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (1-0 Portsmouth)
19A penalty box meleé resulted in BRERETON DÍAZ cracking a low shot over.
22GOAL!! A long clearance by the Portsmouth 'keeper beat the Blackburn Rovers defence and CRESSWELL fired the ball beyond the oncoming Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (2-0 Portsmouth)
25JOHNSON's header was well saved by SILVESTRI.
27KHADRA beat two Portsmouth players and fired a great chance over.
30A great strike from BRERETON DÍAZ was dealt with by a good block from SILVESTRI.
34WALKES floated the ball to BRADY who forced it over the bar.
39ARMSTRONG ran onto a wonderful ball from GALLAGHER but dragged his effort wide of the righthand post.
42BELL's shot beat SILVESTRI but rebounded off the Portsmouth crossbar.
44BRERETON DÍAZ worked the ball to KHADRA, GALLAGHER gathered his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the Portsmouth 'keeper.
45+3GOAL!! A terrible backpass by RAGGETT enabled ARMSTRONG to nip in and fire the ball past the 'keeper. (2-1 Portsmouth)
 
60A clumsy tackle on BUCKLEY by CARROLL results in a booking.
65Uncertainty in the Portsmouth defence enabled GALLAGHER to crack the ball inches wide.
66GOAL!! After some patient play on the left JOHNSON came inside and fired the ball into the net. (2-2)
68A strike from JOHNSON held no problem for SILVESTRI.
76A header by GALLAGHER at the near post was easily collected by SILVESTRI.
86JOHNSON stepped inside CURTIS but nudged the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
89A accurate pass bobbled toward JOHNSON and his left foot effort raced narrowly over.