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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 17 (setup 4, season 28)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Port Vale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Mamadou SAMASSA18Dan BENTLEY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA27Brice DJA DJEDJE
Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez37Jelle VAN DAMME
Rhys WILLIAMS4Andrew SURMAN
Vegard FORREN757David MIRFIN
Joost VAN AKEN66Glenn WHELAN
Felipe TEIXEIRA77Cristian Alexis MONTAÑO Castillo
Peter WHITTINGHAM87Oliver BURKE
Sjoerd ARS9Denis Andrés STRACQUALURSI
Nicolas MARIN10Jordan RHODES
Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona6117Valeri BOJINOV
Manager
MIKEL ALONSO Olano12Dan TURNER
David RAYA Martin13Bram VERBIST
Keith TREACY148Christian PANDER
Stephen O'LEARY15Michael TONGE
Danny GRAHAM16Idris KANU

Blackburn Rovers 1 Port Vale 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 16,689, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Russell BOOTH 6½)
14 WhittinghamScorers
70 Oviedo <=> O'LearySubstitutions50 Surman <=> Pander
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners3
10Fouls7
2Offsides3
5Shots on4
3Shots off7
8Total shots11
4Shots saved4
39%Possession61%
Man of the match: Christian PANDER
2A penalty box scramble resulted in STRACQUALURSI driving a low shot wide.
5ARS placed a right foot shot just wide from thirty yards out.
6RHODES was put clear by SURMAN and he beat the 'keeper but glanced his shot just wide.
12A right foot shot from WHITTINGHAM was tipped over by the Port Vale 'keeper.
14The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper saved a glorious shot from STRACQUALURSI.
14GOAL!! A strike from ARS was hoofed off the line only for WHITTINGHAM to crack the ball home. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
25A good effort from STRACQUALURSI scraped the woodwork.
29The Port Vale 'keeper saved a neatly crafted strike from ARS.
33A header by BURKE at the near post was comfortably collected by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
37ARS beat RHODES and drove the ball to WHITTINGHAM who fired his effort wide.
40The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from WHITTINGHAM.
45A accurate pass found BURKE and his right foot effort raced narrowly over.
 
47A free-kick from BURKE floated over.
54A neatly crafted pass from WHITTINGHAM, was drove goalbound by FORREN only for the 'keeper to claw away.
62The 'keeper dived to his right to stop a fierce shot from Port Vale's BOJINOV.
66STRACQUALURSI touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
70The motionless Blackburn Rovers 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from FORREN dropped just over.
84BURKE hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
85ARS made space on the left and dragged the ball to JORGE TEIXEIRA who touched the ball wide.