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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 4 (setup 4, season 29)
Colchester United
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Jason STEELE71Mamadou SAMASSA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Marco 'Davide' FARAONI27Joost VAN AKEN
Pat BALDWIN73Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez
Kris COMMONS46Jack RODWELL
Florin GARDOS5Vegard FORREN
Kane VINCENT-YOUNG666Rhys WILLIAMS
Don COWIE7Felipe TEIXEIRA
Junior STANISLAS87Kasey PALMER
Jay BOTHROYD97Danny GRAHAM
Ben STEVENSON7106Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Igor VETOKELE6117Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona
Manager
Luke NORRIS12Jacob DAVENPORT
Sam WALKER13David RAYA Martin
Tom LAPSLIE14MIKEL ALONSO Olano
Mikael MANDRON6156Adam ARMSTRONG
Theo ROBINSON716Stephen O'LEARY

Colchester United 1 Blackburn Rovers 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 7,485, Stadium: Community Stadium, Referee: Neil SWARBRICK 6)
68 BothroydScorers66 Palmer
73 Bothroyd <=> Robinson, 78 Baldwin <=> MandronSubstitutions54 Saizar <=> Armstrong
Sendings off
Bookings13 Brereton Díaz, 45+1 Palmer
3Corners2
4Fouls16
1Offsides0
4Shots on8
10Shots off5
14Total shots13
3Shots saved7
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Junior STANISLAS
7A penalty box meleé resulted in BALDWIN tapping a low shot over.
12A cross from STANISLAS left BOTHROYD in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
13The ref yellow cards BRERETON DÍAZ.
21BOTHROYD headed over.
24A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
25STANISLAS fired a right foot shot over from thirty yards out.
27VETOKELE's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers woodwork.
30A header from PALMER was booted off the line by FARAONI.
31GRAHAM was put clear by VAN AKEN and he beat the 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.
39A neatly crafted cross from PALMER, was fired goalbound by GRAHAM only for STEELE to claw away.
45+1PALMER given a yellow card for a late tackle.
 
54PALMER stabbed a simple chance past the near post.
55A corner fell to ARMSTRONG who flicked an effort just wide.
57COMMONS ran onto a great ball from STANISLAS but toe-poked his shot wide.
64BALDWIN's header was well saved by SAMASSA.
66GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled PALMER to dribble through the Colchester United defence and score. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
68GOAL!! A refined set-piece enabled BOTHROYD to slip the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
73A fine ball from BOTHROYD on the right fell to VETOKELE who scuffed his effort just beyond the far post.
77A poor strike from ARMSTRONG trickled agonisingly wide.
84An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of STEELE by ARMSTRONG.
87A right foot shot from PALMER was stopped by the 'keeper.
90The 'keeper parried a clever strike from GRAHAM.