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Match report
English Footie
League Trophy: Round 2 (setup 4, season 28)
Gillingham
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Dorus DE VRIES71Mamadou SAMASSA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Ryan SHOTTON27Joost VAN AKEN
Charlie MULGREW38Patrick VAN AANHOLT
JORDI GÓMEZ García-Penche48Rhys WILLIAMS
Zeki FRYERS75Vegard FORREN
Phil OFOSU-AYEH6JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
Josh PARKER77Felipe TEIXEIRA
Junior HOILETT787Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez
Conor WILKINSON97Adam ARMSTRONG
Albert ADOMAH610Danny GRAHAM
MARCO André da Silva Lopes MATIAS6117Sjoerd ARS
Manager
Luke O'NEILL12Dominic SAMUEL
Noel MBO613David RAYA Martin
Sekou BARADJI147Jacob DAVENPORT
Josh EARL156Peter WHITTINGHAM
Elliott LIST16Keith TREACY

Gillingham 2 Blackburn Rovers 1
after extra time
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 10,487, Stadium: Priestfield, Referee: Dave FOSTER 7, TV: live)
22 Hoilett, 111 WilkinsonScorers7 Teixeira
81 Marco Matias <=> MboSubstitutions56 Oviedo <=> Davenport, 85 Ars <=> Whittingham
Sendings off
Bookings44 Ars, 120+2 Graham
0Corners2
15Fouls17
1Offsides5
4Shots on4
5Shots off9
9Total shots13
2Shots saved3
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Rhys WILLIAMS
7GOAL!! A refined set-piece enabled TEIXEIRA to drive the ball home. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
11ARMSTRONG beat FRYERS and drilled the ball to ARS who fired his effort wide.
20HOILETT booted the ball wide from just outside the area.
21The hapless Blackburn Rovers 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from TEIXEIRA dropped just over.
22GOAL!! Some steady work by ADOMAH on the left, left HOILETT yards clear, and he raced past SAMASSA and blasted the ball into the net. (1-1)
23ARMSTRONG rushed through the Gillingham defence but shot straight at DE VRIES.
30ARS rushed an easy chance.
44ARS receives a yellow card for a clinical challenge on SHOTTON.
 
49OVIEDO shot wide.
50TEIXEIRA knocked the ball to WILLIAMS who flicked it over the bar.
54A free-kick from ARMSTRONG raced over.
61A penalty box meleé resulted in DAVENPORT tapping a low shot over.
63GRAHAM made space on the right and touched the ball to TEIXEIRA who clipped the ball over.
67A lovely pass from WILLIAMS, was placed goalbound by DAVENPORT only for DE VRIES to claw away.
74SAMASSA dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Gillingham's WILKINSON.
77WILKINSON beat two Blackburn Rovers players and thundered a golden opportunity over the bar.
80A shot from ADOMAH was headed off the line by DAVENPORT.
87A corner was collected by PARKER who headed an effort wide.
 
95HOILETT waltzed past JORGE TEIXEIRA and rifled a poor shot over the bar.
103GRAHAM worked the ball to ARMSTRONG, DAVENPORT gathered his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the Gillingham 'keeper.
 
111GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with WILKINSON blasting the ball into the roof of the net. (2-1 Gillingham)
114A tame shot from VAN AKEN rolled agonisingly wide.
118A good effort from GRAHAM scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
120+2GRAHAM receives a yellow card by the ref for a clinical tackle.