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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 34 (setup 4, season 28)
Gillingham
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Dorus DE VRIES17Mamadou SAMASSA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Ryan SHOTTON26JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
Charlie MULGREW38Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez
Sekou BARADJI847Rhys WILLIAMS
Zeki FRYERS57Vegard FORREN
Phil OFOSU-AYEH67Joost VAN AKEN
Elliott LIST67Felipe TEIXEIRA
Junior HOILETT8Kasey PALMER
Conor WILKINSON97Adam ARMSTRONG
Albert ADOMAH610Sjoerd ARS
MARCO André da Silva Lopes MATIAS6116Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona
Manager
Noel MBO12Jack RODWELL
Josh EARL13David RAYA Martin
Luke O'NEILL14Peter WHITTINGHAM
Juan Rafael FUENTES Hernández15Jacob DAVENPORT
Dean LEWINGTON16MIKEL ALONSO Olano

Gillingham 0 Blackburn Rovers 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 10,492, Stadium: Priestfield, Referee: Andre MARRINER 7)
Scorers23 Palmer, 30 Palmer
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners5
6Fouls1
4Offsides5
6Shots on4
6Shots off9
12Total shots13
5Shots saved2
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Sekou BARADJI
3PALMER ran onto a wonderful ball from TEIXEIRA but fumbled his shot wide.
6The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from TEIXEIRA.
6LIST dribbled away from PALMER and flicked a poor shot well wide.
16A free-kick from WILLIAMS raced just beyond the far post.
20A shot from HOILETT was hoofed off the line by FORREN.
23GOAL!! OVIEDO made space for PALMER who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, thrust the ball past DE VRIES. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
30GOAL!! A TEIXEIRA run down the middle resulted in an exceptional cross for PALMER to fire in. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
32A twenty-five yard drive from MARCO MATIAS caused SAMASSA no problem.
33A poor strike from TEIXEIRA trickled agonisingly wide.
37WILLIAMS headed inches over.
38A penalty box meleé resulted in HOILETT driving the ball over.
39ARMSTRONG beat two Gillingham players and slammed a golden opportunity just wide.
 
55An exceptional effort from WILKINSON scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
61SAMASSA saved a glorious shot from HOILETT.
64A useful ball from TEIXEIRA on the right bobbled toward WILLIAMS who sliced his effort just beyond the far post.
68PALMER poked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
71LIST worked the ball to ADOMAH, MARCO MATIAS collected his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
75Uncertainty in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled MULGREW to crack an effort just wide.
75An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of SAMASSA by LIST.
77The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from FRYERS fell just over.
77FORREN booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
78WILKINSON shot wide.
80A shot from TEIXEIRA seemed a certain goal but the Gillingham 'keeper managed to force the ball clear.
89MARCO MATIAS made space on the left and dragged the ball to MULGREW who touched the ball wide.
90An exceptional shot from HOILETT was dealt with by a good parry from the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.