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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 4, season 35)
Middlesbrough
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel BACHMANN1Ørjan Håskjold NYLAND
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Kevin MBABU2JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
Emil KRAFTH63Amari'i BELL
Matt CROOKS47John BUCKLEY
Patrick McNAIR57Vegard FORREN
Dael FRY767Rhys WILLIAMS
Jonny HOWSON76Kasey PALMER
Martin BRAITHWAITE86Dan BUTTERWORTH
Lukas NMECHA79Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho106Sam GALLAGHER
Britt ASSOMBALONGA11Adam ARMSTRONG
Manager
Daniel Sánchez AYALA12Mamadou SAMASSA
James LEA SILIKI13Reda KHADRA
Marcus TAVERNIER14Hayden CARTER
Lewis WING615Ian POVEDA
Riley McGREE166Jacob DAVENPORT

Middlesbrough 1 Blackburn Rovers 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 23,504, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Grant HEGLEY 7½, TV: live)
77 MbabuScorers3 Brereton Díaz, 28 Armstrong
46 Rodrigo Muniz <=> Wing, 57 Nmecha <=> Lea SilikiSubstitutions79 Williams <=> Davenport
Sendings off
37 AssombalongaBookings66 Armstrong
3Corners3
4Fouls7
1Offsides0
9Shots on3
9Shots off0
18Total shots3
8Shots saved1
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Kevin MBABU
1An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the 'keeper by NMECHA.
2BACHMANN dived to his right to save an accurate shot from Blackburn Rovers's BRERETON DÍAZ.
3GOAL!! BRERETON DÍAZ hit a glorious twenty yard shot past the hapless 'keeper. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
5A shot from HOWSON held no problem for the 'keeper.
7A penalty box scramble resulted in BRAITHWAITE driving a low shot over.
15A shot from ASSOMBALONGA was smothered by NYLAND.
18A accurate pass fell to HOWSON and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
22A corner was collected by CROOKS who fired the ball over.
22A cross from CROOKS left NMECHA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
25A great save prevented BRAITHWAITE from scoring an exceptional goal.
28GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled ARMSTRONG to crack the ball into the net. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
30A neatly crafted cross from HOWSON, was hit goalbound by BRAITHWAITE only for the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper to claw away.
34BRAITHWAITE ran onto a wonderful ball from CROOKS but fumbled his effort wide.
37ASSOMBALONGA given a yellow card for a clinical foul.
44The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper was able to claw away a poor header from HOWSON.
45+1HOWSON beat PALMER and blasted the ball to CROOKS who fumbled his effort wide.
 
60A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
66ARMSTRONG given a yellow card by HEGLEY.
69WING shot wide.
77GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from CROOKS shook the crossbar and in the ensuing scramble the ball was kicked into the net by MBABU. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
80An exceptional effort from LEA SILIKI scraped the woodwork.
89A header by LEA SILIKI at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
90The bemused NYLAND was all agog as a backpass from GALLAGHER fell just over.