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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 21 (setup 4, season 37)
Newcastle United
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Mark GILLESPIE1Thomas KAMINSKI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Timothée PEMBÉLÉ2Callum BRITTAIN
Raphaël GUERREIRO36Victor KRISTIANSEN
Leon GORETZKA4Adam WHARTON
GONÇALO Bernardino INÁCIO65Jairo QUINTEROS Sierra
Sven BOTMAN76Ashley PHILLIPS
ANTONY Matheus dos Santos7JEONG Sang-bin
Federico CHIESA787Kasey PALMER
GONÇALO Matias RAMOS69Sam GALLAGHER
Brian BROBBEY106Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Benjamin SESKO611Adam ARMSTRONG
Manager
NUNO Alexandre Tavares MENDES12Jake GARRETT
Felix AFENA-GYAN13Angus GUNN
Nicolás González Iglesias, NICO146Tyler MORTON
Eliot MATAZO15Adetayo EDUN
Jacob MURPHY16John BUCKLEY

Newcastle United 2 Blackburn Rovers 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 51,992, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Hilmar WEILANDT 7½)
16 Chiesa, 56 GuerreiroScorers30 Gallagher, 53 Brereton Díaz
54 Gonçalo Ramos <=> MurphySubstitutions55 Palmer <=> Morton
Sendings off
27 BotmanBookings20 Jeong, 41 Wharton, 51 Brereton Díaz
2Corners4
12Fouls17
3Offsides3
10Shots on5
11Shots off1
21Total shots6
8Shots saved3
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Callum BRITTAIN
14SESKO raced past JEONG but fired the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
16GOAL!! With his back to goal CHIESA swivelled and stabbed the ball past the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (1-0 Newcastle United)
18GORETZKA beat PALMER and drove the ball to CHIESA who fumbled his shot wide.
20JEONG booked.
24The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper was able to block a fierce effort.
26A header by GONÇALO RAMOS at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
27The referee cautions BOTMAN for dangerous play against BRERETON DÍAZ.
30GOAL!! A delightful dribble from KRISTIANSEN gave BRERETON DÍAZ space on the left and GALLAGHER stabbed in his pin-point pass. (1-1)
37A cross from CHIESA left ANTONY in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
38The hapless KAMINSKI could only watch as a backpass from JEONG dropped just over.
41WEILANDT yellow cards WHARTON.
45+1A good ball from GORETZKA on the left found GUERREIRO who scuffed his shot inches wide.
 
46A delightful save prevented BROBBEY from scoring a good goal.
51BRERETON DÍAZ booked for violent conduct.
53GOAL!! A poor clearance dropped to PHILLIPS who mishit a shot goalward, luckily BRERETON DÍAZ was on hand to hit the ball into the net. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
55A corner found MURPHY who turned the ball wide.
56GOAL!! A tackle from QUINTEROS gave Newcastle United a free-kick twenty-five yards out which GUERREIRO drove past KAMINSKI. (2-2)
58A poor strike from CHIESA bounced agonisingly wide.
68MORTON's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
81BOTMAN beat three Blackburn Rovers players and thundered a great chance over the bar.
83ARMSTRONG chipped the ball to BRERETON DÍAZ who touched it wide.
89SESKO ran onto a great ball from CHIESA but fumbled his shot wide.