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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 36 (setup 4, season 34)
Port Vale
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Dan BENTLEY16Ørjan Håskjold NYLAND
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Tariq LAMPTEY727JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
Marc BOLA63Amari'i BELL
Brice DJA DJEDJE748John BUCKLEY
Jake COOPER758Vegard FORREN
Glen REA6Rhys WILLIAMS
Marcus HARNESS76Reda KHADRA
Josh PARKER687Bradley JOHNSON
Denis Andrés STRACQUALURSI79Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Ricky MILLER106Sam GALLAGHER
Valeri BOJINOV11Adam ARMSTRONG
Manager
Dennis ODOI12Dominic SAMUEL
Aidan STONE138Barry DOUGLAS
Theo VASSELL14Hayden CARTER
Cristian Alexis MONTAÑO Castillo15Dan BUTTERWORTH
Cody DRAMEH16Kasey PALMER

Port Vale 0 Blackburn Rovers 3
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 16,128, Stadium: Vale Park, Referee: Dave FOSTER 5½)
Scorers25 Brereton Díaz, 79 Armstrong, 85 Johnson
Substitutions55 Bell <=> Douglas
40 BolaSendings off
13 Bola, 34 Dja DjedjeBookings
3Corners20
13Fouls19
5Offsides3
2Shots on16
4Shots off5
6Total shots21
1Shots saved13
38%Possession62%
Man of the match: Barry DOUGLAS
1A drive from STRACQUALURSI seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to palm the ball away.
3The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from JOHNSON.
12BOJINOV stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
13BOLA cautioned for a late foul.
25GOAL!! A deep cross by FORREN was met by BRERETON DÍAZ who galloped in to score. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
28The 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely shot from Blackburn Rovers's JOHNSON.
34A neatly crafted pass from KHADRA, was hit goalbound by BRERETON DÍAZ only for the 'keeper to block.
34DJA DJEDJE receives a yellow card for a clinical tackle on WILLIAMS.
38ARMSTRONG's shot was well held by the Port Vale 'keeper.
40The referee gave BOLA a second yellow card for a poor challenge on JOHNSON.
41A penalty box meleé resulted in BRERETON DÍAZ driving the ball over.
 
48A weak strike from STRACQUALURSI rolled agonisingly wide.
59GALLAGHER beat four Port Vale players and fired a shot just beyond the far post.
61A great save prevented DOUGLAS from scoring a great goal.
67JORGE TEIXEIRA beat DJA DJEDJE but drove the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
78A header by JOHNSON at the near post was easily collected by BENTLEY.
79GOAL!! Unlucky KHADRA hit the crossbar before ARMSTRONG stroked the ball home as LAMPTEY failed to clear. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
80Uncertainty in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled STRACQUALURSI to hit an effort just beyond the near post.
83GALLAGHER worked the ball to ARMSTRONG, DOUGLAS collected his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of BENTLEY.
85GOAL!! An energetic BRERETON DÍAZ ran down the left wing and dragged the ball back for JOHNSON to hammer home. (3-0 Blackburn Rovers)
88BRERETON DÍAZ clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Port Vale 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
90+1JOHNSON waltzed past HARNESS and rifled a poor shot well wide.