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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 44 (setup 5, season 16)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Newport County
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Jason STEELE18Joe DAY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Jorge Ciro FUCILE Perdomo827Jazzi BARNUM-BOBB
Charlie MULGREW836Dan BUTLER
Jason LOWE47Mitch ROSE
Gordon GREER56Scot BENNETT
Darragh LENIHAN67Darren JONES
Modou SOUGOU76Jack COMPTON
Balázs DZSUDZSÁK887Olamide SHODIPO
Danny GRAHAM9Ryan BIRD
Ben MARSHALL610Joss LABADIE
Nathan DELFOUNESO11Craig REID
Manager
Elliott BENNETT12Jamie TURLEY
David RAYA Martin13James BITTNER
Tommie HOBAN614Ben TOZER
Danny GUTHRIE15Mark RANDALL
Sam GALLAGHER166Mickey DEMETRIOU

Blackburn Rovers 3 Newport County 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 17,022, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Trevor KETTLE 8)
44 Dzsudzsák, 81 Graham, 82 LoweScorers
77 Greer <=> HobanSubstitutions78 Jones <=> Demetriou
Sendings off
8 LenihanBookings7 Reid
1Corners11
4Fouls25
1Offsides3
5Shots on2
7Shots off4
12Total shots6
2Shots saved2
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Jason LOWE
6A penalty box meleé resulted in MARSHALL knocking the ball wide.
7REID cautioned for a bad tackle.
8A poor tackle on REID by LENIHAN results in a booking.
15A wonderful save prevented SOUGOU from scoring an exceptional goal.
15COMPTON beat two Blackburn Rovers players and stroked a golden opportunity just wide.
18A free-kick from FUCILE flew just wide.
20A great effort from GREER scraped the upright.
23GRAHAM was put clear by SOUGOU and he dummied DAY but rammed his shot just beyond the far post.
24A good ball from SOUGOU on the left found GREER who sliced his effort just wide.
28A cross from SHODIPO left BUTLER in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
33JONES nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
37SHODIPO's shot beat STEELE but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers woodwork.
44GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed LOWE to play the ball to DZSUDZSÁK who drove a left foot shot into the back of the net. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
 
47Uncertainty in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled COMPTON to hit the ball wide.
53SHODIPO raced past SOUGOU but placed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
55The motionless DAY stared in disbelief as a backpass from SHODIPO fell just over.
57An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of the 'keeper by GRAHAM.
59DELFOUNESO drove a right foot shot inches over from long range.
81GOAL!! A deep cross by MULGREW was met by GRAHAM who galloped in to score. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
82GOAL!! After some patient play on the right LOWE came inside and whacked the ball into the back of the net. (3-0 Blackburn Rovers)