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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 6, season 21)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Middlesbrough
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Christian WALTON515Anthony LOPES
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Tosin ADARABIOYO26Dael FRY
Dimitris GIANNOULIS73Mickey VAN DE VEN
Joe ROTHWELL48Lewis COOK
Darragh LENIHAN5Patrick McNAIR
Grant HANLEY667Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Mauro Abel FORMICA77George SAVILLE
Anthony GORDON8Duncan WATMORE
Armando BROJA9Ciro IMMOBILE
Ben BRERETON DÍAZ610Matt CROOKS
Josip DRMIC711Andraz SPORAR
Manager
Nick BLACKMAN12Ryan GILES
Josh KEELEY13Josh CLARKE
Ashley PHILLIPS14Hayden HACKNEY
Elliott BENNETT15Marc BOLA
Tyler MORTON166Marcus FORSS

Blackburn Rovers 3 Middlesbrough 4
(Half-time: 3-3, Attendance: 23,138, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Colin WEBSTER 7)
18 Broja, 22 Broja, 28 BrojaScorers16 Crooks, 32 Cook, 43 Watmore, 85 Immobile
Substitutions86 Ayala <=> Forss
Sendings off
49 BrojaBookings8 Ayala, 25 Crooks, 58 McNair
2Corners2
13Fouls14
2Offsides1
6Shots on5
2Shots off5
8Total shots10
2Shots saved0
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Lewis COOK
1IMMOBILE's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
3A poor strike from GORDON rolled agonisingly wide.
7A fine ball from LENIHAN on the right fell to DRMIC who scuffed his shot over the bar.
8AYALA cautioned by the ref for a bad challenge.
16GOAL!! A deep corner left WALTON struggling and CROOKS banged the ball over the line. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
18GOAL!! A shot from BROJA bobbled through a ruck of players and trickled past the unsighted Middlesbrough 'keeper. (1-1)
22GOAL!! A scuffed DRMIC shot bobbled toward BROJA who made no mistake from just outside the area. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
25CROOKS booked for a poor foul on DRMIC.
28GOAL!! A terrible clearance dropped to GIANNOULIS who sliced a shot goalward, luckily BROJA was on hand to hit the ball in off the post. (3-1 Blackburn Rovers)
32A cross from SAVILLE left SPORAR in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
32GOAL!! A quick-witted COOK pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (3-2 Blackburn Rovers)
39IMMOBILE floated the ball to SPORAR who touched it over.
43GOAL!! A Middlesbrough counter-attack allowed CROOKS to setup WATMORE with an easy goal. (3-3)
 
48IMMOBILE shot over.
49BROJA cautioned by the referee.
58A clumsy tackle on HANLEY by MCNAIR results in a booking.
66The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from BROJA.
75A pin-point pass found WATMORE and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
81DRMIC touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Middlesbrough 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
83LOPES did well to hold onto a wicked shot from DRMIC.
85GOAL!! A great solo effort from IMMOBILE who beat three defenders before rocketing the ball in off the post. (4-3 Middlesbrough)
88COOK made space on the left and dragged the ball to CROOKS who rasped the ball over.