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Commentary
MERTENS worked the ball to HARALDSSON, ZAKARIA gathered his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of TURNER.
ROTHWELL knocked the ball to KIWIOR who nodded it over.
20¹DOWNES was put clear by HOEDT and he nutmegged the Bradford City 'keeper but thrust his shot over the bar.
21¹DOWNES booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
24¹GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed GALLAGHER to touch the ball to TAYLOR who drove a right foot shot home. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
25¹A great shot from DOLAN was dealt with by a useful stop from BOUNOU.
26¹The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from HARALDSSON.
28¹JATTA booked for a bad foul on GALLAGHER.
32¹A drive from TRAVIS seemed a certain goal but BOUNOU managed to parry the ball away.
33¹A late challenge on ROTHWELL by WIJNDAL results in a booking.
34¹ROTHWELL snapped at an easy chance.
39¹MATSIMA ran onto a delightful ball from TAYLOR but hit his effort wide of the goal.
44¹A header by SMITH ROWE at the far post was comfortably collected by TURNER.
45¹A cross from MERTENS left HARALDSSON in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
A free-kick from DOLAN went over.
A weak shot from ROTHWELL rolled agonisingly wide.
12²Uncertainty in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled HARALDSSON to crack an effort wide.
20²The 'keeper dived to his right to stop a fierce shot from Blackburn Rovers's TAYLOR.
24²SMITH ROWE dummied DOLAN but hit the ball into the arms of TURNER.
30²HARALDSSON's shot beat TURNER but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers woodwork.
33²SMITH ROWE beat two Blackburn Rovers players and slammed a shot just beyond the near post.
38²A great effort from ZAKARIA scraped the upright.
42²JATTA shot over.

 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 22
Home league form: LX--
Overall league form: LLLXLXW-
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Matt TURNER1Yassine BOUNOU
Lewis TRAVIS2Alessandro FLORENZI
Jakub KIWIOR3ANGELIÑO
Flynn DOWNES4Dries MERTENS(c)
Chrislain MATSIMA5ALEX SANDRO Lobo
Wesley HOEDT6Owen WIJNDAL
Joe ROTHWELL7Emiliano BUENDIA
Kenneth TAYLOR8Emile SMITH ROWE
(p)Sam GALLAGHER9Alassana JATTA(p)
(f)Tyrhys DOLAN10Denis ZAKARIA(f)
Adam ARMSTRONG11Hákon HARALDSSON
Manager
Jack VALE  12  Hugo GUILLAMÓN
Aynsley PEARS  13  Senne LAMMENS
Ben WHITEMAN  14Warren O'HORA
David WOLFE  15  Marco VERRATTI
Duncan WATMORE  16Tom McINTYRE
 
Bradford City
 
League position: 11
Away league form: XWL-
Overall league form: LWXWWLL-
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Blackburn Rovers 1 Bradford City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 29,160, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Kevin Wright 7½)

Taylor 24¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
 WijndalóMcIntyre 24², Alex SandroóO'Hora 26²
  
 Jatta 28¹, Wijndal 33¹
00
415
01
45
75
1110
34
56%44%
Man of the match: Jakub Kiwior