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Commentary
The ref books GUÐJÓNSSON.
GREENACRE booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
13¹VAUGHAN whacked a right foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
15¹CHO made space on the right and dragged the ball to THOMAS who clipped the ball over.
19¹A useful ball from THOMAS on the right bobbled toward SIMONSEN who scuffed his shot wide.
23¹McSHEFFREY beat DOUMBE but blasted the ball into the arms of the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
30¹GOAL!! Unlucky THOMAS hit the crossbar before CARLISLE rattled the ball into the net as MIKEL ALONSO failed to clear. (1-0 Stoke City)
35¹TEIXEIRA booked.
42¹A corner found McSHEFFREY who flicked the ball inches wide.
GUÐJÓNSSON brought the ball past DUFF and rattled a tame shot over the bar.
VAUGHAN booked for a cynical foul.
14²McSHEFFREY fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
15²HIGGINBOTHAM beat two Stoke City players and fired an effort just beyond the near post.
16²An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Stoke City 'keeper by MARIN.
21²ROBERTS booked for dangerous play.
23²TEIXEIRA shown the red card for a poor foul he had already received a yellow card earlier in the match.
25²GUÐJÓNSSON stabbed an easy chance past the near post.
28²McSHEFFREY was put clear by ROBERTS and he beat MARSHALL but thrust his shot just wide.
30²An exceptional effort from LALLANA scraped the outside of the righthand post.
36²CLARKE cautioned by JONES for a clumsy foul.
42²A mix up in the Stoke City defence enabled HIGGINBOTHAM to thump an effort wide.
44²TODOROV given a yellow card by JONES.

 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 10
Home league form: LOWW
Overall league form: LLLOWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Andy MARSHALL1Steve SIMONSEN
Mike DUFF2Brian WILSON
(c)Danny HIGGINBOTHAM3Gareth ROBERTS
MIKEL ALONSO Olano4Frédéric THOMAS(c)
Mathias DOUMBE5Clarke CARLISLE
Felipe TEIXEIRA6Bjarni Eggerts GUÐJÓNSSON
Nicolas MARIN7John OSTER
David VAUGHAN8Gary McSHEFFREY
(p)Leon CLARKE9Chris GREENACRE(p)
(f)Svetoslav TODOROV10CHO Won-hui(f)
Jamie WARD11Adam LALLANA
Manager
Andy SANDELL  12  Lewis EMANUEL
Joe BURNELL  13  Nicky WEAVER
Stefan MOORE  14  Jermaine JOHNSON
 15  Marc BRIDGE-WILKINSON
Jamie BURNS  16Marc GOODFELLOW
 
Stoke City
 
League position: 16
Away league form: LLLW
Overall league form: LLLWLLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Blackburn Rovers 0 Stoke City 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 16,165, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Michael Jones 5½)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Carlisle 30¹
 OsteróGoodfellow 34²
Teixeira 23² 
Teixeira 35¹, Vaughan 7², Clarke 36², Todorov 44²Guðjónsson 1¹, Roberts 21²
56
1710
23
24
69
813
23
45%55%
Man of the match: Clarke Carlisle