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4¹	A weak strike from GALLAGHER bounced agonisingly wide.
5¹	An exceptional strike from DOLAN was dealt with by a fine parry from the Southend United 'keeper.
13¹	A penalty box scramble resulted in BRERETON DÍAZ driving a low shot wide.
14¹	An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by COX.
20¹	BRYAN's shot was well held by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
21¹	GOAL!! GINNELLY tried to play the ball out of the Southend United penalty area but was tackled by BRERETON DÍAZ who headed the ball to GALLAGHER for an easy tap in. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
22¹	JEONG made space on the left and pulled the ball to DOLAN who rasped the ball wide.
24¹	A shot from CHOUDHURY was headed off the line by KRISTIANSEN.
26¹	BESIC floated the ball to KELMAN who headed it inches wide.
37¹	DOLAN was put clear by BRERETON DÍAZ and he dummied the Southend United 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
44¹	A mix up in the Southend United defence enabled BRERETON DÍAZ to thump the ball inches over.
9²	GOAL!! A nice run by WHARTON on the left was capped by a delightful cross which BRERETON DÍAZ fired in at the far post. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
11²	DOLAN flicked a deadly shot wide from thirty yards out.
13²	GUNN did well to hold onto a wicked shot from CHOUDHURY.
15²	KELMAN ran onto a delightful ball from BESIC but blasted his shot wide of the righthand post.
25²	A corner was collected by DOLAN who fired the ball over.
33²	A useful ball from DOLAN on the right fell to BRERETON DÍAZ who sliced his shot inches over.
37²	A header by KELMAN at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
38²	CHOUDHURY flicked a simple chance past the righthand post.
41²	GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed KELMAN to touch the ball to BESIC who drilled a deadly shot into the net. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
43²	ARMSTRONG nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
45²	GALLAGHER clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Southend United 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.

Southend United

League position:

Home league form:

XWOL

Overall league form:

XXWLOLLL

Formation:

4-3-3

Line-ups

^(c)Brice SAMBA	6½	1	6½	Angus GUNN
Milan VAN EWIJK	6½	2	7½	Lewis TRAVIS
Joe BRYAN	6	3	7	Victor KRISTIANSEN
Ryan LEONARD	6	4	7	Adam WHARTON
Scott McKENNA	6½	5	6½	Ashley PHILLIPS
Taylor HARWOOD-BELLIS	6	6	6½	Hayden CARTER
Hamza CHOUDHURY	8	7	7	JEONG Sang-bin
Josh GINNELLY	6	8	6½	Tyrhys DOLAN
^(p)Charlie KELMAN	7	9	6½	Sam GALLAGHER^(p)
^(f)Muhamed BESIC	6½	10	5½	Adam ARMSTRONG^(c,f)
Simon COX	6	11	7½	Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
	Manager
John GUIDETTI		12		Kasey PALMER
Paulo GAZZANIGA		13		Thomas KAMINSKI
Stephen McLAUGHLIN		14		Callum BRITTAIN
Elvis BWOMONO		15	8	Julio SOLER
Michael KLASS		16		Jairo QUINTEROS

Blackburn Rovers

League position:

Away league form:

LXXL

Overall league form:

WLLXLXLW

Formation:

4-3-3

Statistics

Southend United 1 Blackburn Rovers 2

(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 13,237, Stadium: Roots Hall, Referee: Thomas Drage 7½)

Besic 41²

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

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Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Gallagher 21¹, Brereton Díaz 9²

WhartonóSoler 20²

49%

51%

¶ Man of the match: Julio Soler ¶