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Commentary
1¹A right foot shot from ROGERS was forced wide by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
2¹WATKINS booked.
3¹BUREY brought the ball round SCOTT and rifled a poor shot over the bar.
11¹GORDON ran onto a great ball from COLWILL but fired his shot wide.
13¹The Birmingham City 'keeper dived to his right to stop a lovely drive from Blackburn Rovers's GIBBS-WHITE.
18¹A good ball from MARTÍNEZ on the right was collected by WATKINS who mishit his shot just beyond the near post.
20¹GOAL!! A great shot from COLLINS was punched clear by the 'keeper only as far as WATKINS who lashed the ball past the stranded Birmingham City 'keeper. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
24¹GOAL!! A patient Blackburn Rovers side were rewarded with a fierce shot from WATKINS. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
26¹BUREY beat ROGERS and hit the ball to FREY who fumbled his effort wide.
30¹GOAL!! A Blackburn Rovers counter-attack allowed GIBBS-WHITE to setup GARNACHO with a simple goal. (3-0 Blackburn Rovers)
35¹GOAL!! A long shot from ADARABIOYO deflected off the boot of BUREY and into his own net. (4-0 Blackburn Rovers)
2²GORDON was put clear by GIBBS-WHITE and he pulled away from OKOYE but rammed his shot inches over.
3²GOAL!! A long ball from McNALLY down the middle was collected by the lurking CACACE who placed a deadly shot in off the post. (4-1 Blackburn Rovers)
6²A cross from SUNJIC left VASSILEV in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
10²OAKLEY beat two Blackburn Rovers players and thundered a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
13²SUNJIC worked the ball to FREY, VASSILEV collected his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
17²GARNACHO cautioned by the ref.
23²PENN books COLLINS for violent conduct against HALL.
30²A free-kick from VASSILEV flew over the bar.
38²COLWILL cautioned by PENN for a late challenge.
44²A cynical tackle gets McNALLY a yellow card.
44²A corner found WATKINS who fired an effort just beyond the far post.

 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 2
Home league form: LWWW
Overall league form: LLWWXWXW
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
James TRAFFORD7½16½Maduka OKOYE
Tosin ADARABIOYO7 27 Cesar AZPILICUETA(c)
Lisandro MARTÍNEZ8½36½Liberato CACACE
Levi COLWILL7½47½Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG
Nathan COLLINS7½56½Luke McNALLY
Alex SCOTT6½66½Nico GORDON
Alejandro GARNACHO6½77 Tyler BUREY
Morgan GIBBS-WHITE6 86½Indiana VASSILEV
(c,p)Ollie WATKINS7½96 Michael FREY(p)
(f)Anthony GORDON7 106 Ivan SUNJIC(f)
Morgan ROGERS7½117 Sinclair ARMSTRONG
Heath BROWNManager
RODRIGO MORA de Carvalho  12  Odin BAILEY
Alex MERET  13  Pierluigi GOLLINI
Tyler MORTON  14  Harlee DEAN
ANSU FATI  156 Marcel OAKLEY
C.J. EGAN-RILEY  166 George HALL
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 19
Away league form: LWLL
Overall league form: WLLWWXLO
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Blackburn Rovers 4 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 4-0, Attendance: 36,299, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Andy Penn 7½)

Watkins 20¹, Watkins 24¹, Garnacho 30¹, Burey 35¹ (og)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Cacace 3²
 ArmstrongóOakley 2², BureyóHall 2²
  
Watkins 2¹, Garnacho 17², Collins 23², Colwill 38²McNally 44²
68
103
102
65
98
1513
22
50%50%
Man of the match: Lisandro Martínez