BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers comes back against Rotherham United with a goal on the S. Morrison 31′ and a goal on the T. Eaves 82′. Blackburn Rovers was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%)
The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 13,054 spectators. The referee was Jarred Gillett with the assistance of Darren Cann and Daniel Robathan. The 4th official was Steve Martin. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.39 degrees Celsius or 43.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 18 Total 13
- 9 On Target 4
- 1 Off Target 7
- 8 Shots blocked 2
- 118 Attack 103
- 75 Dangerous attack 33
- 76 Ball safe 84
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
Fouls
- 6 Total 11
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Blackburn Rovers had a strong ball possession 62% while Rotherham United was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Blackburn Rovers was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 9 were on target. However, that was not enough Blackburn Rovers to win the match.
Blackburn Rovers shot 18 times, 9 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rotherham United shot 13 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Blackburn Rovers didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Rotherham United received 1 yellow card (Sean Morrison).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Blackburn Rovers has 32 points like Millwall and Swansea City to hold in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Rotherham United will has 18 points to hold in the 24th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will play away with West Bromwich Albion on the 13th of January with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Blackburn Rovers (6 draws).
Rotherham United will host Stoke City on the 13th of January with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Stoke City (4 draws).
Blackburn Rovers – Formation
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Blackburn Rovers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Dominic Hyam, Leopold Wahlstedt
, Callum Brittain , James Hill , Hayden Carter , Harry Pickering , Adam Wharton , Sondre Tronstad , Andrew Moran , Sammie Szmodics , Arnór Sigurdsson and Semir Telalović .The home team had on the bench: Dilan Markanday
, Jake Garrett, Niall Ennis , Patrick Gamble, Harry Leonard, Zak Gilsenan, Lewis Travis, Charlie Weston and Joe Hilton.Substitutions
Blackburn Rovers made 2 changes: Andrew Moran for Dilan Markanday (64′) and Semir Telalović for Niall Ennis (64′).
Player of the match: Callum Brittain
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Callum Brittain.
His rating is
with 71 passes (97% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.Rotherham United – Formation
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Rotherham United started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Leam Richardson played with: Viktor Johansson
, Dexter Lembikisa , Hakeem Odofin , Sean Morrison , Sebastian Revan , Cohen Bramall , Christ Tiehi , Sam Clucas , Oliver Rathbone , Tom Eaves , Sam Nombe .The following players were sitting on the bench: Jordan Hugill
, Jamie Lindsay , Cafú , Georgie Kelly, Dillon Phillips, Arvin Appiah and Ciaran McGuckin.Substitutions
Rotherham United made 5 changes: Sam Nombe for Jordan Hugill (67′), Sam Clucas for Jamie Lindsay (67′), Tom Eaves for Georgie Kelly (90′), Oliver Rathbone for Cafú (77′) and Dexter Lembikisa for Arvin Appiah (78′).
Player of the match: Viktor Johansson
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rotherham United was the goalkeeper: Viktor Johansson. His rating is 8.36. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Swansea City – West Bromwich Albion – 1-0
- Sunderland – Preston North End – 2-0
- Stoke City – Ipswich Town – 0-0
- Sheffield Wednesday – Hull City – 3-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Cardiff City – 1-2
- Plymouth Argyle – Watford – 3-3
- Norwich City – Southampton – 1-1
- Middlesbrough – Coventry City – 1-3
- Leicester City – Huddersfield Town – 4-1
- Leeds United – Birmingham City – 3-0
- Bristol City – Millwall – 0-1
- Blackburn Rovers – Rotherham United – 2-2