BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers beats Cardiff City 1-0 after B. Dack scored just 1 goal (49′).

The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Bramall who had the assistance of Nicholas Hopton and Akil Howson. The 4th official was Martin Coy. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.9 degrees Celsius or 46.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Blackburn Rovers was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Cardiff City that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cardiff City was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Blackburn Rovers found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Blackburn Rovers shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Cardiff City shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards (Jake Garrett, Ryan Hedges and Scott Wharton). Regarding the opposition, Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards (J. Simpson and Mark Harris).

Standings

After playing this contest, Blackburn Rovers will have 42 points to remain in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Cardiff City will stay with 28 points to remain in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will play away against Millwall on the 6th of May with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Blackburn Rovers (6 draws).

Cardiff City will play away agasint Burnley on the 6th of May with a 6-3 head to head record in favor of Cardiff City (11 draws).

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Thomas Kaminski (6.8), Joe Rankin-Costello (6.4), Daniel Ayala (7.3), Dominic Hyam (7.6), Harry Pickering (6.8), Tyler Morton (7.6), Jake Garrett (7.4), Ryan Hedges (6.8), Bradley Dack (7.1), Ben Brereton Díaz (6.2) and Sam Gallagher (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Adetayo Edun (6.6), Lewis Travis (6.6), Aynsley Pears, Adam Wharton, Scott Wharton (6.8), Jack Vale and Dilan Markanday.

Blackburn Rovers could not rely on the presence of Adam Wharton (injured).

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 4 changes: Joe Rankin-Costello for Scott Wharton (54′), Harry Pickering for Tayo Edun (78′), Jake Garrett for Lewis Travis (78′) and Tyler Morton for Adam Wharton (88′).

Best player: Tyler Morton​

The most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Tyler Morton even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 62 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 3 crosses.

Cardiff City – Formation

Also Cardiff City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mark Hudson played with: Ryan Allsop (6.5), Thomas Sang (6.3), Perry Ng (6.8), Cédric Kipré (6.8), Jack Simpson (6.1), Joe Ralls (6.5), Ryan Wintle (6.9), Gavin Whyte (6.4), Callum Robinson (6.4), Callum O’Dowda (7.3) and Mark Harris (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Rohan Luthra, Jaden Philogene-Bidace (6.6), Rubin Colwill (6.6), Curtis Nelson, Sheyi Ojo (6.4), Isaak Davies (6.4) and Andy Rinomhota (6.4).

Substitutions

Cardiff City made 5 changes: G. Whyte for A. Rinomhota (58′), J. Simpson for Rubin Colwill (58′), J. Ralls for S. Ojo (58′), C. Robinson for I. Davies (66′) and Mark Harris for J. Philogene-Bidace (78′).

Best player: Callum O’Dowda​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cardiff City was Callum O’Dowda.

His rating is (7.3) with 38 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 18. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Blackburn Rovers – Cardiff City – 1-0
• Coventry City – Bristol City – 1-1
• Millwall – Rotherham United – 3-0
• Huddersfield Town – Luton Town – 1-2
• Blackpool – Sunderland – 1-1