BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers snatched a late win Swansea City 1-0 after D. Ayala scored just 1 goal (89′).
The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Bramall with the help of Graham Kane and Richard Wild. The 4th official was Rob Lewis.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 8 Total 10
- 3 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 80 Attack 94
- 39 Dangerous attack 30
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 3
Fouls
- 10 Total 10
- 4 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Blackburn Rovers was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Swansea City that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Blackburn Rovers was more aggressive with 39 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Blackburn Rovers won the match.
Blackburn Rovers shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Swansea City shot 10 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Blackburn Rovers received 5 yellow cards (Sorba Thomas, Lewis Travis, Daniel Ayala, Tyrhys Dolan and Daniel Ayala). Regarding the opposition, Swansea City didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Blackburn Rovers will have 49 points like Sunderland and Millwall to hold in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Swansea City will stay with 42 points like Hull City and Preston North End to sit in the 12th 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 stats in favor of Blackburn Rovers (6 draws).
Swansea City will host West Bromwich Albion on the 6th of May with a 12-8 head to head stats in favor of Swansea City (3 draws).
Blackburn Rovers – Formation
Blackburn Rovers
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Blackburn Rovers started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Aynsley Pears , Sorba Thomas , Hayden Carter , Daniel Ayala , Dominic Hyam , Harry Pickering , Tyrhys Dolan , Lewis Travis , John Buckley , Ben Brereton Díaz and Sam Gallagher .
The home team had on the bench: Ashley Phillips, Tyler Morton, Ryan Hedges , Callum Brittain, Bradley Dack, Sammie Szmodics and Joe Hilton.
Blackburn Rovers could not rely on the presence of S. Szmodics (injured).
Substitutions
Blackburn Rovers made 3 changes: Sam Gallagher for Bradley Dack (73′), B. Brereton for Ryan Hedges (78′) and B. Dack for Sammie Szmodics (86′).
Best player: Hayden Carter
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Hayden Carter even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 59 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9.
Swansea City – Formation
Swansea City
Swansea City started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Russell Martin played with: Andrew Fisher , Ben Cabango , Nathan Wood , Harry Darling , Joel Latibeaudiere , Joe Allen , Matt Grimes , Ryan Manning , Jay Fulton , Luke Cundle and Joël Piroe .
They had on the bench: Liam Cullen , Morgan Whittaker, Liam Walsh, Matthew Sorinola, Andreas Søndergaard, Olivier Ntcham and Oliver Cooper .
Substitutions
Swansea City made 4 changes: Luke Cundle for Oliver Cooper (60′), Joe Allen for Liam Cullen (72′), Harry Darling for Matthew Sorinola (90′) and Jay Fulton for Morgan Whittaker (90′).
Best player: Ryan Manning
The most impressive player for Swansea City was Ryan Manning.
His rating is with 31 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 16. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Wigan Athletic – Norwich City – 0-0
- Sunderland – Bristol City – 1-1
- Rotherham United – Coventry City – 0-2
- Millwall – Sheffield United – 3-2
- Middlesbrough – Queens Park Rangers – 3-1
- Luton Town – Burnley – 0-1
- Hull City – Preston North End – 0-0
- Huddersfield Town – Birmingham City – 2-1
- Blackpool – Stoke City – 1-0
- Blackburn Rovers – Swansea City – 1-0
