LONDON. Blackburn Rovers beat Queens Park Rangers 3-1 thanks to S. Gallagher who scored in the 14th and 60th minute.

The match was played at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Leigh Doughty who had the assistance of Mark Dwyer and Lee Venamore. The 4th official was John Busby. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.7 degrees Celsius or 44.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Queens Park Rangers had a strong ball possession 55% while Blackburn Rovers was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Queens Park Rangers was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Blackburn Rovers managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Queens Park Rangers shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Blackburn Rovers shot 9 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Queens Park Rangers received 4 yellow cards (Stefan Johansen, Osman Kakay, Sam Field and Jamal Lowe). On the opposite side, Blackburn Rovers didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Queens Park Rangers will stay with 39 points to remain in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Blackburn Rovers will have 55 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Queens Park Rangers will host Bristol City on the 6th of May with a 9-8 head to head record in favor of Bristol City (7 draws).

Blackburn Rovers will play away agasint Millwall on the 6th of May with a 8-3 head to head statistic in favor of Blackburn Rovers (6 draws).

Queens Park Rangers – Formation

Queens Park Rangers started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Gareth Ainsworth decided to play with the following team: Seny Dieng (6.4), Osman Kakay (6.4), Robert Dickie (6.2), Jimmy Dunne (6.7), Kenneth Paal (6.2), Tim Iroegbunam (6.9), Stefan Johansen (6.8), Samuel Field (6.8), Jamal Lowe (5.8), Chris Martin (6.7) and Ilias Chair (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Jordan Archer, Joseph Gubbins, Taylor Richards, Albert Adomah (6.2), Elijah Dixon-Bonner, Andre Dozzell (6.6) and Luke Amos.

Queens Park Rangers could not rely on the presence of Andre Dozzell (injured).

Substitutions

Queens Park Rangers made 3 changes: Ilias Chair for Andre Dozzell (35′), Chris Martin for Albert Adomah (75′) and T. Iroegbunam for Taylor Richards (88′).

Best player: Tim Iroegbunam​

The most impressive player for Queens Park Rangers was Tim Iroegbunam.

His rating is (6.9) with 1 goal, 28 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 12.

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Jon Dahl Tomasson played with: Aynsley Pears (6.2), Joe Rankin-Costello (7.2), Hayden Carter (7.1), Dominic Hyam (7.2), Callum Brittain (7.6), Lewis Travis (6.9), John Buckley (6.8), Sorba Thomas (6.5), Sammie Szmodics (7.0), Tyrhys Dolan (6.2) and Sam Gallagher (8.1).

These were the players on the bench: Joe Hilton, Harry Pickering, Jake Garrett, Ashley Phillips, Tyler Morton (6.8), Ryan Hedges (6.6) and Ben Brereton Díaz.

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 2 changes: S. Szmodics for Ryan Hedges (69′) and Tyrhys Dolan for Tyler Morton (80′).

Best player: Sam Gallagher​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Sam Gallagher.

His rating is (8.1) with 2 goals, 15 passes (46% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• West Bromwich Albion – Middlesbrough – 2-0
• Stoke City – Millwall – 0-1
• Sheffield United – Watford – 1-0
• Reading – Blackpool – 3-1
• Queens Park Rangers – Blackburn Rovers – 1-3
• Preston North End – Wigan Athletic – 2-1
• Norwich City – Cardiff City – 2-0
• Coventry City – Sunderland – 2-1
• Burnley – Huddersfield Town – 4-0
• Bristol City – Hull City – 1-0
• Birmingham City – Luton Town – 0-1