West Bromwich Albion destroys Blackburn Rovers 4-1 showing huge dominance. HIGHLIGHTS

WEST BROMWICH. West Bromwich Albion obliterates Blackburn Rovers 4-1 with goals of

January 14, 2024

WEST BROMWICH. West Bromwich Albion obliterates Blackburn Rovers 4-1 with goals of Tom Fellows (11′), Brandon Thomas-Asante (30′), Dominic Hyam (33′ own) and Brandon Thomas-Asante (63′). On the opposite side, Blackburn Rovers scored with Jake Garrett (60′). Blackburn Rovers lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 24,409 spectators. The referee was Stephen Martin with the collaboration of Mark Dwyer and Adam Crysell. The 4th official was Will Finnie. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.78 degrees Celsius or 40.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.

Match Statistics

West Bromwich Albion

4 - 1

Blackburn Rovers

42 Ball Possession 58

Shots

16 Total 12
8 On Target 3
7 Off Target 4
1 Shots blocked 5

91 Attack 99
45 Dangerous attack 43
73 Ball safe 89

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 3
6 Off Sides 5

Fouls

8 Total 9
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

Blackburn Rovers had a strong ball possession 58% while West Bromwich Albion was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

West Bromwich Albion had a more offensive attitude with 45 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why West Bromwich Albion won the match.

West Bromwich Albion shot 16 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Blackburn Rovers shot 12 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards (, Cédric Kipré and Kyle Bartley). On the other side, Blackburn Rovers didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

T. Fellows(goal)Kyle Bartley

11'

Brandon Thomas-Asante(goal)

30'

33'

Dominic Hyam(own-goal)

Kyle Bartley- Yellow

40'

Cédric Kipré- Yellow

43'

N. Chalobah- sub ->John Swift

59'

Pipa- sub ->Adam Reach

59'

60'

J. Garrett(goal)Andrew Moran

61'

Sam Gallagher- sub ->Harry Leonard

62'

J. Rankin-Costello- sub ->Scott Wharton

Brandon Thomas-Asante(goal)Darnell Furlong

63'

77'

Jed Wallace- sub ->Okay Yokuşlu

77'

Daryl Dike- sub ->Brandon Thomas-Asante

78'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, West Bromwich Albion has 45 points to remain in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Blackburn Rovers will stays with 32 points like Millwall and Stoke City to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, West Bromwich Albion will play away with Norwich City on the 20th of January with a 10-7 head to head stats in favor of West Bromwich Albion (2 draws).

Blackburn Rovers will host Huddersfield Town on the 20th of January with a 5-5 head to head stats.

West Bromwich Albion – Formation

West Bromwich Albion

Alex Palmer 24.England

7.5

Conor Townsend 3.England

6.6

Cédric Kipré 4.Ivory Coast

6.6

77'

43'

Kyle Bartley 5.England

7.5

40'

Darnell Furlong 2.England

8.1

T. Fellows 31.England

8.1

11'

John Swift 19.England

6.8

59'

Adam Reach 20.England

7.3

59'

Alex Mowatt 27.England

7.7

Okay Yokuşlu 35.Turkey

6.8

77'

Brandon Thomas-Asante 21.England

8.8

78'

30', 63'

Substitutes

Joshua Griffiths 33.England

Pipa 26.Spain

6.7

59'

Erik Pieters 15.Netherlands

Caleb Taylor 36.England

6.4

77'

Jed Wallace 7.England

6.8

77'

N. Chalobah 14.England

6.8

59'

Daryl Dike 12.United States

6.3

78'

Jovan Malcolm 32.England

West Bromwich Albion started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Carlos Corberán Vallet decided to play with the following team: Alex Palmer (7.5), Darnell Furlong (8.1), Kyle Bartley (7.5), Cédric Kipré (6.6), Conor Townsend (6.6), Tom Fellows (8.1), Okay Yokuşlu (6.8), Alex Mowatt (7.7), Adam Reach (7.3), John Swift (6.8) and Brandon Thomas-Asante (8.8).

The home team had on the bench: Jed Wallace (6.8), Pipa (6.7), Daryl Dike (6.3), Nathaniel Chalobah (6.8), Erik Pieters, Jovan Malcolm, Joshua Griffiths, Caleb Taylor (6.4) and Fenton Hoard.

Substitutions

West Bromwich Albion made 5 changes: Adam Reach for Pipa (59′), Cédric Kipré for Caleb Taylor (77′), Okay Yokuşlu for Jed Wallace (77′), Brandon Thomas-Asante for Daryl Dike (78′) and John Swift for Nathaniel Chalobah (59′).

Player of the match: Brandon Thomas-Asante

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for West Bromwich Albion was Brandon Thomas-Asante.

His rating is 8.8 with 2 goals, 20 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers

Leopold Wahlstedt 12.Sweden

6.7

Callum Brittain 2.England

6.6

Harry Pickering 3.England

Dominic Hyam 5.Scotland

6.4

Hayden Carter 17.England

6.3

S. Wharton 16.England

6.3

62'

S. Tronstad 6.Norway

7.8

A. Sigurðsson 7.Iceland

6.7

Sammie Szmodics 8.England

Adam Wharton 23.England

7.0

Andrew Moran 24.Republic of Ireland

6.8

J. Garrett 30.England

8.4

60'

H. Leonard 20.England

6.4

61'

Substitutes

A. Pears 1.England

P. Gamble 15.England

B. Chrisene 45.England

J. Rankin-Costello 11.England

6.6

62'

Y. Ayari 44.Sweden

S. Telalović 33.Germany

Sam Gallagher 9.England

6.6

61'

D. Markanday 18.England

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

Jon Dahl Tomasson played with: Harry Pickering, Sammie Szmodics, Leopold Wahlstedt (6.7), Hayden Carter (6.3), Dominic Hyam (6.4), Scott Wharton (6.3), Callum Brittain (6.6), Adam Wharton (7.0), Sondre Tronstad (7.8), Andrew Moran (6.8) and Jake Garrett (8.4), Arnór Sigurdsson (6.7), Harry Leonard (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Semir Telalović, Aynsley Pears, Sam Gallagher (6.6), Joe Rankin-Costello (6.6), Patrick Gamble, Dilan Markanday, Yasin Ayari and Ben Chrisene.