BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers defeated West Bromwich Albion to win 2-1. It was Blackburn Rovers to strike first with a goal of B. Brereton Diaz at the 41′. Then S. Gallagher scored again for Blackburn Rovers in the 47′ minute. Eventually, G. Diangana reduced the distance for West Bromwich Albion (59′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. West Bromwich Albion lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Joshua Smith with the support of Akil Howson and Mark Russell. The 4th official was Robert Madley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.2 degrees Celsius or 88.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

West Bromwich Albion had a strong ball possession 59% while Blackburn Rovers was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

West Bromwich Albion was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Blackburn Rovers was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Blackburn Rovers shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, West Bromwich Albion shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards (S. Gallagher, J. Buckley, B. Dack and L. Travis). On the other side, West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card (J. Swift).

Standings

After this match, Blackburn Rovers has 6 points to occupy the 1st place in the table. Talking about the opposition, West Bromwich Albion stays with 1 points (19th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will host Huddersfield Town on the 5th of November with a 4-4 head to head stats.

West Bromwich Albion will play away agasint Queens Park Rangers on the 5th of November with a 10-5 head to head statistic in favor of West Bromwich Albion (5 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 (6.7), Callum Brittain (6.6), Ashley Phillips (6.7), Daniel Ayala (6.8), Harry Pickering (6.7), Lewis Travis (6.8), John Buckley (7.0), Sam Gallagher (7.9), Sammie Szmodics (6.9), Ben Brereton Díaz (8.1) and Ryan Hedges (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Tyler Morton (6.5), Adetayo Edun (6.5), Tyrhys Dolan (7.0), Adam Wharton, Aynsley Pears, Jack Vale and Bradley Dack (7.1).

Blackburn Rovers could not rely on the presence of T. Morton (injured) and T. Edun (injured).

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 4 changes: C. Brittain for T. Morton (46′), A. Phillips for T. Edun (71′), S. Gallagher for T. Dolan (74′) and S. Szmodics for B. Dack (74′).

Best player: Ben Brereton Díaz​

The player that probably impressed the most for Blackburn Rovers was Ben Brereton Díaz.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 22 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12.

West Bromwich Albion – Formation

Also West Bromwich Albion adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Steve Bruce played with: David Button (5.9), Darnell Furlong (6.4), Semi Ajayi (6.1), Dara O’Shea (7.4), Conor Townsend (6.6), Jayson Molumby (6.2), Jake Livermore (6.2), Jed Wallace (7.1), John Swift (6.4), Grady Diangana (7.6) and Karlan Grant (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Alex Palmer, Adam Reach (6.8), Matt Phillips (6.9), Kyle Bartley, Callum Robinson (6.7), Okay Yokuşlu (7.0) and Taylor Gardner-Hickman.

Substitutions

West Bromwich Albion made 4 changes: D. Furlong for M. Phillips (61′), J. Molumby for C. Robinson (61′), J. Livermore for O. Yokuslu (61′) and J. Swift for A. Reach (90′).

Best player: Grady Diangana​

The most impressive player for West Bromwich Albion was Grady Diangana.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 44 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 14 duels out of 23. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Middlesbrough – Sheffield United – 2-2
• Blackburn Rovers – West Bromwich Albion – 2-1