Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Cardiff City: conquers 1-0 with a goal scored by B. Dack
BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers overcomes Cardiff City 1-0 after B. Dack scored just 1 goal (49').
BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers conquers 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 with the support of Nicholas Hopton and Akil Howson. The 4th official was Martin Coy. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 7.9 degrees Celsius or 46.29 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 90%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. 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.
Cardiff City was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Blackburn Rovers managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Blackburn Rovers shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, 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). On the other side, Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards (J. Simpson and Mark Harris).
After this encounter, Blackburn Rovers will have 42 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Cardiff City will stay with 28 points like Bristol City to stay in the 20th place.
Match Events
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13'13'
Jake Garrett
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28'28'
J. Simpson
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49'49'
Bradley Dack
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49'49'
Ryan Hedges
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54'54'
Scott Wharton
Joe Rankin-Costello
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58'58'
A. Rinomhota
G. Whyte
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58'58'
Rubin Colwill
J. Simpson
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58'58'
S. Ojo
J. Ralls
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65'65'
Scott Wharton
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65'65'
Mark Harris
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66'66'
I. Davies
C. Robinson
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78'78'
J. Philogene-Bidace
Mark Harris
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78'78'
Tayo Edun
Harry Pickering
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78'78'
Lewis Travis
Jake Garrett
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88'88'
Adam Wharton
Tyler Morton
Next match
In the upcoming Championship match, Blackburn Rovers will play away with Rotherham United on the 14th of January with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Blackburn Rovers (3 draws).
Cardiff City will host Wigan Athletic on the 14th of January with a 3-3 head to head stats.
Blackburn Rovers: Formation and Lineups
Blackburn Rovers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson chose to play with the following team: Thomas Kaminski , Joe Rankin-Costello , Daniel Ayala , Dominic Hyam , Harry Pickering , Tyler Morton , Jake Garrett , Ryan Hedges , Bradley Dack , Ben Brereton Díaz and Sam Gallagher .
Blackburn Rovers could not rely on the presence of Adam Wharton (injured).
Substitutes
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′).
Top player: Tyler Morton
The player who no doubt impressed Blackburn Rovers the most was Tyler Morton even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 62 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 3 crosses.
Cardiff City: Formation and Lineups
Also Cardiff City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Regarding the opposition, Mark Hudson played with: Ryan Allsop , Thomas Sang , Perry Ng , Cédric Kipré , Jack Simpson , Joe Ralls , Ryan Wintle , Gavin Whyte , Callum Robinson , Callum O’Dowda and Mark Harris .
Substitutes
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′).
Top player: Callum O’Dowda
The player who no doubt impressed Cardiff City the most was Callum O’Dowda.
His rating is 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
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