Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Barnsley: result and report

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Barnsley

Championship · Tuesday 18 September 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers beat Barnsley 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 September 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jacob Mellis opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Jordan Rhodes (45') and Nuno Gomes (85'). Barnsley scored through Jacob Mellis (32').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 1st on 11 points from 5 and Barnsley 13th on 7 points from 5. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 17th with 58 points, and Barnsley 21st with 55.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Barnsley's D-W-L-L-W.