Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Brentford: result and report
Championship · Saturday 25 August 2018
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Brentford
Championship · Saturday 25 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Brentford: match report
Blackburn Rovers defeated Brentford 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 25 August 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Kasey Palmer of Blackburn Rovers in the 54th minute.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Brentford received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 9th on 6 points from 4 and Brentford 4th on 8 points from 4. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 60 points, and Brentford 11th with 64.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to David Raya of Blackburn Rovers (7.5), level with Josef Dvornik (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 2 for Brentford.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-W-D-D and Brentford's D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 54'Goal · Kasey Palmer
- 90'Yellow card · Lewis MacLeod
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Amari'i Bell, Richard Smallwood, Josef Dvornik, Kasey Palmer, Joe Rothwell, Elliott Bennett, Joe Nuttall
Brentford line-up (4-3-3)
Daniel Bentley, Henrik Dalsgaard, Ezri Konsa, Chris Mepham, Yoann Barbet, Nico Yennaris, Islom Ismoilov, R. Sawyers, Saïd Benrahma, Marcus Forss, Ollie Watkins