Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Rochdale: result and report
League One · Tuesday 26 December 2017
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Rochdale
League One · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Rochdale: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Rochdale 2-0 in the League One on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
Blackburn Rovers's goals came from an own goal by Kgosi Ntlhe (35') and Charlie Mulgrew (42', penalty). Rochdale did not score.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Rochdale received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 3rd on 44 points from 22 and Rochdale 23rd on 22 points from 22. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Rochdale 20th with 51.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 0 draws and 0 for Rochdale.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Rochdale's D-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Richard Smallwood
- 35'Own goal · Kgosi Ntlhe
- 42'Penalty goal · Charlie Mulgrew
- 84'Yellow card · Derrick Williams
- 85'Yellow card · Joe Nuttall
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up
David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Derrick Williams, Charlie Mulgrew, Paul Michael Downing, Richard Smallwood, Bradley Dack, Josef Dvornik, Elliott Bennett, Danny Graham, Marcus Antonsson
Rochdale line-up
Josh Lillis, Kgosi Ntlhe, Harrison McGahey, Donervon Daniels, Joe Bunney, Callum Camps, Oliver Rathbone, Brad Inman, Keith Keane, Jordan Williams, Ian Henderson