Brentford 5-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 2 February 2019
Result
Brentford 5-2 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 2 February 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Brentford 5-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Brentford beat Blackburn Rovers 5-2 in the Championship on Saturday 2 February 2019. The half-time score was 1-2.
B. Dack opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Brentford's goals came from Saïd Benrahma (13'), O. Watkins (58'), O. Watkins (73'), Neal Maupay (79') and Sergi Canós (90+2'). Blackburn Rovers scored through B. Dack (2') and Danny Graham (7').
Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Brentford were 18th on 34 points from 28 and Blackburn Rovers 8th on 43 points from 29. Brentford went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.
Brentford lined up in a 3-4-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Saïd Benrahma of Brentford (9.9), ahead of Ollie Watkins (9.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 2'Goal · B. Dack
- 7'Goal · Danny Graham
- 13'Goal · Saïd Benrahma
- 45+3'Yellow card · Yoann Barbet
- 58'Goal · O. Watkins
- 71'Yellow card · Darragh Lenihan
- 73'Goal · O. Watkins
- 79'Goal · Neal Maupay
- 90+2'Goal · Sergi Canós
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (3-4-3)
Daniel Bentley, Ezri Konsa, J. Jeanvier, Yoann Barbet, Henrik Dalsgaard, Islom Ismoilov, R. Sawyers, Rico Henry, Ollie Watkins, Neal Maupay, Saïd Benrahma
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Raya, Elliott Bennett, Darragh Lenihan, Jack Rodwell, Amari'i Bell, Lewis Travis, Josef Dvornik, Adam Armstrong, Bradley Dack, Harrison Reed, Danny Graham