Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 22 August 2015
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 22 August 2015, 14:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 22 August 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Kazenga LuaLua of Brighton & Hove Albion in the 35th minute.
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 4 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 5th on 7 points from 3 and Blackburn Rovers 21st on 2 points from 3. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 2nd with 90 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 55.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 4 draws and 0 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Brighton & Hove Albion's last five read D-W-W and Blackburn Rovers's D-D-L.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Kazenga LuaLua
- 39'Yellow card · Shane Duffy
- 46'Yellow card · Gordon Greer
- 72'Yellow card · B. Kayal
- 75'Yellow card · Uwe Hünemeier
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ben Marshall
- 90+4'Yellow card · Kazenga LuaLua
- 90+5'Yellow card · Danny Guthrie
Head-to-head
Team news
Brighton & Hove Albion expected line-up (4-4-2)
David Adam Stockdale, Lewis Dunk, Bruno Saltor, Gordon Greer, Joe Bennett, Greg Halford, Dale Stephens, Beram Kayal
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)
Grant Hanley, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Scott Dann, Ben Marshall, Jason Lowe, Alan Judge, J. Rhodes, Joshua King