Fulham 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Sunday 13 September 2015
Result
Fulham 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Sunday 13 September 2015, 11:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Fulham 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Fulham beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Sunday 13 September 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.
Ross McCormack opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Fulham's goals came from Ross McCormack (4') and Moussa Dembélé (30'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Jordan Rhodes (68', penalty).
Discipline: Fulham received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fulham were 17th on 5 points from 5 and Blackburn Rovers 22nd on 3 points from 5. Fulham went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 55.
Fulham lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Fulham wins, 2 draws and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read W-D-L-L-D and Blackburn Rovers's D-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Ross McCormack
- 30'Goal · Moussa Dembélé
- 43'Yellow card · Jordan Rhodes
- 68'Penalty goal · Jordan Rhodes
- 70'Yellow card · Grant Hanley
- 70'Yellow card · Fodé Koita
- 76'Yellow card · Jamie O'Hara
- 77'Yellow card · Shane Duffy
Head-to-head
Team news
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Fulham expected line-up (4-1-3-2)
Marcus Bettinelli, Jesse Joronen, Nikolay Bodurov, Tim Hoogland, Cameron Burgess, Shaun Hutchinson, Scott Parker, Ross McCormack, Hugo Rodallega
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)
Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Tom Cairney, Ryan Tunnicliffe, J. Rhodes, Craig Conway, Rudy Gestede