West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 31 August 2019
Result
West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 31 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-2
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West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
West Bromwich Albion defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 31 August 2019. It was 3-2 at half-time.
B. Dack opened the scoring in the 1st minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from M. Phillips (22'), J. Livermore (31') and G. Diangana (40'). Blackburn Rovers scored through B. Dack (1') and Bradley Johnson (45+2').
Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 8th on 9 points from 5 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 7 points from 5. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Blackburn Rovers 11th with 63.
West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matheus Pereira of West Bromwich Albion (8.3), ahead of Jake Livermore (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Bromwich Albion wins, 3 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 1'Goal · B. Dack
- 22'Goal · M. Phillips
- 31'Goal · J. Livermore
- 40'Yellow card · Darragh Lenihan
- 40'Goal · G. Diangana
- 45+2'Goal · Bradley Johnson
- 65'Yellow card · N. Ferguson
- 69'Yellow card · Lewis Travis
- 79'Yellow card · Matheus Pereira
Head-to-head
Team news
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sam Johnstone, Darnell Furlong, Kyle Bartley, Semi Ajayi, Nathan Ferguson, Jake Livermore, Matt Phillips, Matheus Pereira, R. Sawyers, Grady Diangana, Charlie Austin
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christian Walton, Derrick Williams, G. Cunningham, Darragh Lenihan, Elliott Bennett, Bradley Johnson, Adam Armstrong, Stewart Downing, Bradley Dack, Lewis Travis, Sam Gallagher