Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 30 August 2014
Result
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 30 August 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Wolverhampton Wanderers won against Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 August 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.
Nouha Dicko opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Nouha Dicko (12'), Bakary Sako (33') and Bakary Sako (68'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Jordan Rhodes (59', penalty).
Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 4th on 9 points from 4 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 7 points from 4. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 6th with 78 points, and Blackburn Rovers 9th with 67.
Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 3 draws and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Wolverhampton Wanderers's last five read W-W-L-W and Blackburn Rovers's W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Ben Marshall
- 12'Goal · Nouha Dicko
- 25'Yellow card · Andreas Hagen
- 33'Goal · Bakary Sako
- 33'Yellow card · Tom Cairney
- 43'Yellow card · Corry Evans
- 55'Yellow card · Grant Hanley
- 59'Penalty goal · Jordan Rhodes
- 68'Goal · Bakary Sako
- 90+2'Yellow card · Luke Varney
- 90+5'Yellow card · George Saville
Head-to-head
Team news
Wolverhampton Wanderers expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carl Ikeme, Danny Batth, Scott Golbourne, Richard Stearman, Roger Johnson, Matt Doherty, Karl Henry, Dave Edwards, K. McDonald, Lee Evans, Bakary Sako
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best