English Football League Cup

Blackburn Rovers

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Blackburn Rovers beat Burton Albion
Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1 Burton Albion
FT · Sat, Aug 8

Match Details

Pirelli Stadium (Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire) · 2,839 fans View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Burton Albion 1, Blackburn Rovers 2.
  • 90'+7'Second Half ends, Burton Albion 1, Blackburn Rovers 2.
  • 90'+6'Attempt saved. George Evans (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Balázs Tóth (Blackburn Rovers). Assisted by Matthew Dennis.
  • 90'+5'Attempt blocked. Andri Gudjohnsen (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Todd Cantwell.
  • 90'+4'Substitution, Burton Albion. Miles Henry replaces Zac Scutt.
  • 90'+4'Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by George Evans.
  • 90'+4'Attempt blocked. Ryan Alebiosu (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andri Gudjohnsen.
  • 90'+2'Attempt missed. Zac Scutt (Burton Albion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by George Evans with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+2'Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Ryan Alebiosu.
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Andri Gudjohnsen (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'Foul by George Evans (Burton Albion).

Line Score

12T
BLK 02 2
BRT 10 1

Match Leaders

Blackburn Rovers
Burton Albion

Key Events

90'+4'Substitution, Burton Albion. Miles Henry replaces Zac Scutt.
88'Goal! Burton Albion 1, Blackburn Rovers 2. Jayden Fevrier (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Alebiosu.
81'Goal! Burton Albion 1, Blackburn Rovers 1. Andri Gudjohnsen (Blackburn Rovers) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Todd Cantwell.
76'Substitution, Burton Albion. Millar Matthews-Lewis replaces Sulyman Krubally because of an injury.
74'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Sidnei Tavares replaces Adam Forshaw.
68'Substitution, Burton Albion. Jack Willow replaces Curtis Tilt because of an injury.
62'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Jayden Fevrier replaces Oladapo Afolayan.
62'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Andri Gudjohnsen replaces Yuki Ohashi.
62'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Kristi Montgomery replaces Jake Garrett.
55'Matthew Dennis (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32'Todd Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
28'Finn Delap (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
14'Goal! Burton Albion 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Zac Scutt (Burton Albion) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.

Team Stats

Blackburn RoversBurton Albion
General
63.6 Possession % 36.4
27 Shots 17
7 On Target 7
2 Offsides 1
9 Corners 6
14 Fouls 12
Passing & Defense
418 Passes Completed 212
6 Crosses Won 3
11 Tackles Won 14
5 Interceptions 10
24 Clearances 26
Discipline
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
5 Saves 5

Recent Form

Burton Albion D W D D D
Blackburn Rovers D L D W L

Starting Lineups

Burton Albion3-4-1-2
34 Addai
6 Sibbick 26 Delap 16 Tilt
15 Lofthouse 12 Evans 41 Krubally 3 Armer
4 Chauke
19 Dennis 40 Scutt 14'
23 Ohashi
21 Afolayan 10 Cantwell A 25 Morishita
30 Garrett 28 Forshaw
3 Pickering 15 McLoughlin 6 Atcheson 2 Alebiousu A
22 Toth
Blackburn Rovers4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Burton Albion

  1. CA #34 Corey AddaiG
  2. FD #26 Finn DelapCD
  3. CT #16 Curtis TiltCD-L
  4. TS #6 Toby SibbickCD-R
  5. SK #41 Sulyman KruballyCM-L
  6. GE #12 George EvansCM-R
  7. KC #4 Kgagelo ChaukeAM
  8. JA #3 Jack ArmerLM
  9. KL #15 Kyran LofthouseRM
  10. ZS #40 Zac ScuttCF-L14'
  11. MD #19 Matthew DennisCF-R
Substitutes · 3 used

Blackburn Rovers

  1. BT #22 Balazs TothG
  2. SM #15 Sean McLoughlinCD-L
  3. TA #6 Tom AtchesonCD-R
  4. HP #3 Harry PickeringLB
  5. RA #2 Ryan AlebiousuRB
  6. TC #10 Todd CantwellAM
  7. JG #30 Jake GarrettLM
  8. AF #28 Adam ForshawRM
  9. YO #23 Yuki OhashiF
  10. OA #21 Oladapo AfolayanAM-L
  11. RM #25 Ryoya MorishitaAM-R
Substitutes · 4 used

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D 2–2 at Portsmouth W 3–1 vs Millwall L 1–2 vs Sheffield United L 1–2 at Preston North End D 0–0 at Lincoln City L 1–2 vs Queens Park Rangers L 1–2 vs Sheffield United W 2–1 vs Middlesbrough D 2–2 at Wolverhampton Wanderers W 2–1 at Burton Albion