Blackburn Rovers 3-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report
Championship · Saturday 23 August 2014
Result
Blackburn Rovers 3-2 AFC Bournemouth
Championship · Saturday 23 August 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Blackburn Rovers · AFC Bournemouth · Championship predictions
Blackburn Rovers 3-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report
Blackburn Rovers won against AFC Bournemouth 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 23 August 2014. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Jordan Rhodes opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Jordan Rhodes (13'), Grant Hanley (21') and Rudy Gestede (24'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Juan Carlos León (81', penalty) and Steve Cook (90').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 14th on 4 points from 3 and AFC Bournemouth 6th on 6 points from 3. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and AFC Bournemouth 2nd with 90.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 0 draws and 1 for AFC Bournemouth.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-W-D and AFC Bournemouth's L-W-W.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Jordan Rhodes
- 21'Goal · Grant Hanley
- 24'Goal · Rudy Gestede
- 40'Yellow card · Steve Cook
- 73'Yellow card · Corry Evans
- 81'Penalty goal · Juan Carlos León
- 90'Goal · Steve Cook
- 90+1'Yellow card · Joshua King
- 90+4'Yellow card · Paul Robinson
Head-to-head
Team news
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
AFC Bournemouth expected line-up (4-5-1)
Steve Cook, Simon Francis, Charlie Daniels, Marc Pugh, Harry Arter, Lewis Grabban, Jack Collison, Elliott Ward