Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 22 January 2013
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Championship · Tuesday 22 January 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Blackburn Rovers drew with Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 22 January 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jordan Rhodes opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Jordan Rhodes (45', penalty). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through David López (90+7', penalty).
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 13th on 36 points from 27 and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th on 41 points from 27. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 17th with 58 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 5th with 76.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-D-W-W-L and Brighton & Hove Albion's D-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Morten Gamst Pedersen
- 42'Yellow card · A. Barnes
- 45'Penalty goal · Jordan Rhodes
- 61'Yellow card · Martin Olsson
- 71'Yellow card · Will Buckley
- 73'Yellow card · Liam Bridcutt
- 90+7'Penalty goal · David López
- 90+7'Yellow card · Jason Lowe
Team news
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Adam Henley, Danny Murphy, Jason Lowe, Rubén Rochina, Mauro Formica, J. Rhodes, Joshua King
Brighton & Hove Albion expected line-up
Tomasz Kuszczak, Gordon Greer, Adam El-Abd, Wayne Bridge, Bruno Saltor, Liam Bridcutt, Andrea Orlandi, Dean Hammond, Will Buckley, David Lopez, Craig Mackail-Smith