Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Gillingham: result and report
League One · Saturday 30 September 2017
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Gillingham
League One · Saturday 30 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Gillingham: match report
Blackburn Rovers won against Gillingham 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 30 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Dominic Samuel of Blackburn Rovers in the 31st minute.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Gillingham received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 8th on 16 points from 9 and Gillingham 22nd on 7 points from 10. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Gillingham 17th with 56.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Gillingham in a 4-5-1.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Gillingham's D-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Mark Byrne
- 23'Yellow card · Sean Clare
- 31'Goal · Dominic Samuel
- 63'Yellow card · Harry Chapman
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Raya, Derrick Williams, Charlie Mulgrew, Paul Michael Downing, Richard Smallwood, Peter Whittingham, Paul Caddis, Bradley Dack, Elliott Bennett, Dominic Samuel, Marcus Antonsson
Gillingham line-up (4-5-1)
Tomas Holy, Max Ehmer, Gabriel Zakuani, Connor Ogilvie, Ben Nugent, Sean Clare, Jake Hessenthaler, Mark Byrne, Conor Wilkinson, Lee Martin, Josh Parker