Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Swansea City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 7 August 2021
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Swansea City
Championship · Saturday 7 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Swansea City: match report
Blackburn Rovers won against Swansea City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 7 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Sam Gallagher (36') and B. Brereton (48', penalty). Swansea City scored through Jamie Paterson (52').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Swansea City received 2 yellow cards.
Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Swansea City 15th with 61.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Swansea City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Steven Benda of Swansea City (7.8), level with Sam Gallagher (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 4 draws and 3 for Swansea City.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Harry Pickering
- 36'Goal · Sam Gallagher
- 40'Yellow card · Joel Latibeaudiere
- 48'Penalty goal · B. Brereton
- 52'Goal · Jamie Paterson
- 79'Yellow card · J. Buckley
- 82'Yellow card · Daniel Ayala
- 88'Yellow card · Ben Cabango
- 90+3'Yellow card · Joe Rothwell
Head-to-head
Team news
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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Yuki Takahashi, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Sam Gallagher, John Buckley, Ben Brereton Díaz, Tyrhys Dolan
Swansea City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Steven Benda, Ben Cabango, Ryan Bennett, Joel Latibeaudiere, Kyle Naughton, Sander Krabbendam, Matt Grimes, Jake Bidwell, Korey Smith, Liam Cullen, Jamal Lowe