Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 9 November 2013
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 9 November 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 9 November 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.
A. Barnes opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from A. Barnes (35', penalty), Jake Forster-Caskey (56') and A. Barnes (77'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 12th on 18 points from 14 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 19 points from 14. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 6th with 72 points, and Blackburn Rovers 8th with 70.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 2 draws and 0 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · David López
- 35'Penalty goal · A. Barnes
- 42'Yellow card · Dickson Etuhu
- 48'Yellow card · S. Dann
- 56'Goal · Jake Forster-Caskey
- 73'Yellow card · Jake Forster-Caskey
- 77'Goal · A. Barnes
Head-to-head
Team news
Brighton & Hove Albion expected line-up (4-3-3)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Matthew Upson, Gordon Greer, Stephen Ward, Andrew Crofts, Keith Andrews, Rohan Ince, Will Buckley, Leonardo Ulloa
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