Fulham 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 14 March 2017
Result
Fulham 2-2 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Tuesday 14 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Fulham 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Fulham drew with Blackburn Rovers 2-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 14 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Sone Aluko opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Fulham's goals came from Sone Aluko (45') and Cyriac (86'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Craig Conway (79', penalty) and Lucas João (90+4').
Discipline: Fulham received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fulham were 7th on 57 points from 36 and Blackburn Rovers 21st on 38 points from 36. Fulham went on to finish that season 6th with 78 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 51.
Fulham lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Stefan Johansen of Fulham (8.6), ahead of Lucas João (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fulham wins, 2 draws and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 40'Yellow card · Danny Guthrie
- 45'Goal · Sone Aluko
- 49'Yellow card · Ryan Fredericks
- 62'Yellow card · Kevin McDonald
- 63'Yellow card · Darragh Lenihan
- 79'Penalty goal · Craig Conway
- 83'Yellow card · M. Emnes
- 86'Goal · Cyriac
- 90+4'Goal · Lucas João
- 90+5'Yellow card · Lucas João
Head-to-head
Team news
Fulham line-up (4-3-3)
David Button, Kazım Nas, Tomas Kalas, Tim Ream, Scott Malone, Tom Cairney, K. McDonald, Stefan Johansen, Neeskens Kebano, Sone Aluko, Ryan Sessegnon
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Tommie Hoban, Derrick Williams, Elliott Bennett, Jason Lowe, Danny Guthrie, Craig Conway, Danny Graham, Marvin Emnes