Southend United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 5 August 2017
Result
Southend United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
League One · Saturday 5 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Southend United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Southend United beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 5 August 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Ryan Leonard opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Southend United's goals came from Ryan Leonard (27') and Michael Kightly (38'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Charlie Mulgrew (53').
Discipline: Southend United received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Southend United went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Blackburn Rovers 2nd with 96.
Southend United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Ryan Leonard
- 38'Goal · Michael Kightly
- 53'Goal · Charlie Mulgrew
- 55'Yellow card · Darragh Lenihan
- 70'Yellow card · Ryan Nyambe
- 72'Yellow card · Derrick Williams
Team news
Southend United line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Oxley, Stephen Hendrie, Anton Ferdinand, John White, Michael Kightly, Michael Timlin, Jermaine McGlashan, Ryan Leonard, Jason Demetriou, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Simon Cox
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Derrick Williams, Charlie Mulgrew, Darragh Lenihan, Richard Smallwood, Peter Whittingham, Bradley Dack, Elliott Bennett, Dominic Samuel, Danny Graham