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# Blackburn 3-1 Millwall

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 12 Sept 15:00
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 7
- **Venue:** Ewood Park, Blackburn

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 13' | Yellow Card | Hayden Carter | Blackburn |
| 16' | Substitution 1 | Yuri Ribeiro (on for Harry Pickering) | Blackburn |
| 38' | Yellow Card | Sam Morsy | Blackburn |
| 41' | Normal Goal | Oladapo Afolayan (Sam Morsy) | Blackburn |
| 45' | Yellow Card | Harry Pickering | Blackburn |
| 45+4' | Yellow Card | Zak Sturge | Millwall |
| 45' | Substitution 2 | Ryan Alebiosu (on for Gady Beyuku) | Blackburn |
| 45' | Substitution 1 | Jordi Osei-Tutu (on for Mark Sykes) | Millwall |
| 45' | Substitution 2 | Romain Esse (on for Yanis Ali Issoufou) | Millwall |
| 50' | Yellow Card | Gady Beyuku | Blackburn |
| 51' | Penalty | Lyndon Dykes | Millwall |
| 58' | Normal Goal | Oladapo Afolayan (Tom Atcheson) | Blackburn |
| 69' | Substitution 3 | Oladapo Afolayan (on for J. Fevrier) | Blackburn |
| 70' | Substitution 4 | Todd Cantwell (on for Andri Guðjohnsen) | Blackburn |
| 76' | Substitution 3 | Derek Mazou Sacko (on for D. Kelly) | Millwall |
| 81' | Yellow Card | Jenson Metcalfe | Millwall |
| 82' | Substitution 4 | Jenson Metcalfe (on for Elkan Baggott) | Millwall |
| 82' | Substitution 5 | Jake Cooper (on for Zakariya Lovelace) | Millwall |
| 86' | Yellow Card | J. Fevrier | Blackburn |

## Statistics

| Stat | Blackburn | Millwall |
|------|--------|--------|
| Passes accurate | 269 | 335 |
| Shots insidebox | 7 | 11 |
| Shots outsidebox | 10 | 2 |
| Blocked Shots | 4 | 5 |
| Free Kicks | 13 | 9 |
| Shots on Goal | 3 | 2 |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 1 | 1 |
| Shots off Goal | 10 | 6 |
| Offsides | 1 | 2 |
| Total passes | 344 | 422 |
| Total Shots | 17 | 13 |
| Yellow Cards | 5 | 2 |
| Corner Kicks | 6 | 2 |
| Fouls | 9 | 13 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Ball Possession | 45% | 55% |

## Blackburn Lineup (5-4-1)

**Starting XI:** B. Tóth (22), H. Carter (17), Tom Atcheson (6), S. McLoughlin (15), Yuri Ribeiro (4), Kristi Montgomery (31), Sam Morsy (8), R. Alebiosu (2), T. Cantwell (10), R. Morishita (25), O. Afolayan (21)

**Substitutes:** Harvey Higgins (45), F. Vare (53), A. Pears (1), H. Pickering (3), M. Baradji (24), Gady Beyuku (27), J. Fevrier (11), J. Garrett (30), A. Guðjohnsen (9)


## Millwall Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** M. Crocombe (15), J. Osei-Tutu (2), C. Taylor (6), J. Cooper (5), Zak Norton Sturge (3), D. Mazou-Sacko (49), Jenson Metcalfe (14), R. Esse (11), T. Arconte (7), C. Neghli (10), L. Dykes (13)

**Substitutes:** Y. Issoufou (35), D. Kelly (16), Z. Lovelace (29), F. Marschall (34), Alfie Massey (44), Tristan Parkes (55), M. Sykes (17), E. Baggott (12), D. Batth (23)