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Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Bristol City: Eros Pisano scores late winner for visitors

Eros Pisano celebrates
Eros Pisano's winner helped Bristol City complete a league double over Blackburn this season

Bristol City extended their run of successive wins in all competitions to eight with a late victory at Blackburn Rovers.

Substitute Eros Pisano bundled in Callum O'Dowda's corner from close range to keep Lee Johnson's side in the Championship's top six.

Famara Diedhiou nodded Bristol City's best chance of a goalless first half over the bar from close range, with another header from the Senegalese striker after the break well saved by Blackburn goalkeeper David Raya.

The Spaniard also denied O'Dowda and Andreas Weimann at Ewood Park.

Adam Armstrong was the chief threat throughout for Blackburn, who missed out on a fourth consecutive home league win.

Blackburn's leading scorers Bradley Dack and Danny Graham were deemed fit to play after knocks in their previous game at Brentford, but it was fellow forward Armstrong who had looked most likely to break the deadlock for the hosts.

The Championship's player of the month for January fired just wide with an early attempt and later tested Frank Fielding with a fierce shot, while ex-City defender Derrick Williams headed wide from a Charlie Mulgrew free-kick.

It was still goalless when Fielding smartly saved from Dack at his near post, and City capitalised with a late winner from their Italian full-back Pisano.

Blackburn Rovers boss Tony Mowbray:

"It was always going to be a tough game, a team that have won a lot of games on the bounce, have a lot of confidence.

"We knew it was going to be tight. They've got some very good defenders, carry a physical threat at the top end of the pitch.

"I thought we worked extremely hard, had spells in the game when we were on top."

Bristol City boss Lee Johnson told BBC Radio Bristol:

"I think it was a fantastic performance, I thought it was a difficult game.

"We talked about it being important that we defended really well and we did defend very well as team.

"I thought we got in behind them very well, statistically we had more shots on target and eventually we broke them down."

Line-ups

Blackburn

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1Raya
  • 31Bennett
  • 14Mulgrew
  • 5Rodwell
  • 3Williams
  • 6SmallwoodSubstituted forNuttallat 83'minutes
  • 27TravisBooked at 25minsSubstituted forNyambeat 58'minutes
  • 4Reed
  • 23DackSubstituted forRothwellat 74'minutes
  • 7A Armstrong
  • 10Graham

Substitutes

  • 2Nyambe
  • 8Rothwell
  • 13Leutwiler
  • 17Bell
  • 19Brereton
  • 24Nuttall
  • 32Conway

Bristol City

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1FieldingBooked at 90mins
  • 5WrightBooked at 37minsSubstituted forPisanoat 63'minutes
  • 22Kalas
  • 4Webster
  • 3Dasilva
  • 8BrownhillBooked at 75mins
  • 21Pack
  • 14WeimannSubstituted forPalmerat 73'minutes
  • 11O'Dowda
  • 20PatersonSubstituted forTaylorat 73'minutes
  • 9Diedhiou

Substitutes

  • 2Pisano
  • 10Taylor
  • 17Kelly
  • 18Semenyo
  • 19Eliasson
  • 24O'Leary
  • 45Palmer
Referee:
James Linington
Attendance:
13,593

Match Stats

Home TeamBlackburnAway TeamBristol City
Possession
Home52%
Away48%
Shots
Home11
Away13
Shots on Target
Home2
Away6
Corners
Home4
Away8
Fouls
Home8
Away7

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 0, Bristol City 1.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 0, Bristol City 1.

  3. Post update

    Offside, Bristol City. Josh Brownhill tries a through ball, but Famara Diedhiou is caught offside.

  4. Booking

    Frank Fielding (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card.

  5. Post update

    Attempt missed. Derrick Williams (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joe Rothwell with a cross following a corner.

  6. Post update

    Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Josh Brownhill.

  7. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Joe Nuttall (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charlie Mulgrew.

  8. Post update

    Offside, Bristol City. Kasey Palmer tries a through ball, but Famara Diedhiou is caught offside.

  9. Post update

    Attempt saved. Kasey Palmer (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marlon Pack.

  10. Post update

    Attempt missed. Marlon Pack (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

  11. Post update

    Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Ryan Nyambe.

  12. Substitution

    Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Joe Nuttall replaces Richard Smallwood.

  13. Goal!

    Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0, Bristol City 1. Eros Pisano (Bristol City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum O'Dowda with a cross following a corner.

  14. Post update

    Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Derrick Williams.

  15. Booking

    Josh Brownhill (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  16. Post update

    Richard Smallwood (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  17. Post update

    Foul by Josh Brownhill (Bristol City).

  18. Substitution

    Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Joe Rothwell replaces Bradley Dack.

  19. Post update

    Attempt missed. Famara Diedhiou (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Matty Taylor.

  20. Substitution

    Substitution, Bristol City. Matty Taylor replaces Jamie Paterson.

As It Stood

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Leeds31177751351658
2Norwich30169557391857
3Sheff Utd31167853341955
4West Brom30158760382253
5Middlesbrough301312535231251
6Bristol City3014883829950
7Derby3014884235750
8Birmingham311113749391046
9Nottm Forest31111284436845
10Aston Villa31101475649744
11Swansea31128114137444
12Hull31127124340343
13Blackburn311110104247-543
14Preston311010114746140
15QPR30116133845-739
16Sheff Wed30109113445-1139
17Stoke31911113340-738
18Brentford30910114943637
19Wigan3196163246-1433
20Millwall3079143445-1130
21Rotherham31512142949-2027
22Reading31511153244-1226
23Bolton3158182047-2723
24Ipswich3039182351-2818
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