Goals and Highlights for Blackburn 1-1 Portsmouth in EFL Championship Match

Portsmouth made two more changes, with Bishop and Caballero leaving and Jacob Brown and Harvey Blair entering. Shortly afterwards, Eiran Cashin received a yellow card for a strong foul on Millenic Alli in midfield.

Millenic Alli received the pass and, from a long distance, attempted a shot, which deflected off the defense for a corner. The corner was taken into the box, and in the ensuing scramble, Swanson shot but sent the ball wide. Shortly after, Portsmouth made a substitution, with Chaplin leaving and Segecic entering.

The game was paused momentarily for treatment to Poole, who was in pain, but he was back in the game soon after. Caballero then found Chaplin with a pass, but his shot was blocked by the defense. Shortly after, Poole, injured, left the field, replaced by Conor Shaughnessy.

Yuri Ribeiro received the pass inside the penalty area during the counter-attack and shot forward, but sent the ball wide once again. Following this, Blackburn made two substitutions, with Adam Forshaw and Yuki Ohashi leaving and Gudjohnsen and Baradjil entering the game.

Ebou Adams received the pass and found Caballero up front, who shot hard, but straight at the defense. The second half begins intensely once again, after a first half with many attacks at the start of the match.

Yuki Ohashi received the pass up front and shot from outside the box, the ball deflecting wide to the right of the goal. The resulting corner was taken into the box for Gardner-Hickman to finish from the edge of the area, but it went wide!

We will have just one more minute of added time in this first half, where Blackburn has maintained possession in the attacking half, exchanging passes, controlling the game, but arriving with few shots on goal and a slower pace.

Ebou Adams was down after being fouled, but was back in the game after receiving treatment. Shortly after, Millenic Alli received the pass for Terry Devlin, who took a powerful long-range shot, but sent the ball over the goal, wide!

And after many, many good attacks in the final third, both teams have experienced a drop in the pace of the game, creating fewer chances and controlling the game with passing exchanges. So far, few chances have been created in the final minutes.

Blackburn are trying to get back into the game after some great chances from Portsmouth, where Yuri Ribeiro received the cross and headed it for Eiran Cashin to shoot from outside the area, but sending the ball wide to the left of the goal once again.

Marlon Pack received the ball and found Ebou Adams with a pass to shoot from outside the box, but he sent the ball over the goal. Portsmouth managed to dominate the final minutes of the match, creating dangerous chances and constantly getting into the Blackburn penalty area.

Dolby Bishop found Conor Chaplin with a through ball from the edge of the box, but he sent the ball wide to the right of the goal. Portsmouth managed some good attacks, with shots in quick succession in the game!

Conor Chaplin received the pass up front and crossed for Marlon Pack to head powerfully, but it was blocked by the defense, with Ebou Adams picking up the rebound and heading it over the goal. Following that, in a cross into the area, Morishita headed the ball down for Ohashi to shoot powerfully, but it was also blocked by the defense.

Ryoya Morishita found Ohashi with a pass up front, who shot hard, with a deflection, wide for a corner kick that was taken into the box, but the defense cleared it away. Blackburn are starting to press in the attacking half.

What an intense start to the game! Ryoya Morishita received the pass on the counter-attack and crossed to Yuki Ohashi, who shot hard but sent the ball over the goal. Then, from a corner, Caballero received the pass in the box and shot hard, but wide.

The players are taking to the pitch and the ball is rolling for Blackburn vs Portsmouth, in the first 45 minutes of the match in the 36th round of the EFL Championship, with all the action and excitement in real time here on VAVEL!

Finally, we can expect a high-scoring match! Historically, in these 93 games, Blackburn scored 145 goals, averaging 1.56 goals per game, while Portsmouth scored 118 goals, averaging 1.27 goals per game.

At home, Blackburn hosted Portsmouth 47 times, with 29 wins, 10 draws, and eight losses. In the EFL Championship, they met 17 times, with eight wins, six draws, and only three losses in the history of the game.

There have been 93 matches in history between the two teams, with 41 wins for Blackburn, 28 for Portsmouth, and 24 draws. In the EFL Championship, there have been 35 encounters, with 13 wins for Blackburn, 11 for Portsmouth, and 11 draws.

Later today, at the same time, the matches conclude with Ipwich Town hosting Leicester, Swansea facing Stoke, and Bristol City taking on Coventry City. Finally, QPR and Middlesbrough will play tomorrow at 11:30 AM, closing out the round.

We will have many games in the later time slot, with kickoff at 10 am, where Sheffield United hosts West Bromwich, Charlton takes on Birmingham, and Derby County faces Sheffield Wednesday, in three of these matches.

The EFL Championship round started yesterday with just one match, where Oxford United beat Preston 3-1 away from home. At the same time as tonight's game, there will be only one more match, where Hull City hosts Millwall.

For tonight's game, John Mousinho will have the following players to use during the match against Blackburn: Josef Bursik, Conor Shaughnessy, Madiodio Dia, Ibane Bowat, Jordan Williams, Luke Le Roux, Adrian Segecic, Jacob Brown and Harvey Blair.

For tonight's game, Michael O'Neill will have the following players to use during the match against Portsmouth: Nicholas Michalski, Scott Wharton, Tom Atcheson, Kristi Montgomery, Dion De Neve, Moussa Baradji, Sidnei Tavares, Andri Guojohnsen and Oladapo Afolayan.

With a 4-2-3-1 formation, Portsmouth's starting lineup for tonight's EFL Championship match against Blackburn is: Schmid, Devlin, Poole, Oglivie and Swanson; Pack, Adams, Chaplin, Caballero and Alli; Bishop.

With a 3-4-2-1 formation, Blackburn's starting lineup for tonight's EFL Championship match against Portsmouth is: Toth, Carter, McLoughlin and Cashin; Alebiousu, Forshaw, Gardner-Hickman and Ribeiro; Morishita, Ohashi and Jorgensen.