Blackburn Rovers vs West Brom

Blackburn Rovers vs West Bromwich Albion. Sky Bet Championship. 3:00pm, Sunday 14th August 2022. Ewood Park.

We just need to take the chances. "When we conceded a goal, I thought it's going to be tough, because West Brom is a good side. Football at times, that's why it's the game we love. We have to start taking our chances from elsewhere too. "But the players did a tremendous job, they stick together under difficult circumstances. "We scored two great goals.

West Bromwich Albion's busy start to the new Championship season continues on Sunday as they take on Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

The striker made his full senior debut for Albion on Thursday and fared okay for his 70 minutes or so. Wallace chases a through ball to the by-line and his cut-back is cut out. A delicious, deep cross from Wallace on the right has Blackburn keeper Kaminski in all sorts of bother and he gets lost underneath it. The supply from Townsend and Furlong on the flanks must improve, but Albion have otherwise been in the game. Stephen Kenny, the Republic of Ireland manager, is in attendance today. Swift and Diangana stand over the free kick. He drifts central here, collects the ball from Livermore and hits a low shot wide. The execution of Diaz's goal is superb. The waitfor a maiden league victory in 2022-23 goes on. Albion were in need of a response, and they got one a little over 10 minutes later. Bruce sent for Matt Phillips, Callum Robinson and Okay Yokuslu as the Baggies pressed for an equaliser. The second half couldn't have started much worse for Albion if they were to replay it 100 times over; again, Brereton-Diaz was the architect.

The alteration is enforced, with Scott Wharton missing out with a calf issue, meaning Ash Phillips comes in for his league debut at centre half. Daniel Ayala ...

A sun-drenched Ewood roared its approval as Jon Dahl Tomasson's side became the first Rovers team to win their opening three league games since…

They were committed in the tackle, and also willing to push players forward in attack. Brittain found Gallagher whose touch was taken on by Brereton, his short expertly finding the bottom corner. Rovers had brought up 330 minutes of football this season without conceding. It was created by Wallace, another fine delivery from the right had Kaminski hesitating, with Grady Diangana stealing a march on Callum Brittain, but he could only head wide. Ryan Hedges’ had been Rovers’ in-form man in the opening two league matches, with three assists already to his name. With Jed Wallace secured from Millwall on a free transfer, the Baggies completed one of the division’s stand-out pieces of business in the summer, and he was always expected to be a threat.

Reaction from the Rovers head coach after beating West Brom 2-1 at Ewood Park.

One of the teams bigger with the parachute money and it was a great performance. Diangana's strike takes a huge deflection and goes in the opposite corner. It was a great atmosphere and we scored two great goals. It was a fantastic result against one of the better sides in the league. Ash is a young boy, he did a tremendous job, he got help from Ayala and his team-mates. If you see the way they are fighting and with the weather, normally winning games helps in that way. He won't be available for Reading either, it will be a couple of weeks. Brereton Diaz provided the assist for the striker to sweep in his first of the season. It is a position where we don't have a lot of defenders. Don't miss a thing from the club you love! Ben is a great player. Goals from Ben Brereton Diaz and Sam Gallagher either side of half-time put Jon Dahl Tomasson's side in charge in sweltering conditions.

Grady Diangana of West Bromwich Albion celebrates after scoring a goal to make it 1-2 during the Sky Bet Championship between Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich ...

Swift's delivery was half-cleared to Diangana in the edge of the box. The travelling contingent of almost 2,000 tried to keep their side in it. It fed Grant six yards out, but big Belgian Kaminski made himself big for a brave stop. The winger won a free-kick that was helped out to Wallace on the right. Darnell Furlong attacked a Jed Wallace corner well to head over the top. It was not one-way traffic as the hosts showed signs of awakening.

Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship clash between Blackburn Rovers and West Brom at Ewood Park.

We just need to take the chances. "When we conceded a goal, I thought it's going to be tough, because West Brom is a good side. Football at times, that's why it's the game we love. We have to start taking our chances from elsewhere too. "But the players did a tremendous job, they stick together under difficult circumstances. "We scored two great goals.