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Premier League 2 Division One 2020/21Match Finished

Manchester City U23 vs Blackburn Rovers U23

25 Jan 2021 · 19:00 GMT · Regular Season - 9

⚽ Benjamin Knight 68′
⚽ Samuel Burns 17′
Academy Stadium, ManchesterReferee: M. WoodsRecorded clock 90′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Manchester City U23 and Blackburn Rovers U23 finished level

Match Finished in the regular season - 9 of the Premier League 2 Division One. 2 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES1 – 1
HALF-TIME0 – 1
MATCH COVERAGE

Know what’s in the report

LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Manchester City U23Blackburn Rovers U23

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Manchester City U23

Formation not supplied

Coach E. Maresca

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    James TraffordProfile: Goalkeeper · 18 at kick-off
  2. 3
    Finley BurnsProfile: Defender · 17 at kick-off
  3. 2
    Conrad Egan-RileyProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
  4. 5
    Callum DoyleProfile: Defender · 17 at kick-off
  5. 11
    Felix NmechaProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
    Off 46′
  6. 4
    Claudio GomesProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
  7. 8
    Cole PalmerProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
  8. 10
    Benjamin KnightProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 68′
  9. 9
    James McAteeProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
  10. 7
    Samuel EdozieProfile: Midfielder · 17 at kick-off
    Off 76′
  11. 6
    Roméo LaviaProfile: Midfielder · 17 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 77′Off 86′

Substitutes5

  1. 16
    Alexander RobertsonProfile: Midfielder · 17 at kick-off
    On 46′
  2. 12
    Alpha Diounkou TecagneProfile: Defender · 19 at kick-off
    On 76′
  3. 14
    Oscar TarensiProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
    On 86′
  4. 13
    Louie MouldenProfile: Goalkeeper · 19 at kick-off
  5. 15
    Joseph HodgeProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off

Blackburn Rovers U23

Formation not supplied

Coach W. Barr

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    Jordan EasthamProfile: Goalkeeper · 19 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 90+2′
  2. 6
    Louie AnnesleyProfile: Defender · 20 at kick-off
    Red Card 82′
  3. 3
    Lewis ThompsonProfile: Defender · 21 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 24′
  4. 5
    Samuel BarnesProfile: Defender · 19 at kick-off
  5. 2
    Daniel Christopher PikeProfile: Defender · 19 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 67′
  6. 4
    Elliott BennettProfile: Midfielder · 32 at kick-off
    Off 46′
  7. 10
    Benjamin PatonProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
  8. 9
    Jack ValeProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 36′
  9. 8
    Isaac WhitehallProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
  10. 11
    Samuel BurnsProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 17′
  11. 7
    Tyrhys DolanProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off

Substitutes5

  1. 12
    Joe NolanProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    On 46′
  2. 15
    Connor McBrideProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
  3. 16
    Luke BrennanProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
  4. 14
    Samuel DurrantProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
  5. 13
    Antonis StergiakisProfile: Goalkeeper · 21 at kick-off
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. Normal GoalBlackburn Rovers U23

    Samuel Burns · Assist: Tyrhys Dolan

  2. Yellow CardBlackburn Rovers U23

    Lewis Thompson

  3. Yellow CardBlackburn Rovers U23

    Jack Vale

  4. SubstitutionManchester City U23

    Off Felix Nmecha On Alexander Robertson

  5. SubstitutionBlackburn Rovers U23

    Off Elliott Bennett On Joe Nolan

  6. Yellow CardBlackburn Rovers U23

    Daniel Christopher Pike

  7. Normal GoalManchester City U23

    Benjamin Knight

  8. SubstitutionManchester City U23

    Off Samuel Edozie On Alpha Diounkou Tecagne

  9. Yellow CardManchester City U23

    Roméo Lavia

  10. Red CardBlackburn Rovers U23

    Louie Annesley

  11. SubstitutionManchester City U23

    Off Roméo Lavia On Oscar Tarensi

  12. Yellow CardBlackburn Rovers U23

    Jordan Eastham

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

Ratings, minutes, shots, passes, tackles, duels and goalkeeper saves need a detailed player feed. Explore profiles and recorded involvement through the lineups above.

06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2020/21 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Previous meetings Within this cup import18 Sept 2020 · Blackburn Rovers U23 2 – 1 Manchester City U23

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 17 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.