Match story
- Blackburn fired more attempts (23 vs 16 shots).
- Fulham was more accurate in front of goal (56% on target vs 39%).
Fulham defeated Blackburn 2-1 in Championship. The fixture is part of the Regular Season - 6 stage in the 2015 season. The match was played at Craven Cottage in London. Tony Harrington, England officiated the match. The full-time result capped a Fulham vs Blackburn meeting in Championship with detailed post-match statistics available on Sportra. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Fulham and Blackburn. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
ChampionshipRecorded meetings: 0 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
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Aodhan Doherty has joined Falkirk on a season-long loan as the Northern Ireland Under-21 winger signed a new four-year contract with Blackburn Rovers. The 20-year-old had played 14 times for Linfield in Northern Ireland's top flight before joining the Championship club last summer and made his first-team debut for Rovers against Hull city in the FA Cup in January, before featuring in three league games later the same month. Falkirk manager John McGlynn says Doherty is not just a straight replacement on the left for Calvin Miller, who was sold to Hearts this summer, as he can play as a number 10 as well as out wide.
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