Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 0, Burnley 2.
BlackburnBlackburn Rovers0BurnleyBurnley2
Burnley scored twice before the break to ease into the EFL Cup third round with victory over Lancashire rivals Blackburn at Ewood Park.
Jack Cork headed the Clarets in front, converting Robbie Brady's cross.
Republic of Ireland international Brady then weaved through to fire past Rovers keeper David Raya in added time at the end of the first half.
A spectator ran onto the pitch after Cork's opener and confronted some Burnley players before being removed.
League One side Blackburn started the game brightly against their Premier League opponents, but faded after Cork's opener.
Burnley's record signing Chris Wood, who joined from Leeds for a reported £15m this week, made his debut as a first-half replacement for Jon Walters, who had received lengthy treatment for an ankle injury early on.
The New Zealand striker drew a good save from Raya just before Brady's strike.
Burnley have now won four successive east Lancashire derbies against their rivals, having previously gone 35 years without victory between 1979 and 2014.
Line-ups
Blackburn
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Raya
- 3Williams
- 15Ward
- 14Mulgrew
- 16Caddis
- 7FeeneySubstituted forConwayat 45'minutes
- 6Smallwood
- 11WhittinghamSubstituted forSamuelat 66'minutes
- 8Chapman
- 20Antonsson
- 22GladwinSubstituted forBennettat 45'minutesBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 9Samuel
- 10Graham
- 13Leutwiler
- 29Evans
- 31Bennett
- 32Conway
- 36Doyle
Burnley
Formation 4-4-2
- 29Pope
- 3Taylor
- 28LongBooked at 64mins
- 5Tarkowski
- 26BardsleyBooked at 54mins
- 12BradySubstituted forBerg Gudmundssonat 78'minutes
- 4Cork
- 18Westwood
- 37Arfield
- 19WaltersSubstituted forWoodat 43'minutes
- 10Barnes
Substitutes
- 1Heaton
- 2Lowton
- 6Mee
- 9Vokes
- 11Wood
- 16Defour
- 17Berg Gudmundsson
- Referee:
- Simon Hooper
- Attendance:
- 16,313
Match Stats
Home TeamBlackburnAway TeamBurnley
- Possession
- Home45%
- Away55%
- Shots
- Home3
- Away13
- Shots on Target
- Home0
- Away9
- Corners
- Home5
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away13
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 0, Burnley 2.
Booking
Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers).
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Phil Bardsley (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Phil Bardsley.
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Attempt missed. Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Attempt missed. Chris Wood (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Attempt missed. James Tarkowski (Burnley) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Corner, Burnley. Conceded by David Raya Martin.
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Attempt saved. Chris Wood (Burnley) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Foul by Dominic Samuel (Blackburn Rovers).
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Phil Bardsley (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers).
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Ashley Westwood (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Marcus Antonsson (Blackburn Rovers).
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Jack Cork (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution
Substitution, Burnley. Johann Berg Gudmundsson replaces Robbie Brady.
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Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Kevin Long.
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Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
