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Promoted Burnley finally clinched the Championship title with a win over rivals Blackburn Rovers in the east Lancashire derby at Ewood Park.
Manuel Benson’s superb second-half strike broke the deadlock for the Clarets in a feisty match that had a high tempo but saw both sides limited in clear-cut chances in front of goal.
Blackburn created more opportunities, with five shots on target to one from Burnley, as Dom Hyam saw a strike from distance saved and Sammie Szmodics almost flicked the ball inside the near post in stoppage time.
The defeat hits Rovers’ chances of reaching the play-offs and leaves them in eighth place, without a win in their past seven league games and outside the top six on goal difference with two games to go.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Blackburn
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Pears
- 11Rankin-CostelloBooked at 47mins
- 17Carter
- 5Hyam
- 3PickeringBooked at 62minsSubstituted forBrittainat 74′minutes
- 27TravisSubstituted forLeonardat 85′minutes
- 36Wharton
- 19HedgesSubstituted forThomasat 74′minutes
- 8SzmodicsBooked at 70mins
- 22Brereton
- 10DolanSubstituted forDackat 75′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Kaminski
- 2Brittain
- 14Thomas
- 23Dack
- 30Garrett
- 33Phillips
- 38Leonard
Burnley
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 49MuricBooked at 82mins
- 14Roberts
- 28Al Dakhil
- 3Taylor
- 29MaatsenBooked at 57minsSubstituted forHarwood-Bellisat 90+5′minutes
- 8BrownhillBooked at 35mins
- 24CullenBooked at 53mins
- 22da SilvaSubstituted forManuelat 58′minutes
- 7GudmundssonSubstituted forCorkat 58′minutesBooked at 65mins
- 19ZarourySubstituted forRodríguezat 90+5′minutes
- 10Barnes
Substitutes
- 4Cork
- 5Harwood-Bellis
- 9Rodríguez
- 12Foster
- 15Peacock-Farrell
- 17Manuel
- 45Obafemi
- Referee:
- Tim Robinson
- Attendance:
- 18,166
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