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Sammie Szmodics opens the scoring for Blackburn at Edgeley Park Sammie Szmodics made it three goals in two games as Blackburn easily reached the Carabao Cup second round at Edgeley Park with a 6-1 thrashing of Stockport County. Last season's Championship golden boot winner netted in the league opener against Derby County on Friday night and then grabbed two more in the opening half hour against the League One opponents Rovers had the game won by half-time as Andreas Weimann and Yuki Ohashi added two more against a Stockport side who made 10 changes from their victory over Cambridge on Saturday, including handing debuts to four youngsters. One of them, 16-year-old defender Nathan Mapengu, pulled one back for the home side but Senegalese striker Makhtar Gueye and Jack Vale added two more for Rovers. A mauling looked on the cards from the moment the team sheets were handed in, with Stockport manager Dave Challinor beset by injuries and refusing to risk his front-line players against a relatively strong Rovers side. That proved to be the case as Szmodics picked out the top corner, Weimann slotted in the second and Szmodics volleyed in the third from a Harry Pickering scooped pass, all in the opening 25 minutes. Ohashi headed home from a short corner routine to make it 4-0, and both managers rang the changes in the second half. Defender Mapengu had his memorable moment on debut, prodding home at the far post from Jayden Fevrier's corner, but Rovers were not finished. Stockport goalkeeper Ben Hinchliffe made a string of saves and Ohashi lashed a shot against the post but Gueye, signed from Dutch side Molenbeek, headed home from a corner and Vale finished expertly from a tight angle to round off a big win. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Manager: Dave Challinor Formation: 3 - 4 - 3 Manager: John Eustace Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 League Cup All competitions All competitions All competitions Match ends, Stockport County 1, Blackburn Rovers 6. Second Half ends, Stockport County 1, Blackburn Rovers 6. Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Tyler Onyango. Odin Bailey (Stockport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Jack Vale (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Odin Bailey (Stockport County). Offside, Stockport County. Jid Okeke is caught offside. Goal! Stockport County 1, Blackburn Rovers 6. Jack Vale (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top right corner. Assisted by Yuki Ohashi with a cross. Attempt missed. Makhtar Gueye (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Arnór Sigurdsson with a cross. Substitution, Stockport County. Jake Lewis replaces Jayden Fevrier. Substitution, Stockport County. John Lawless-Williams replaces Nathaniel Mapengu. Arnór Sigurdsson (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Callum Camps (Stockport County). Attempt blocked. Jack Vale (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Attempt blocked. Danny Batth (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by John Buckley with a cross. Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Ben Hinchliffe. Attempt saved. Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Makhtar Gueye with a headed pass. Goal! Stockport County 1, Blackburn Rovers 5. Makhtar Gueye (Blackburn Rovers) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by John Buckley with a cross following a corner. Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Ben Hinchliffe. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.