Timeline
- 30' Djibril Soumaré Yellow Card
- 33' Hayden Carter Yellow Card
- 41' Gady Beyuku for Ryan Alebiousu
- 43' Jack McGlynn Goal - Free-kick
- 45' Junior Tchamadeu for Luca Bombino
- 58' Svante Ingelsson for Djibril Soumaré
- 62' Róbert Bozeník Yellow Card
- 67' Moussa Baradji for Kristi Montgomery
- 67' Augustus Kargbo for Jayden Fevrier
- 67' Yuri Ribeiro for Harry Pickering
- 68' Moussa Baradji own goal
- 74' Viktor Johansson Yellow Card
- 78' Yuki Ohashi for Oladapo Afolayan
- 81' Augustus Kargbo Yellow Card
- 82' Tomás Rigo for Million Manhoef
- 82' George Hirst for Róbert Bozeník
- 85' Bae Jun-Ho for Justin Devenny
- 87' Andri Gudjohnsen
- 90' Andri Gudjohnsen Yellow Card
- 90'+2' Junior Tchamadeu Yellow Card
Match stats
58.1%
Possession
41.9%
14
Shots
11
3
On target
3
12
Fouls
19
3
Yellow cards
4
0
Red cards
0
0
Offsides
1
2
Saves
2
388
Accurate passes
270
Lineups
Blackburn Rovers
4-2-3-1
22
Toth
3
Pickering
15
McLoughlin
17
Carter
2
Alebiousu
31
Montgomery
8
Morsy
21
Afolayan
10
Cantwell
11
Fevrier
9
Gudjohnsen
Stoke City
3-4-3
1
Johansson
5
Graham
40
Taloverov
16
Wilmot
21
Bombino
27
Soumaré
7
McGlynn
2
Johnson
13
Devenny
9
Bozeník
42
Manhoef
Blackburn Rovers
4-2-3-1
- 22 Balazs Toth G
- 15 Sean McLoughlin CD-L
- 17 Hayden Carter CD-R
- 3 Harry Pickering ▼ LB
- 2 Ryan Alebiousu ▼ RB
- 10 Todd Cantwell AM
- 31 Kristi Montgomery ▼ LM
- 8 Sam Morsy RM
- 9 Andri Gudjohnsen F
- 21 Oladapo Afolayan ▼ AM-L
- 11 Jayden Fevrier ▼ AM-R
Came on
- 4 Yuri Ribeiro ▲ SUB
- 27 Gady Beyuku ▲ SUB
- 23 Yuki Ohashi ▲ SUB
- 7 Augustus Kargbo ▲ SUB
- 24 Moussa Baradji ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
- 14 Dion De Neve SUB
- 1 Aynsley Pears SUB
- 30 Jake Garrett SUB
- 16 Scott Wharton SUB
Stoke City
3-4-3
- 1 Viktor Johansson G
- 40 Maksym Taloverov CD
- 5 Luke Graham CD-L
- 16 Ben Wilmot CD-R
- 27 Djibril Soumaré ▼ CM-L
- 7 Jack McGlynn CM-R
- 21 Luca Bombino ▼ LM
- 2 Ben Johnson RM
- 9 Róbert Bozeník ▼ F
- 13 Justin Devenny ▼ CF-L
- 42 Million Manhoef ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 19 Tomás Rigo ▲ SUB
- 6 Svante Ingelsson ▲ SUB
- 22 Junior Tchamadeu ▲ SUB
- 10 Bae Jun-Ho ▲ SUB
- 15 George Hirst ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
- 24 Joshua Griffiths SUB
- 18 Bosun Lawal SUB
- 4 Ben Pearson SUB
- 43 Freddie Anderson SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Stoke City 2.
- 90'+6' Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Stoke City 2.
- 90'+5' Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Sean McLoughlin.
- 90'+4' Handball by Sam Morsy (Blackburn Rovers).
- 90'+2' Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+2' Andri Gudjohnsen (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2' Foul by Ben Wilmot (Stoke City).
- 90' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90' Andri Gudjohnsen (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
- 90' Foul by Andri Gudjohnsen (Blackburn Rovers).
- 90' Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90' Moussa Baradji (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Recent form
Blackburn Rovers
L
W
L
W
W
- W Cardiff City 2-1 EFL Championship
- W at Bristol City 1-0 EFL Championship
- L at West Bromwich Albion 3-2 EFL Championship
- W Wrexham 2-0 EFL Championship
- L at Swansea City 4-0 EFL Championship
Stoke City
W
D
W
L
W
- W at Bolton Wanderers 2-1 EFL Championship
- L Middlesbrough 3-2 EFL Championship
- W at Derby County 1-0 EFL Championship
- D Bristol City 0-0 EFL Championship
- W Preston North End 2-0 EFL Championship
Head to head
STK leads series 2-1-2
- 11 Apr 2026 Stoke City 1–1 Blackburn Rovers 2025-26 English League Championship
- 4 Oct 2025 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Stoke City 2025-26 English League Championship
- 12 Mar 2025 Stoke City 1–0 Blackburn Rovers 2024-25 English League Championship
- 6 Nov 2024 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Stoke City 2024-25 English League Championship
- 10 Feb 2024 Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Stoke City 2023-24 English League Championship
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