Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 January 2016

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Championship · Saturday 16 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Blackburn Rovers · Brighton & Hove Albion · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 16 January 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Bobby Zamora of Brighton & Hove Albion in the 3rd minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 18th on 29 points from 25 and Brighton & Hove Albion 7th on 44 points from 26. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 55 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 2nd with 90.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-L-L-L-D and Brighton & Hove Albion's L-L-L-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Bobby ZamoraBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Matthew KilgallonBlackburn Rovers
  • 57'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Tommy SpurrBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 0, draws 4, Brighton & Hove Albion 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers · injury (Foot Injury)
  • Uwe HünemeierBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Tear in the abductor muscle)
  • Gaëtan BongBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Torn Tendon)

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)

Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Tom Cairney, Ryan Tunnicliffe, J. Rhodes, Craig Conway, Rudy Gestede

Brighton & Hove Albion expected line-up (4-4-2)

David Adam Stockdale, Lewis Dunk, Bruno Saltor, Gordon Greer, Joe Bennett, Greg Halford, Dale Stephens, Beram Kayal