Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Monday 17 April 2017

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Bristol City

Championship · Monday 17 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Bristol City: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Bristol City 1-1 in the Championship on Monday 17 April 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Tammy Abraham opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Sam Gallagher (71'). Bristol City scored through Tammy Abraham (14').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Bristol City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 22nd on 43 points from 42 and Bristol City 20th on 45 points from 42. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Bristol City 20th with 52.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Bristol City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Brownhill of Bristol City (8.7), ahead of Elliott Bennett (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bristol City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Tammy AbrahamBristol City · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Elliott BennettBlackburn Rovers
  • 49'Yellow card · Bailey WrightBristol City
  • 54'Yellow card · Derrick WilliamsBlackburn Rovers
  • 71'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Joe BryanBristol City
  • 86'Yellow card · David CotterillBristol City
  • 86'Yellow card · David CotterillBristol City

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 1, Bristol City 1.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)

David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Elliott Ward, Tommie Hoban, Derrick Williams, Connor Mahoney, Jason Lowe, Hope Akpan, Liam Feeney, Elliott Bennett, Sam Gallagher

Bristol City line-up (4-4-2)

Frank Fielding, Mark Little, Aden Flint, Bailey Wright, Joe Bryan, Josh Brownhill, Korey Smith, Marlon Pack, Sander Krabbendam, Tammy Abraham, M. Taylor