Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 12 December 2023

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Bristol City

Championship · Tuesday 12 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Bristol City: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Bristol City 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 12 December 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Arnór Sigurdsson opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Arnór Sigurdsson (35') and Scott Wharton (52'). Bristol City scored through Mark Sykes (60').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 5 yellow cards; Bristol City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 11th on 28 points from 20 and Bristol City 14th on 26 points from 20. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Bristol City 11th with 62.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol City in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Leopold Wahlstedt of Blackburn Rovers (8.1), level with Scott Wharton (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 5 for Bristol City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Hayden CarterBlackburn Rovers
  • 35'Goal · Arnór SigurdssonBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Jason KnightBristol City
  • 52'Goal · Scott WhartonBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 60'Goal · Mark SykesBristol City · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Callum BrittainBlackburn Rovers
  • 88'Yellow card · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers
  • 89'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 89'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 3, Bristol City 5.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Leopold Wahlstedt, Callum Brittain, Hayden Carter, Scott Wharton, Harry Pickering, Adam Wharton, Sondre Tronstad, A. Moran, Sammie Szmodics, Arnór Sigurdsson, Niall Ennis

Bristol City line-up (3-4-3)

Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Zak Vyner, Rob Dickie, Cameron Pring, Mark Sykes, Matty James, Joe Williams, Sam Bell, Tommy Conway, Jason Knight