Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Milton Keynes Dons: result and report

League One · Saturday 26 August 2017

Result

Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Milton Keynes Dons

League One · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Milton Keynes Dons: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Milton Keynes Dons 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 26 August 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.

Derrick Williams opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Derrick Williams (2'), Charlie Mulgrew (29'), Charlie Mulgrew (77') and Dominic Samuel (83'). Milton Keynes Dons scored through E. Upson (25').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Milton Keynes Dons received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 3 points from 3 and Milton Keynes Dons 16th on 3 points from 3. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Milton Keynes Dons 23rd with 45.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Milton Keynes Dons in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 0 draws and 1 for Milton Keynes Dons.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-L-L and Milton Keynes Dons's W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Derrick WilliamsBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · E. UpsonMilton Keynes Dons · 1-1
  • 29'Goal · Charlie MulgrewBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Derrick WilliamsBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Yellow card · Dean LewingtonMilton Keynes Dons
  • 77'Goal · Charlie MulgrewBlackburn Rovers · 3-1
  • 83'Goal · Dominic SamuelBlackburn Rovers · 4-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 0, Milton Keynes Dons 1.

Team news

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

David Raya, Derrick Williams, Charlie Mulgrew, Elliott Ward, Richard Smallwood, Paul Caddis, Josef Dvornik, Elliott Bennett, Dominic Samuel, Marcus Antonsson, Craig Conway

Milton Keynes Dons line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lee Nicholls, G. Williams, Dean Lewington, Scott Wootton, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Edward Upson, Ousseynou Cissé, Peter Pawlett, Aaron Tshibola, Gboly Ariyibi, Ryan Seager