Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Swansea City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 30 September 2025

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Swansea City

Championship · Tuesday 30 September 2025, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Blackburn Rovers · Swansea City · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Swansea City: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Swansea City 1-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 30 September 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Todd Cantwell opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Todd Cantwell (28'). Swansea City scored through Gonçalo Franco (44') and Liam Cullen (67').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Swansea City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 20th on 6 points from 6 and Swansea City 13th on 9 points from 7. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 52 points, and Swansea City 11th with 64.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Swansea City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Todd Cantwell of Blackburn Rovers (7.7), ahead of Liam Cullen (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 5 for Swansea City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Todd CantwellBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Sean McLoughlinBlackburn Rovers
  • 44'Goal · Gonçalo FrancoSwansea City · 1-1
  • 67'Goal · Liam CullenSwansea City · 1-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Josh TymonSwansea City
  • 74'Yellow card · Cameron BurgessSwansea City
  • 79'Yellow card · Sondre TronstadBlackburn Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · Todd CantwellBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 1, Swansea City 5.

Team news

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

Balázs Tóth, Ryan Alebiosu, Lewis Miller, Sean McLoughlin, Yuri Ribeiro, Sondre Tronstad, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Ryan Hedges, Andri Gudjohnsen

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

Lawrence Vigouroux, Josh Key, Ben Cabango, Cameron Burgess, Josh Tymon, Gonçalo Franco, Marko Stamenić, Ethan Galbraith, Manuel Benson, Zan Vipotnik, Zeidane Inoussa