Blackburn Rovers 2-1 West Ham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 November 2026

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 West Ham United

Championship · Saturday 7 November 2026, 15:00 UTC · Ewood Park, Blackburn · half-time 0-0

Blackburn Rovers · West Ham United · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 West Ham United: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated West Ham United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 7 November 2026 at Ewood Park. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Andri Gudjohnsen opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Andri Gudjohnsen (54') and Oladapo Afolayan (71'). West Ham United scored through Joël Piroe (82').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; West Ham United received 2 yellow cards.

Before kick-off FootballPlazza published a forecast that rated a West Ham United win the most likely result (57%); that call was not correct. The over/under 2.5 goals call (59% for over) was right, and the both-teams-to-score call (59%) was right. Every published forecast is graded the same way on the Results page.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 14th on 18 points from 14 and West Ham United 8th on 23 points from 14. In the current table Blackburn Rovers are 13th on 21 points and West Ham United are 9th on 23 points.

Data as of 8 Nov 2026.

How our published forecast did

  • Result (home / draw / away)19% / 24% / 57%Missed
  • Over 2.5 goals59%Correct
  • Both teams score59%Correct

Recorded before kick-off on 7 Nov 2026. See every graded forecast on the Results page.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Gady BeyukuBlackburn Rovers
  • 54'Goal · Andri GudjohnsenBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Kristi MontgomeryBlackburn Rovers
  • 71'Goal · Oladapo AfolayanBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Maximilian KilmanWest Ham United
  • 82'Goal · Joël PiroeWest Ham United · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Arne EngelsWest Ham United
  • 87'Yellow card · Augustus KargboBlackburn Rovers

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
9West Ham United156543723+1423WLLDL
13Blackburn Rovers156362223-121LWLLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 0, draws 6, West Ham United 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Lewis MillerBlackburn Rovers · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

Balázs Tóth, Gady Beyuku, Hayden Carter, Sean McLoughlin, Harry Pickering, Sam Morsy, Kristi Montgomery, Jayden Fevrier, Todd Cantwell, Oladapo Afolayan, Andri Gudjohnsen

West Ham United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Mads Hermansen, Joël Veltman, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Maximilian Kilman, Ezra Mayers, Jarrod Bowen, Divine Mukasa, Arne Engels, Edvin Austbø, Mohamadou Kanté, Joël Piroe

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