Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Wrexham: result and report
Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026
Result
Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Wrexham
Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Wrexham: match report
Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Wrexham 0-2 in the Championship on Thursday 1 January 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Sam Smith opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Wrexham scored through Sam Smith (11') and Ollie Rathbone (38').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Wrexham received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 27 points from 23 and Wrexham 11th on 34 points from 24. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 52 points, and Wrexham 7th with 71.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Wrexham in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Rathbone of Wrexham (8.2), ahead of Dominic Hyam (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Wrexham.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-D-W-L-D and Wrexham's W-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Sam Smith
- 30'Yellow card · Moussa Baradji
- 37'Yellow card · Todd Cantwell
- 38'Goal · Ollie Rathbone
- 45+1'Yellow card · Sam Smith
- 64'Yellow card · George Dobson
- 67'Yellow card · Lewis Miller
- 75'Yellow card · Sondre Tronstad
Head-to-head
Team news
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Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Aynsley Pears, Lewis Miller, Sean McLoughlin, George Pratt, Matty Litherland, Moussa Baradji, Sondre Tronstad, Ryan Hedges, Todd Cantwell, Axel Henriksson, Yuki Ohashi
Wrexham line-up (3-4-2-1)
Arthur Okonkwo, Dominic Hyam, Dan Scarr, Callum Doyle, Ryan Longman, George Dobson, Matty James, George Thomason, Oliver Rathbone, Lewis O'Brien, Sam Smith