Bristol City 3-5 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 15 September 2012
Result
Bristol City 3-5 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 15 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Bristol City 3-5 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Bristol City were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 3-5 in the Championship on Saturday 15 September 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Albert Adomah opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Bristol City's goals came from Albert Adomah (1'), Stephen Pearson (69') and Sam Baldock (83'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Jordan Rhodes (28'), Nuno Gomes (55'), Rubén Rochina (81'), S. Dann (90+3') and Jordan Rhodes (90+6').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Bristol City were 9th on 6 points from 4 and Blackburn Rovers 3rd on 8 points from 4. Bristol City went on to finish that season 24th with 41 points, and Blackburn Rovers 17th with 58.
Going into the match Bristol City's last five read L-W-W-L and Blackburn Rovers's D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Albert Adomah
- 28'Goal · Jordan Rhodes
- 55'Goal · Nuno Gomes
- 69'Goal · Stephen Pearson
- 81'Goal · Rubén Rochina
- 83'Goal · Sam Baldock
- 90+3'Goal · S. Dann
- 90+6'Goal · Jordan Rhodes
Team news
Bristol City line-up
Tom Heaton, Richard Foster, Liam Fontaine, Louis Carey, G. Cunningham, Martyn Woolford, Cole Skuse, Stephen Pearson, Jon Stead, Ryan Taylor, Albert Adomah
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Paul Robinson, Bradley Orr, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Marcus Olsson, Scott Dann, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Danny Murphy, Dickson Etuhu, Bruno Ribeiro, J. Rhodes, Nuno Gomes