Bristol City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 October 2016

Result

Bristol City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 22 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Bristol City beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 22 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Aaron Wilbraham of Bristol City in the 88th minute.

Discipline: Bristol City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 10th on 18 points from 13 and Blackburn Rovers 22nd on 12 points from 13. Bristol City went on to finish that season 20th with 52 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 51.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Tomlin of Bristol City (7.8), ahead of Hörður Magnússon (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

Going into the match Bristol City's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Blackburn Rovers's W-D-L-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Aden FlintBristol City
  • 20'Yellow card · Jamie PatersonBristol City
  • 88'Goal · Aaron WilbrahamBristol City · 1-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Charlie MulgrewBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bristol City 0, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Frank Fielding, Adam Matthews, Aden Flint, Hörður Magnússon, Scott Golbourne, Korey Smith, Gary O'Neil, Sander Krabbendam, Lee Tomlin, Luke Freeman, Tammy Abraham

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

Jason Steele, Jason Lowe, Darragh Lenihan, Tommie Hoban, Derrick Williams, Ben Marshall, Danny Guthrie, Josef Dvornik, Craig Conway, Marvin Emnes, Sam Gallagher