Bristol City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 January 2025

Result

Bristol City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 25 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Bristol City · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Bristol City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Bristol City won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Scott Twine opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Scott Twine (12') and Nahki Wells (77'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Andreas Weimann (39').

Discipline: Bristol City received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 10th on 38 points from 28 and Blackburn Rovers 6th on 42 points from 28. Bristol City went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 66.

Bristol City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Scott Twine of Bristol City (8.7), ahead of Luke McNally (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bristol City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Danny BatthBlackburn Rovers
  • 12'Goal · Scott TwineBristol City · 1-0
  • 14'Yellow card · Dion SandersonBlackburn Rovers
  • 23'Yellow card · Makhtar GueyeBlackburn Rovers
  • 39'Goal · Andreas WeimannBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers
  • 77'Goal · Nahki WellsBristol City · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Max Edward O’LearyBristol City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 4, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

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

Max O'Leary, Zak Vyner, Rob Dickie, Luke McNally, George Tanner, Max Bird, Jason Knight, Haydon Roberts, Anis Mehmeti, Sinclair Armstrong, Scott Twine

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

Aynsley Pears, Dion Sanderson, Danny Batth, Dominic Hyam, Callum Brittain, Adam Forshaw, John Buckley, Ryan Hedges, Tyrhys Dolan, Andreas Weimann, Makhtar Gueye