Bristol City 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 13 October 2026

Result

Bristol City 0-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Tuesday 13 October 2026, 18:45 UTC · Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol · half-time 0-1

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Bristol City 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Bristol City lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 October 2026 at Ashton Gate Stadium. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Oladapo Afolayan of Blackburn Rovers in the 38th minute.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 11th on 14 points from 9 and Blackburn Rovers 13th on 12 points from 9. In the current table Bristol City are 15th on 18 points and Blackburn Rovers are 14th on 18 points.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Balázs Tóth of Blackburn Rovers (8.3), ahead of Sean McLoughlin (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Bristol City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Oladapo AfolayanBlackburn Rovers · 0-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
14Blackburn Rovers145362022-218WLWLL
15Bristol City135351517-218DLLDW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 5, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Noah EileBristol City · injury (Muscle Injury)
  • Lewis MillerBlackburn Rovers · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)
  • Scott WhartonBlackburn Rovers · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

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

Sam Tickle, George Tanner, Lisav Naif Eissat, Rob Atkinson, Cameron Pring, Jason Knight, Gibson Yah, Jed Wallace, Sam Greenwood, Scott Twine, Dom Ballard

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

Balázs Tóth, Tom Atcheson, Hayden Carter, Sean McLoughlin, Ryan Alebiosu, Sam Morsy, Kristi Montgomery, Harry Pickering, Ryoya Morishita, Oladapo Afolayan, Todd Cantwell

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