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
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.
Key events
- 38'Goal · Oladapo Afolayan
Form and table
- Bristol CityLast five: W L L W D
- Blackburn RoversLast five: L L W D W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 18 | WLWLL |
| 15 | Bristol City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 18 | DLLDW |
Head-to-head
Team news
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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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