Millwall 3-4 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Monday 8 May 2023

Result

Millwall 3-4 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Monday 8 May 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

Millwall · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Millwall 3-4 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Millwall were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 3-4 in the Championship on Monday 8 May 2023. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Duncan Watmore opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Millwall's goals came from Duncan Watmore (8'), Duncan Watmore (37') and Oliver Burke (39'). Blackburn Rovers scored through A. Wharton (22'), J. Rankin-Costello (51'), B. Brereton (63') and B. Brereton (86').

Discipline: Millwall received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Millwall were 6th on 68 points from 45 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 66 points from 45. Millwall went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 69.

Millwall lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Brereton Díaz of Blackburn Rovers (8.8), ahead of Joe Rankin-Costello (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Millwall win, 3 draws and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Duncan WatmoreMillwall · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · A. WhartonBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 37'Goal · Duncan WatmoreMillwall · 2-1
  • 39'Goal · Oliver BurkeMillwall · 3-1
  • 51'Goal · J. Rankin-CostelloBlackburn Rovers · 3-2
  • 63'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 3-3
  • 64'Yellow card · Jake CooperMillwall
  • 86'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 3-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Millwall 1, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 6.

Team news

Millwall line-up (4-2-3-1)

George Long, Danny McNamara, Shaun Hutchinson, Jake Cooper, Callum Styles, Billy Mitchell, George Saville, Oliver Burke, Zian Flemming, Duncan Watmore, Tom Bradshaw

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

Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Adam Wharton, Sammie Szmodics, Sorba Thomas, Ryan Hedges, Ben Brereton Díaz