Portsmouth 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 March 2025

Result

Portsmouth 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 29 March 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Portsmouth · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Portsmouth 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Portsmouth defeated Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 29 March 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Josh Murphy of Portsmouth in the 20th minute.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 17th on 42 points from 38 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 52 points from 38. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 54 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 66.

Portsmouth 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 Hayden Carter of Blackburn Rovers (7.5), ahead of Regan Poole (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 7 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers
  • 20'Goal · Josh MurphyPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Zak SwansonPortsmouth
  • 37'Yellow card · Regan PoolePortsmouth
  • 40'Yellow card · Danny BatthBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Yellow card · Jordan WilliamsPortsmouth
  • 81'Yellow card · Freddie PottsPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 7.

Team news

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

Nicolas Schmid, Zak Swanson, Regan Poole, Connor Ogilvie, Cohen Bramall, Freddie Potts, Andre Dozzell, Matt Ritchie, Adil Aouchiche, Josh Murphy, Colby Bishop

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

Aynsley Pears, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Danny Batth, Yuri Ribeiro, Sondre Tronstad, Lewis Travis, Cauley Woodrow, Tyrhys Dolan, Owen Beck, Yuki Ohashi