Stoke City 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Friday 10 March 2023

Result

Stoke City 3-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Friday 10 March 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Stoke City 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Stoke City defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Championship on Friday 10 March 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Ki-Jana Hoever opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Ki-Jana Hoever (24'), Ki-Jana Hoever (43') and T. Campbell (75'). Blackburn Rovers scored through B. Brereton (86') and Sam Gallagher (90').

Discipline: Stoke City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 16th on 43 points from 35 and Blackburn Rovers 4th on 58 points from 35. Stoke City went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 69.

Stoke City 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 Ki-Jana Hoever of Stoke City (8.9), ahead of Tyrese Campbell (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Ki-Jana HoeverStoke City · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Ki-Jana HoeverStoke City · 2-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Dujon SterlingStoke City
  • 74'Yellow card · T. MortonBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Goal · T. CampbellStoke City · 3-0
  • 79'Yellow card · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers
  • 83'Yellow card · Jacob BrownStoke City
  • 86'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 3-1
  • 90'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 3-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Jack Bonham, Ki-Jana Hoever, Axel Tuanzebe, Morgan Fox, Dujon Sterling, Ben Pearson, Josh Laurent, Jacob Brown, Will Smallbone, Tyrese Campbell, Dwight Gayle

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

Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, John Buckley, Sorba Thomas, Sammie Szmodics, Tyrhys Dolan, Sam Gallagher