Stoke City 0-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 November 2023

Result

Stoke City 0-3 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 25 November 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Stoke City · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Stoke City 0-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Stoke City were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 0-3 in the Championship on Saturday 25 November 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Scott Wharton opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Stoke City did not score. Blackburn Rovers scored through Scott Wharton (4'), Andrew Moran (86') and Sammie Szmodics (90+1').

Discipline: Stoke City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Stoke City were 14th on 21 points from 16 and Blackburn Rovers 12th on 22 points from 16. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 56 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 53.

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 A. Moran of Blackburn Rovers (9.2), ahead of Jake Garrett (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

  • 4'Goal · Scott WhartonBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers
  • 86'Goal · Andrew MoranBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jordan ThompsonStoke City
  • 90+1'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 0-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ben PearsonStoke City

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, Luke McNally, Michael Rose, Enda Stevens, Ben Pearson, Wouter Burger, Mehdi Léris, Daniel Johnson, Jun-ho Bae, Dwight Gayle

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

Leopold Wahlstedt, James Hill, Hayden Carter, Scott Wharton, Harry Pickering, Sondre Tronstad, Adam Wharton, A. Moran, Sammie Szmodics, Callum Brittain, Tyrhys Dolan