Stoke City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 11 April 2026
Result
Stoke City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 11 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Stoke City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Stoke City drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 11 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.
Adam Forshaw opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Stoke City's goal came from an own goal by Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (56'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Adam Forshaw (21').
Discipline: Stoke City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stoke City were 13th on 54 points from 41 and Blackburn Rovers 20th on 47 points from 41. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 52.
Stoke 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 Eiran Cashin of Blackburn Rovers (7.7), ahead of Adam Forshaw (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Adam Forshaw
- 31'Yellow card · Moussa Baradji
- 33'Yellow card · Yuki Ohashi
- 45'Yellow card · Ryan Alebiosu
- 47'Yellow card · Ashley Phillips
- 56'Own goal · Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
- 62'Yellow card · Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
- 87'Second yellow · Ashley Phillips
- 88'Yellow card · Lewis Baker
- 88'Yellow card · Ben Pearson
Head-to-head
Team news
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Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gavin Bazunu, Bosun Lawal, Ashley Phillips, Ben Gibson, Eric-Junior Bocat, Ben Pearson, Lewis Baker, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Million Manhoef, Sorba Thomas, Sam Gallagher
Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Balázs Tóth, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Eiran Cashin, Ryan Alebiosu, Adam Forshaw, Moussa Baradji, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Yuki Ohashi