Swansea City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 March 2024

Result

Swansea City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 2 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Swansea City · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Swansea City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Swansea City won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 March 2024. The half-time score was 2-0.

Joe Allen opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Swansea City's goals came from Joe Allen (7') and Jamie Paterson (19'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Sammie Szmodics (67').

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

Going into the game Swansea City were 17th on 39 points from 34 and Blackburn Rovers 16th on 39 points from 34. Swansea City went on to finish that season 14th with 57 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 53.

Swansea 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 Joe Allen of Swansea City (7.7), ahead of Kyle Naughton (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Swansea City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Joe AllenSwansea City · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzeanBlackburn Rovers
  • 19'Goal · Jamie PatersonSwansea City · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers
  • 67'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Josh TymonSwansea City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swansea City 3, draws 4, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

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

Carl Rushworth, Kyle Naughton, Ben Cabango, Nathan Wood, Josh Tymon, Joe Allen, Matt Grimes, Ronald, Sander Krabbendam, Przemyslaw Placheta, Liam Cullen

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

Aynsley Pears, Dominic Hyam, Kyle McFadzean, Scott Wharton, Callum Brittain, A. Moran, John Buckley, Harry Pickering, Tyrhys Dolan, Sammie Szmodics, Sam Gallagher