Swansea City 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 20 January 2026

Result

Swansea City 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Tuesday 20 January 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Swansea City · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Swansea City 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Swansea City defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 20 January 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Zan Vipotnik opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Swansea City's goals came from Zan Vipotnik (21'), an own goal by Connor O'Riordan (50') and Zan Vipotnik (63'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Mathias Jørgensen (35').

Discipline: Swansea City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swansea City were 16th on 33 points from 27 and Blackburn Rovers 20th on 28 points from 26. Swansea City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 52.

Swansea City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Zan Vipotnik of Swansea City (8.3), ahead of Josh Tymon (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Swansea City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Connor O'RiordanBlackburn Rovers
  • 21'Goal · Zan VipotnikSwansea City · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Mathias JørgensenBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 45+1'Yellow cardBlackburn Rovers
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Brandon PowellBlackburn Rovers
  • 50'Own goal · Connor O'RiordanSwansea City · 2-1
  • 63'Goal · Zan VipotnikSwansea City · 3-1
  • 85'Yellow card · RonaldSwansea City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Adam ForshawBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Cameron BurgessSwansea City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swansea City 5, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

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

Lawrence Vigouroux, Ethan Galbraith, Ben Cabango, Cameron Burgess, Josh Tymon, Marko Stamenić, Ronald, Gonçalo Franco, Melker Widell, Ji-sung Eom, Zan Vipotnik

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

Balázs Tóth, Tom Atcheson, Connor O'Riordan, Sean McLoughlin, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Moussa Baradji, Sondre Tronstad, Brandon Powell, Aodhan Doherty, Mathias Jørgensen, Yuki Ohashi