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 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.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Connor O'Riordan
- 21'Goal · Zan Vipotnik
- 35'Goal · Mathias Jørgensen
- 45+1'Yellow card
- 45+1'Yellow card · Brandon Powell
- 50'Own goal · Connor O'Riordan
- 63'Goal · Zan Vipotnik
- 85'Yellow card · Ronald
- 90+1'Yellow card · Adam Forshaw
- 90+4'Yellow card · Cameron Burgess
Head-to-head
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