Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2014

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won against Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 August 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.

Nouha Dicko opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Nouha Dicko (12'), Bakary Sako (33') and Bakary Sako (68'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Jordan Rhodes (59', penalty).

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 4th on 9 points from 4 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 7 points from 4. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 6th with 78 points, and Blackburn Rovers 9th with 67.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 3 draws and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.

Going into the match Wolverhampton Wanderers's last five read W-W-L-W and Blackburn Rovers's W-L-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Ben MarshallBlackburn Rovers
  • 12'Goal · Nouha DickoWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Andreas HagenWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 33'Goal · Bakary SakoWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Tom CairneyBlackburn Rovers
  • 43'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers
  • 55'Yellow card · Grant HanleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 59'Penalty goal · Jordan RhodesBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 68'Goal · Bakary SakoWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Luke VarneyBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · George SavilleWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 5.

Team news

Wolverhampton Wanderers expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Carl Ikeme, Danny Batth, Scott Golbourne, Richard Stearman, Roger Johnson, Matt Doherty, Karl Henry, Dave Edwards, K. McDonald, Lee Evans, Bakary Sako

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best