English League Championship

Blackburn Rovers vs Bristol City, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Blackburn Rovers
  • 35': Arnór Sigurdsson
  • 52': Scott Wharton
FT
2 - 1
Bristol City
  • 60': Mark Sykes

About

Blackburn Rovers are hosting Bristol City at Ewood Park, Blackburn, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Tommy Conway (Bristol City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 3': Arnór Sigurdsson (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by George Tanner (Bristol City).
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Niall Ennis (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Moran.
  • 5': Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Scott Wharton.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Sam Bell (Bristol City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Jason Knight following a fast break.
  • 10': Delay in match (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 11': Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Niall Ennis is caught offside.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Tommy Conway (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Joe Williams.
  • 22': Foul by Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 22': Sam Bell (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 22': Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arnór Sigurdsson.
  • 26': Foul by Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 26': George Tanner (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Attempt blocked. Jason Knight (Bristol City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rob Dickie.
  • 28': Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Callum Brittain.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Zak Vyner (Bristol City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mark Sykes with a cross following a corner.
  • 30': Foul by Rob Dickie (Bristol City).
  • 30': Niall Ennis (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 32': Foul by Rob Dickie (Bristol City).
  • 32': Niall Ennis (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Moran from a direct free kick.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Adam Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Arnór Sigurdsson.
  • 35': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Bristol City 0. Arnór Sigurdsson (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sammie Szmodics.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Andrew Moran (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 42': Foul by Jason Knight (Bristol City).
  • 42': Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Foul by Jason Knight (Bristol City).
  • 42': Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Niall Ennis is caught offside.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Niall Ennis.
  • 44': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Matty James.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Scott Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) header from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Moran with a cross.
  • 45': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Rob Dickie.
  • 45'+1': Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Niall Ennis is caught offside.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Bristol City 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Blackburn Rovers 1, Bristol City 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Harry Leonard replaces Niall Ennis.
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Moran.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 51': Adam Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Foul by Jason Knight (Bristol City).
  • 51': Jason Knight (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 51': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Cameron Pring.
  • 52': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Bristol City 0. Scott Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Wharton with a cross following a corner.
  • 55': Attempt missed. Tommy Conway (Bristol City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
  • 58': Substitution, Bristol City. Anis Mehmeti replaces Sam Bell.
  • 58': Substitution, Bristol City. Harry Cornick replaces Tommy Conway.
  • 58': Substitution, Bristol City. Taylor Gardner-Hickman replaces Joe Williams.
  • 60': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Bristol City 1. Mark Sykes (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jason Knight.
  • 68': Foul by Scott Wharton (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 68': Harry Cornick (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Jason Knight (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matty James.
  • 71': Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Leopold Wahlstedt.
  • 73': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Jake Garrett replaces Andrew Moran.
  • 73': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. James Hill replaces Adam Wharton.
  • 74': Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Callum Brittain is caught offside.
  • 77': Attempt saved. Jason Knight (Bristol City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mark Sykes.
  • 79': Substitution, Bristol City. Ephraim Yeboah replaces Mark Sykes.
  • 79': Substitution, Bristol City. Andreas Weimann replaces Jason Knight.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Taylor Gardner-Hickman.
  • 80': Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Sondre Tronstad.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Arnór Sigurdsson (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Sammie Szmodics.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 83': Andreas Weimann (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 83': Foul by Scott Wharton (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 84': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Lewis Travis replaces Scott Wharton.
  • 85': Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Sammie Szmodics is caught offside.
  • 85': Callum Brittain (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  • 86': Ephraim Yeboah (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Foul by Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 88': Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  • 89': Foul by Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 89': Rob Dickie (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89': Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Foul by Cameron Pring (Bristol City).
  • 90': Harry Leonard (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90': Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Arnór Sigurdsson is caught offside.
  • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Cameron Pring.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Bristol City 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Bristol City 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Bristol City 1.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 6
4 Corner Kicks 3
1 Saves 5
46.5 Possession 53.5
11 SHOTS 13
5 ON GOAL 3
0.5 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
411 Accurate Passes 502
519 Passes 602
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 2
19 Crosses 8
0.1 Cross % 0.3
80 Long Balls 51
23 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 6
10 Effective Tackles 11
18 Tackles 17
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
18 Interceptions 6
9 Effective Clearances 21
9 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Ewood Park
Location: Blackburn, England
Attendance: 11,092

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Birmingham City 15 +14 29
2 Middlesbrough 15 +11 29
3 Stoke City 15 +6 29
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 +8 28
Full Standings

Line-Ups

BLK Blackburn Rovers (4-2-2-2)

No. Name
12 Leopold Wahlstedt (GK)
16 Scott Wharton
17 Hayden Carter Yellow Card
3 Harry Pickering
2 Callum Brittain Yellow Card
23 Adam Wharton
6 Sondre Tronstad
14 Niall Ennis
8 Sammie Szmodics
7 Arnór Sigurdsson
24 Andy Moran
Blackburn Rovers Substitutes:
Dilan Kumar Markanday, Joe Hilton, James Hill, Lewis Travis, Rory Finneran, Tom Atcheson, Harry Leonard, Semir Telalovic, Jake Garrett.

BRC Bristol City (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Max O'Leary (GK)
16 Robert Dickie
26 Zak Vyner
3 Cameron Pring
19 George Tanner
8 Joe Williams
6 Matty James
20 Sam Bell
17 Mark Sykes
12 Jason Knight Yellow Card
15 Tommy Conway
Bristol City Substitutes:
Jamie Knight-Lebel, Andreas Weimann, Anis Mehmeti, Stefan Bajic, Jed Meerholz, Ephraim Yeboah, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Harry Cornick.

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