📊 Form Guide

Blackburn Rovers

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Blackburn Rovers, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-0 Championship triumph versus Preston North End.

In that game, Blackburn Rovers had 45% possession and 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Blackburn Rovers was Yūki Ōhashi (90'). On the other side, Preston North End got 3 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Under three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Blackburn Rovers have taken part. With regard to the goal weighting during that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 and Blackburn Rovers managed a tally of 6.

Heading into this fixture, Blackburn Rovers are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Bristol City

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Swansea City in Championship action, Bristol City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Bristol City had 56% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Swansea City got 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. Žan Vipotnik (26') scored for Swansea City.

The stats tell the story, and Bristol City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 12 goals overall. Defensively, Bristol City have seen their frailties exposed. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward here, however.

Ahead of this clash, Bristol City have not emerged victorious against Blackburn Rovers in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 21/01/2023 tells us that Blackburn Rovers have won 3 of these and Bristol City 2, with the number of drawn games being 1.

In all, 17 goals were produced between them in these games, with 8 of them from Rovers and 9 created by The Robins. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The last league clash between these sides was Championship match day 14 on 04/11/2025 and the score finished Bristol City 0-1 Blackburn Rovers.

That time, Bristol City managed 49% possession and 12 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

For their opponents, Blackburn Rovers got 16 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Yūki Ōhashi (45') was the scorer.

The referee was Dean Whitestone.

ℹ️ Team News: Blackburn Rovers

Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the Blackburn Rovers manager Michael O'Neill to contend with due to a largely intact set of players. Lewis Miller (Achilles tendon rupture) is out of contention.

It looks as if Rovers should opt for a 3-4-1-2 formation in the match featuring Balázs Tóth, Sean McLoughlin, Hayden Carter, Eiran Cashin, Ryan Alebiosu, Sondre Tronstad, Moussa Baradji, Harry Pickering, Ryoya Morishita, Mathias Jorgensen and Andri Gudjohnsen.

🗞️ Team News: Bristol City

Bristol City manager Gerhard Struber has to currently contend with reduced team options. Max Bird (Calf injury), Jason Knight (Adductor injury), Luke McNally (Cruciate ligament injury) and Cameron Pring (Ankle injury) can’t be considered.

We’re of the thinking that The Robins might utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Radek Vítek, George Tanner, Robert Dickie, Rob Atkinson, Neto Borges, Sam Morsy, Adam Randell, Mark Sykes, Scott Twine, Sinclair Armstrong and Emil Riis Jakobsen.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Bristol City will likely create enough chances to find the net against this Blackburn Rovers team, but it realistically won’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We reckon that it will be both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Blackburn Rovers at full-time. It should be a decent one.

Peter Guest, 04:05 24/02/2026