📏 Form Guide

Blackburn Rovers

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Blackburn Rovers are hoping to win again following the 1-0 Championship triumph over Preston North End.

In that match, Blackburn Rovers managed 45% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Blackburn Rovers was Yūki Ōhashi (90'). Preston North End got 3 shots 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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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Swansea City in Championship action, Bristol City will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Bristol City managed 56% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Swansea City got 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Žan Vipotnik (26') was the scorer 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 review of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 21/01/2023 tells us that Blackburn Rovers have won 3 of these games and Bristol City 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

An aggregate of 17 goals were produced between them in these games, with 8 for Rovers and 9 being from The Robins. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was Championship match day 14 on 04/11/2025 which ended up with the score at Bristol City 0-1 Blackburn Rovers.

On that day, Bristol City had 49% possession and 12 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.

Blackburn Rovers got 16 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Yūki Ōhashi (45') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Dean Whitestone.

📰 Team News: Blackburn Rovers

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just one fitness concern for the Blackburn Rovers manager Michael O'Neill to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Lewis Miller (Achilles tendon rupture) misses out.

It’s our opinion that Rovers could make use of the 3-4-1-2 formation for the game with 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 boss Gerhard Struber has to choose a team with limited availability. Max Bird (Calf injury), Jason Knight (Adductor injury), Luke McNally (Cruciate ligament injury) and Cameron Pring (Ankle injury) are not able to play.

We are inclined to think that The Robins might elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing 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, 15:04 24/02/2026