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Bristol City vs Blackburn 0-1
- Oladapo Afolayan38'
- Kick-off
- Tue, 13 Oct 2026 · 18:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
- Referee
- David Webb
Match timeline
- 75’Substitution
Bristol CityRio Cardines ONGeorge Tanner OFF - 75’SubstitutionBristol CityElijah Adebayo ONJed Wallace OFF
- 73’Substitution
BlackburnAndri Guðjohnsen ONKristi Montgomery OFF - 67’SubstitutionBristol CityBrian de Keersmaecker ONJason Knight OFF
- 67’SubstitutionBristol CityTomi Horvat ONScott Twine OFF
- 63’SubstitutionBlackburnJ. Fevrier ONOladapo Afolayan OFF
- 62’SubstitutionBlackburnMoussa·Baradji ONTodd Cantwell OFF
- 62’SubstitutionBlackburnAugustus Kargbo ONRyoya Morishita OFF
Show 2 earlier events
- 45’SubstitutionBristol CityYu Hirakawa ONSam Greenwood OFF
- 38’Goal!BlackburnOladapo AfolayanAssist: Sean McLoughlin0 – 1
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
Bristol CityBlackburn- 56%Possession44%
- 15Shots3
- 1.81xG0.21
- 6Shots on Target1
- 9Corners5
- 8Fouls7
- 3Offsides4
- 0Saves6
- 414Passes339
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Bristol City4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Substitutions
- 45’↑7 Y. Hirakawa↓20 S. Greenwood
- 67’↑6 B. De Keersmaecker↓12 J. Knight
- 67’↑14 T. Horvat↓10 S. Twine
- 75’↑21 Rio Cardines↓19 G. Tanner
- 75’↑45 E. Adebayo↓17 J. Wallace
Unused substitutes 11 S. Bell, 40 B. Collins, 15 L. McNally, 4 A. Randell
Coach M. Skubala
Blackburn3 - 4 - 2 - 1
- 22Tóth
- 6Atcheson
- 17Carter
- 15McLoughlin
- 2Alebiosu
- 8Morsy
- 31Montgomery
- 3Pickering
- 25Morishita
- 21Afolayan
- 10Cantwell
Substitutions
- 62’↑ Moussa·Baradji↓10 T. Cantwell
- 62’↑7 A. Kargbo↓25 R. Morishita
- 63’↑11 J. Fevrier↓21 O. Afolayan
- 73’↑9 A. Guðjohnsen↓31 Kristi Montgomery
Unused substitutes 30 J. Garrett, 29 M. Jørgensen, 1 A. Pears, 14 D. De Neve, 27 Gady Beyuku, 24 M. Baradji
Coach Tony Mowbray
Match facts
- Competition
- EFL Championship - English Second Tier
- Round
- Matchday 10
- Date
- Tue, 13 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 18:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
- Referee
- David Webb
- Bristol City coach
- M. Skubala
- Blackburn coach
- Tony Mowbray
League table
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Swansea | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | +9 | 23 |
| 2 |  Middlesbrough | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +6 | 21 |
| 3 |  Birmingham | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | +6 | 17 |
| 4 |  West Brom | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 17 |
| 5 |  West Ham | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | +11 | 16 |
| 7 |  Blackburn | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 15 |
| 11 |  Bristol City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
Player ratings
- 1
L. Eissat7.4 - 2
R. Atkinson6.9 - 3
S. Greenwood6.9 - 4
E. Adebayo6.8 - 5
Y. Hirakawa6.7 - 6
G. Tanner6.6 - 7
D. Ballard6.5 - 8
J. Wallace6.5 - 9
T. Horvat6.4 - 10
J. Knight6.3 - 11
S. Twine6.3 - 12
G. Yah6.2 - 13
Rio Cardines6.2 - 14
B. De Keersmaecker6.1 - 15
C. Pring6.0 - 16
S. Tickle5.9 - 17
S. Bell0.0 - 18
B. Collins0.0 - 19
L. McNally0.0 - 20
A. Randell0.0
- 1
O. Afolayan8.0 - 2
S. McLoughlin7.7 - 3
B. Tóth7.5 - 4
M. Baradji7.2 - 5
H. Carter7.0 - 6
Tom Atcheson6.9 - 7
Sam Morsy6.8 - 8
J. Fevrier6.8 - 9
H. Pickering6.7 - 10
Kristi Montgomery6.6 - 11
A. Guðjohnsen6.6 - 12
R. Alebiosu6.5 - 13
R. Morishita6.4 - 14
T. Cantwell6.3 - 15
A. Kargbo6.3 - 16
Gady Beyuku0.0 - 17
D. De Neve0.0 - 18
J. Garrett0.0 - 19
M. Jørgensen0.0 - 20
A. Pears0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
O. Afolayan
Blackburn
- 1
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
Rated 8.0, the best on the pitch — 1 goal in 63 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
Bristol City- W-D-L
- 2-1-2
- Scored / match
- 1.0
- Conceded / match
- 1.4
Blackburn- W-D-L
- 2-1-2
- Scored / match
- 1.8
- Conceded / match
- 1.6
Fan predictions
How the fans called it
- Bristol City0%
- BlackburnResult0%
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What happened
Match report
Blackburn left Ashton Gate with a 1-0 win after Oladapo Afolayan struck in the 38th minute. Sean McLoughlin provided the assist.
Afolayan’s finish came after Bristol City had enjoyed more of the ball, but Blackburn went in ahead at half-time. Bristol City 0-1 Blackburn.
Bristol City made a change on 45 minutes, sending on Yu Hirakawa for Sam Greenwood, then kept pressing after the interval without finding a reply. Blackburn made two changes on 62 minutes, with Moussa Baradji replacing Todd Cantwell and Augustus Kargbo coming on for Ryoya Morishita, before Afolayan was withdrawn for J. Fevrier on 63 minutes. Bristol City then made two changes on 67 minutes, with Brian de Keersmaecker for Jason Knight and Tomi Horvat for Scott Twine, and another two on 75 minutes as Rio Cardines replaced George Tanner and Elijah Adebayo came on for Jed Wallace.
Bristol City had 56% of the possession and 414 passes to Blackburn’s 339, while also finishing with 15 shots to 3, 6 on target to 1, 9 corners to 5 and an expected goals figure of 1.81 to 0.21. Blackburn still held on despite having only 44% of the ball, and their goalkeeper made 6 saves to Bristol City’s 0.
There were no yellow cards and no red cards.
Match record
- Competition
- EFL Championship - English Second Tier
- Round
- Matchday 10
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
- Referee
- David Webb
- Match ID
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10 events
- 38’Goal!BlackburnOladapo AfolayanAssist: Sean McLoughlin0 – 1
- 45’SubstitutionBristol CityYu Hirakawa ONSam Greenwood OFF
- 62’SubstitutionBlackburnMoussa·Baradji ONTodd Cantwell OFF
- 62’SubstitutionBlackburnAugustus Kargbo ONRyoya Morishita OFF
- 63’SubstitutionBlackburnJ. Fevrier ONOladapo Afolayan OFF
- 67’SubstitutionBristol CityBrian de Keersmaecker ONJason Knight OFF
- 67’SubstitutionBristol CityTomi Horvat ONScott Twine OFF
- 73’SubstitutionBlackburnAndri Guðjohnsen ONKristi Montgomery OFF
- 75’SubstitutionBristol CityRio Cardines ONGeorge Tanner OFF
- 75’SubstitutionBristol CityElijah Adebayo ONJed Wallace OFF