Blackburn Rovers FC vs Stoke City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 4 Oct 2025 · 11:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Blackburn Rovers FC vs Stoke City FC — Championship .

Blackburn Rovers FC 15 games · 21 pts (2026/27)
Stoke City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ruebyn Ricardo (England)

4 games this season 🟨 7.3/game ⚽ 23.0 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Blackburn Rovers FC 17 games · Avg 2.2 goals Stoke City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-10-04 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Stoke City FC 2025-03-12 Stoke City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2024-11-06 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Stoke City FC 2024-02-10 Blackburn Rovers FC 3–1 Stoke City FC 2023-11-25 Stoke City FC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC

Recent Form

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Oct	Stoke City FC	H	1–1	D
30 Sep	Swansea City AFC	H	1–2	L
27 Sep	Charlton Athletic FC	A	0–3	L
13 Sep	Watford FC	A	1–0	W
30 Aug	Norwich City FC	H	0–2	L
23 Aug	Hull City AFC	A	3–0	W

Stoke City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Oct	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	1–1	D
30 Sep	Middlesbrough FC	A	0–0	D
27 Sep	Norwich City FC	H	1–1	D
20 Sep	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	0–1	L
13 Sep	Birmingham City FC	H	1–0	W
30 Aug	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Blackburn Rovers FC		Stoke City FC
#13	Position	#3
21	Points	29
15	Played	15
6 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	9 / 2 / 4
22	Scored	24
23	Conceded	18
-1	GD	+6
1.40	PPG	1.93
40%	Win %	60%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

33% Clean Sheets
Stoke City FC this season

Blackburn Rovers FC are 13th (21 pts). Stoke City FC are 3rd (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

3/4

16-30

3/3

31-45

4/5

46-60

7/4

61-75

1/3

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Stoke City FC

0-15

4/2

16-30

5/3

31-45

4/–

46-60

4/3

61-75

1/3

76+

4/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

Andri Gudjohnsen	10 G	1 A
Oladapo Afolayan	5 G	2 A
Todd Cantwell	2 G
Sean McLoughlin	1 G

Stoke City FC

Jack McGlynn	5 G	2 A
Ethan Galbraith	4 G	4 A
Eric Bocat	2 G	2 A
Sam Gallagher	2 G	1 A
Justin Devenny	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Blackburn Rovers FC gets underway.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

Stoke City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ki-Jana Hoever	3
Lewis Baker	2
Tyrese Campbell	2
Samuel Szmodics	2
Sam Gallagher	2
Bradley Dack	2
Nick Powell	2
Tyrhys Dolan	2

Head to Head

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2025-10-04 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Stoke City FC D 2025-09-30 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Swansea City AFC L 2025-09-27 Charlton Athletic FC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2025-09-13 Watford FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2025-08-30 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Norwich City FC L 2025-08-23 Hull City AFC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC W

Stoke City FC Form

2025-10-04 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Stoke City FC D 2025-09-30 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Stoke City FC D 2025-09-27 Stoke City FC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2025-09-20 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–0 Stoke City FC L 2025-09-13 Stoke City FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC W 2025-08-30 Stoke City FC 0–1 West Bromwich Albion FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.19 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.31 Stoke City FC xG

I would bet for: Blackburn Rovers FC or Stoke City FC 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Blackburn Rovers FC36% Draw29% Stoke City FC35%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.5

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw

65%

Draw or Stoke City FC

64%

Blackburn Rovers FC or Stoke City FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Blackburn Rovers FC24% Draw49% Stoke City FC27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

10.2%

0 – 1

9.6%

1 – 0

8.6%

1 – 2

8.1%

2 – 1

7.3%

0 – 2

6.8%

2 – 0

5.6%

2 – 2

4.9%

1 – 3

3.6%

0 – 3

3 – 1

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC

Handicap	Blackburn Rovers FC covers	Push	Stoke City FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	18%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	20%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Stoke City FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.