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 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)
Stoke City FC 8 games · 13 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ruebyn Ricardo (England)

3 games this season 🟨 3.7/game ⚽ 13.0 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Blackburn Rovers FC 16 games · Avg 2.1 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
#16	Position	#7
9	Points	13
8	Played	8
2 / 3 / 3	W / D / L	4 / 1 / 3
12	Scored	13
12	Conceded	12
+0	GD	+1
1.13	PPG	1.63
25%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

31% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

25% Clean Sheets
Stoke City FC this season

Blackburn Rovers FC are 16th (9 pts). Stoke City FC are 7th (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

1/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

1/2

46-60

6/2

61-75

–/2

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Stoke City FC

0-15

4/1

16-30

4/3

31-45

2/–

46-60

1/2

61-75

–/2

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

Oladapo Afolayan	3 G	2 A
Andri Gudjohnsen	3 G	1 A
Sean McLoughlin	1 G

Stoke City FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Blackburn Rovers FC and Stoke City FC.
The final score is 1-1.

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

2 / 4

1.4 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.32 Stoke City FC xG

I would bet for: Blackburn Rovers FC or Stoke City FC 72% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Blackburn Rovers FC40% Draw28% Stoke City FC32%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.72

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw

67%

Draw or Stoke City FC

60%

Blackburn Rovers FC or Stoke City FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Blackburn Rovers FC28% Draw47% Stoke City FC25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

8.6%

1 – 0

8.2%

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

7.7%

0 – 1

7.7%

2 – 0

6.3%

0 – 2

5.6%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 1

3.8%

1 – 3

3.4%

3 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC

Handicap	Blackburn Rovers FC covers	Push	Stoke City FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	20%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	18%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Stoke City FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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