Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Blackburn Rovers FC vs Swansea City AFC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2024-25
Blackburn Rovers FC
1 – 0
Full Time
Swansea City AFC
Sat 19 Oct 2024 · 14:00 UTC Ewood Park 13,550 HT 45' · FT 45'
Tyrhys Dolan 13' 1–0
Y 8' Goncalo Franco
Y 41' Josh Key
Owen Beck 60' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Blackburn Rovers FC vs Swansea City AFC — Championship at Ewood Park.

Match Details

  • Referee David Webb
  • Assistant 1 Rob Hyde (England)
  • Assistant 2
3 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 6.0 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

4
4
8
Blackburn Rovers FC 16 games · Avg 2.6 goals Swansea City AFC
Last 5 meetings
2024-10-19 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC 2024-03-02 Swansea City AFC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-10-28 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Swansea City AFC 2023-02-18 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC 2022-08-06 Swansea City AFC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC

Recent Form

Blackburn Rovers FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Oct Swansea City AFC H 1–0 W
05 Oct Plymouth Argyle FC A 1–2 L
01 Oct Coventry City FC A 0–3 L
28 Sep Queens Park Rangers FC H 2–0 W
22 Sep Preston North End FC A 0–0 D
14 Sep Bristol City FC H 3–0 W
Swansea City AFC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Oct Blackburn Rovers FC A 0–1 L
05 Oct Stoke City FC H 0–0 D
02 Oct Sheffield United FC A 0–1 L
29 Sep Bristol City FC H 1–1 D
21 Sep Coventry City FC A 2–1 W
14 Sep Norwich City FC H 1–0 W

Season Stats

Blackburn Rovers FC Swansea City AFC
#16 Position #1
9 Points 17
8 Played 8
2 / 3 / 3 W / D / L 5 / 2 / 1
12 Scored 13
12 Conceded 6
+0 GD +7
1.13 PPG 2.13
25% Win % 63%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
13% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season
50% Clean Sheets
Swansea City AFC this season

Blackburn Rovers FC are 16th (9 pts). Swansea City AFC are 1st (17 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
Swansea City AFC
0-15
3/2
16-30
2/–
31-45
2/2
46-60
3/1
61-75
2/–
76+
1/1
■ 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
Swansea City AFC
Adam Idah 3 G 1 A
Ji-sung Eom 2 G 2 A
Joseph Opoku 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Blackburn Rovers FC gets underway.
  • 5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 8' Goncalo Franco has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 8.
  • 13' Brilliant from the ! Tyrhys Dolan makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 13.
  • 18' With 0 assists to his name this season, Matt Grimes is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Blackburn Rovers FC.
  • 23' Swansea City AFC is showing some good football. However, Swansea City AFC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 28' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 33' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-3-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 38' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 41' That is a card for Swansea City AFC. Josh Key will be fuming at that decision.
  • 46' Oliver Cooper, a Wales , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 51' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Blackburn Rovers FC and Swansea City AFC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 53' The supporters are chanting for Azeem Abdulai. He replaces Florian Bianchini on 53 minute.
  • 58' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 59' Yuki Ohashi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Makhtar Gueye on 59 minute.
  • 60' Owen Beck picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 65' Zan Vipotnik has so much to prove this time. He replaces Oliver Cooper on 65 minute.
  • 70' Sondre Tronstad needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 30 Yellow cards this season.
  • 71' Blackburn Rovers FC make a change. Tyrhys Dolan trudges off to be replaced by Andreas Weimann on 71 minutes.
  • 72' Another change for Swansea City AFC made on 72 minute. Goncalo Franco leaves to be changed by Joe Allen.
  • 77' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 82' It looks like no one’s ball. Swansea City AFC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 87' Dominic Hyam has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 4 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 90' Lewis Baker gets the nod from Blackburn Rovers FC. He replaces Todd Cantwell and will look to change the dynamic.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach John Eustace

Swansea City AFC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luke Williams

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Andre Ayew 4
Ben Brereton 3
Samuel Szmodics 2
Liam Cullen 2
Sam Gallagher 2
Jamie Paterson 2
Bradley Dack 2
Oliver McBurnie 1

Head to Head

2024-10-19 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC 2024-03-02 Swansea City AFC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-10-28 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Swansea City AFC 2023-02-18 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC 2022-08-06 Swansea City AFC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2024-10-19 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC W 2024-10-05 Plymouth Argyle FC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2024-10-01 Coventry City FC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2024-09-28 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–0 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2024-09-22 Preston North End FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2024-09-14 Blackburn Rovers FC 3–0 Bristol City FC W

Swansea City AFC Form

2024-10-19 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC L 2024-10-05 Swansea City AFC 0–0 Stoke City FC D 2024-10-02 Sheffield United FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC L 2024-09-29 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Bristol City FC D 2024-09-21 Coventry City FC 1–2 Swansea City AFC W 2024-09-14 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Norwich City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.12 Blackburn Rovers FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1 Swansea City AFC xG
I would bet for: Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Blackburn Rovers FC42% Draw30% Swansea City AFC28%
Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes44% 0% No56%
Avg goals/match: 2.12
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 86%
14%
± 1.5 63%
37%
± 2.5 36%
64%
± 3.5 17%
83%
± 4.5 7%
93%

Double Chance

Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw
72%
Draw or Swansea City AFC
58%
Blackburn Rovers FC or Swansea City AFC
70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Blackburn Rovers FC25% Draw53% Swansea City AFC22%
Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
14.4%
0 – 0
14.3%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
10.6%
2 – 1
7.3%
2 – 0
7.2%
1 – 2
6.5%
0 – 2
5.7%
2 – 2
3.8%
3 – 1
2.8%
3 – 0
2.7%
1 – 3
2.2%

Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC

Handicap Blackburn Rovers FC covers Push Swansea City AFC covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 11% 85%
-1.5 15% — 85%
-1 15% 21% 63%
-0.5 37% — 63%
+0.5 70% — 30%
+1 70% 19% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 8% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet
37% ✗
Swansea City AFC keeps clean sheet
33% ✓

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