Bristol City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Bristol City FC

5 – 0

Full Time

Blackburn Rovers FC

Wed 10 Apr 2024 · 18:45 UTC Ashton Gate HT 45' · FT 45'

Tommy Conway 24' 1–0

Tommy Conway pen 32' 2–0

Anis Mehmeti 73' 3–0

Nahki Wells pen 78' 4–0

Nahki Wells 90+6' 5–0

Y 29' Joe Rankin-Costello

Y 77' Kyle McFadzean

Overview

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Bristol City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at Ashton Gate.

Bristol City FC 46 games · 62 pts (2026/27)
Blackburn Rovers FC 46 games · 52 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Samuel Allison
Assistant 1 Richard Wild
Assistant 2 Ian Cooper

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Millwall FC	46	83
4	Southampton FC	46	80
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
6	Hull City AFC	46	73
7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
8	Derby County FC	46	69
9	Norwich City FC	46	65
10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
12	Bristol City FC	46	62
13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
14	Preston North End FC	46	60
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
16	Watford FC	46	57
17	Stoke City FC	46	55
18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
22	Oxford United FC	46	47
23	Leicester City FC	46	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Bristol City FC 16 games · Avg 2.6 goals Blackburn Rovers FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-04-10 Bristol City FC 5–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-12-12 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Bristol City FC 2023-01-21 Bristol City FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2022-09-03 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–3 Bristol City FC 2022-03-12 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Bristol City FC

Recent Form

Bristol City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Apr	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	5–0	W
06 Apr	Sunderland AFC	A	0–0	D
01 Apr	Plymouth Argyle FC	A	1–0	W
29 Mar	Leicester City FC	H	1–0	W
16 Mar	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	0–2	L
10 Mar	Swansea City AFC	H	1–0	W

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Apr	Bristol City FC	A	0–5	L
06 Apr	Southampton FC	H	0–0	D
01 Apr	Sunderland AFC	A	5–1	W
29 Mar	Ipswich Town FC	H	0–1	L
16 Mar	Middlesbrough FC	A	0–0	D
09 Mar	Plymouth Argyle FC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Bristol City FC		Blackburn Rovers FC
#12	Position	#20
62	Points	52
46	Played	46
17 / 11 / 18	W / D / L	13 / 13 / 20
59	Scored	42
59	Conceded	56
+0	GD	-14
1.35	PPG	1.13
37%	Win %	28%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Bristol City FC are 12th (62 pts). Blackburn Rovers FC are 20th (52 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Bristol City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — let the football do the talking.
5' Blackburn Rovers FC is showing some good football. However, Blackburn Rovers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' Blackburn Rovers FC have won 469 goals from 382 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' It looks surprising Bristol City FC does not make any changes. Jason Knight has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
20' named a 3-4-2-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
24' Bristol City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Tommy Conway on 24.
29' It’s gonna be a card for Joe Rankin-Costello.
32' Against the run of play, Tommy Conway has scored! This game has turned on its head.
37' A quiet spell here at Ashton Gate. Bristol City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
42' Joe Williams has been relatively quiet despite scoring 3 goals in his last 318 appearances.
46' The crowd applauds Dilan Markanday as he leaves the pitch. John Buckley steps in for Blackburn Rovers FC.
51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jake Garrett, as he is very good at scoring at Ashton Gate with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
56' Bristol City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
61' Bristol City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
66' Bristol City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
71' The whistle greets Tommy Conway as he departs to be replaced by Nahki Wells.
72' A change in the Bristol City FC ranks — Scott Twine exits the field as Anis Mehmeti enters on 72.
73' Anis Mehmeti makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Bristol City FC are in front.
77' It’s gonna be a card for Kyle McFadzean.
78' What a strike from Nahki Wells! The score is 4-0.
81' Time for substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC. Sondre Tronstad is replaced by Jake Garrett.
83' The crowd applauds Joe Williams as he leaves the pitch. Andy King steps in for Bristol City FC.
85' The Bristol City FC manager makes a substitution. Ross McCrorie departs to be replaced by Jamie Knight-Lebel.
90' Bristol City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
The final score is 5-0.

Lineups

Bristol City FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

3
Cameron Pring
8
Joe Williams ↓ Andy King 83'
26
Zak Vyner
7
Scott Twine ↓ Anis Mehmeti 72'
2
Ross McCrorie ↓ Jamie Knight-Lebel 85'
17
Mark Sykes ↓ Harry Cornick 71'
12
Jason Knight
19
George Tanner
24
Haydon Roberts
15
Tommy Conway ↓ Nahki Wells 71'
1
Max O'Leary

Bench

10
Andy King ↑ 83'
6
Matty James
21
Nahki Wells ↑ 71'
9
Harry Cornick ↑ 71'
23
Stefan Bajic
11
Anis Mehmeti ↑ 72'
47
Adedire Awokoya-Mebude
27
Jamie Knight-Lebel ↑ 85'
34
Joseph James

Coach Liam Manning

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2
Callum Brittain
1
Aynsley Pears
9
Sam Gallagher
11
Joe Rankin-Costello ↓ Benjamin Chrisene 46'
8
Samuel Szmodics
16
Scott Wharton ↓ Andrew Moran 46'
5
Dominic Hyam
3
Harry Pickering
6
Sondre Tronstad ↓ Jake Garrett 81'
10
Tyrhys Dolan ↓ Kyle McFadzean 46'
18
Dilan Markanday ↓ John Buckley 46'

Bench

55
Kyle McFadzean ↑ 46'
21
John Buckley ↑ 46'
45
Benjamin Chrisene ↑ 46'
14
Billy Koumetio
17
Hayden Carter
30
Jake Garrett ↑ 81'
24
Andrew Moran ↑ 46'
12
Leopold Wahlstedt

Coach John Eustace

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Nahki Wells	5
Tommy Conway	3
Ben Brereton	2
Famara Diedhiou	2
Yuki Ohashi	2
Tyrhys Dolan	2
Adam Armstrong	2
Bradley Dack	2

Head to Head

Bristol City FC Form

2024-04-10 Bristol City FC 5–0 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2024-04-06 Sunderland AFC 0–0 Bristol City FC D 2024-04-01 Plymouth Argyle FC 0–1 Bristol City FC W 2024-03-29 Bristol City FC 1–0 Leicester City FC W 2024-03-16 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–0 Bristol City FC L 2024-03-10 Bristol City FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC W

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2024-04-10 Bristol City FC 5–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2024-04-06 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Southampton FC D 2024-04-01 Sunderland AFC 1–5 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2024-03-29 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Ipswich Town FC L 2024-03-16 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2024-03-09 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Plymouth Argyle FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.99 Bristol City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.89 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Bristol City FC to win 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Bristol City FC62% Draw22% Blackburn Rovers FC16%

Actual: Bristol City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.88

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Bristol City FC or Draw

84%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

38%

Bristol City FC or Blackburn Rovers FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Bristol City FC44% Draw43% Blackburn Rovers FC13%

Actual: Bristol City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–0 not predicted

5 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

10.9%

1 – 1

10.7%

1 – 0

10.5%

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

7.3%

3 – 0

7.1%

3 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

4.3%

1 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

4.2%

4 – 0

3.6%

4 – 1

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Bristol City FC

Handicap	Bristol City FC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	19%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	23%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet

42% ✗

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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