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

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Championship · 2024-25

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Blackburn Rovers FC

Wed 12 Mar 2025 · 20:00 UTC Bet365 Stadium 20,194 HT 45' · FT 45'

Ali Al-Hamadi 19' 1–0

Y 46' Makhtar Gueye

Y 78' Lewis Travis

Sam Gallagher 83' Y

Jordan Thompson 90' Y

Overview

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Stoke City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at Bet365 Stadium.

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

Match Details

Referee Farai Hallam (England)
Assistant 1 Alex James (England)
Assistant 2 Carl Fitch-Jackson

6 games this season 🟨 4.2/game ⚽ 10.8 goals/game

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

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

Last 5 meetings

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 2023-03-10 Stoke City FC 3–2 Blackburn Rovers FC

Recent Form

Stoke City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Mar	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	1–0	W
08 Mar	Coventry City FC	A	2–3	L
01 Mar	Watford FC	H	0–0	D
25 Feb	Middlesbrough FC	H	1–3	L
22 Feb	Norwich City FC	A	2–4	L
15 Feb	Swansea City AFC	H	3–1	W

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Mar	Stoke City FC	A	0–1	L
08 Mar	Derby County FC	A	1–2	L
01 Mar	Norwich City FC	H	1–1	D
22 Feb	Swansea City AFC	A	0–3	L
15 Feb	Plymouth Argyle FC	H	2–0	W
12 Feb	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Stoke City FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

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

Blackburn Rovers FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Bet365 Stadium. Stoke City FC are looking to make home advantage count against Blackburn Rovers FC.
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Stoke City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Stoke City FC and Blackburn Rovers FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
15' Blackburn Rovers FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
19' Ali Al-Hamadi doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
24' It looks like no one’s ball. Blackburn Rovers FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
29' Stoke 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.
34' With 1 assists to his name this season, Junior Tchamadeu is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Stoke City FC.
39' Stoke City FC is showing some good football. However, Stoke City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
44' Blackburn Rovers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 44.
46' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Makhtar Gueye.
51' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Blackburn Rovers FC that had 397 games and scored 491 goals.
56' A quiet spell here at Bet365 Stadium. Blackburn Rovers FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
60' Stoke City FC make a change. Million Manhoef trudges off to be replaced by Lewis Koumas on 60 minutes.
65' It is a substitution in Blackburn Rovers FC team. Adam Forshaw is replaced by Sondre Tronstad on 65 minute.
66' A tactical swap from Blackburn Rovers FC — Emmanuel Dennis on, Tyrhys Dolan off on 66 minutes.
71' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
73' A change in the Stoke City FC ranks — Eric Bocat exits the field as Enda Stevens enters on 73.
74' Stoke City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sam Gallagher is hanging Ali Al-Hamadi on the field on 74 minute.
78' A moment of madness from Lewis Travis on 78 minutes earns him a card. Blackburn Rovers FC will be frustrated.
79' Blackburn Rovers FC ring the changes. Dion Sanderson has done his job and it is now time for Joe Rankin-Costello to step up.
83' It’s gonna be a card for Sam Gallagher.
88' Stoke City FC currently sit 20 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
90' Poor challenge from Jordan Thompson. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
90' A tactical swap from Blackburn Rovers FC — Cauley Woodrow on, Lewis Travis off on 90 minutes.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Stoke City FC 1-0 Blackburn Rovers FC.

Lineups

Stoke City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mark Robins

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

2
Callum Brittain
1
Aynsley Pears
8
Todd Cantwell ↓ Yuki Ohashi 65'
28
Adam Forshaw ↓ Sondre Tronstad 65'
27
Lewis Travis ↓ Cauley Woodrow 90'
5
Dominic Hyam
9
Makhtar Gueye
4
Yuri Ribeiro
31
Dion Sanderson ↓ Joe Rankin-Costello 79'
17
Hayden Carter
10
Tyrhys Dolan ↓ Emmanuel Dennis 66'

Bench

Coach Valerien Ismael

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

Stoke City FC Form

2025-03-12 Stoke City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2025-03-08 Coventry City FC 3–2 Stoke City FC L 2025-03-01 Stoke City FC 0–0 Watford FC D 2025-02-25 Stoke City FC 1–3 Middlesbrough FC L 2025-02-22 Norwich City FC 4–2 Stoke City FC L 2025-02-15 Stoke City FC 3–1 Swansea City AFC W

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2025-03-12 Stoke City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2025-03-08 Derby County FC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2025-03-01 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2025-02-22 Swansea City AFC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2025-02-15 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–0 Plymouth Argyle FC W 2025-02-12 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–2 Blackburn Rovers FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.66 Stoke City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.12 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Stoke City FC50% Draw26% Blackburn Rovers FC24%

Actual: Stoke City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.78

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Stoke City FC or Draw

76%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

50%

Stoke City FC or Blackburn Rovers FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Stoke City FC35% Draw46% Blackburn Rovers FC19%

Actual: Stoke City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

8.4%

0 – 0

8.1%

1 – 2

6.2%

0 – 1

2 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

5.1%

3 – 0

4.5%

0 – 2

3.8%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Stoke City FC

Handicap	Stoke City FC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	15%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	22%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	15%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Stoke City FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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