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

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Championship · 2024-25

Swansea City AFC

3 – 0

Full Time

Blackburn Rovers FC

Sat 22 Feb 2025 · 15:00 UTC Swansea.com Stadium 13,788 HT 45' · FT 45'

Zan Vipotnik 39' 1–0

Myles Peart-Harris 45+2' 2–0

Liam Cullen 62' 3–0

Y 64' Callum Brittain

Y 76' Tyrhys Dolan

Overview

Match Preview

Swansea City AFC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at Swansea.com Stadium.

Swansea City AFC 15 games · 26 pts (2026/27)
Blackburn Rovers FC 15 games · 21 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Gavin Ward
Assistant 1 James Wilson
Assistant 2 Rob Hyde (England)

6 games this season 🟨 3.8/game ⚽ 5.8 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

Swansea City AFC 17 games · Avg 2.6 goals Blackburn Rovers FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-02-22 Swansea City AFC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 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

Recent Form

Swansea City AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Feb	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	3–0	W
15 Feb	Stoke City FC	A	1–3	L
12 Feb	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	0–1	L
09 Feb	Bristol City FC	A	1–0	W
01 Feb	Coventry City FC	H	0–2	L
25 Jan	Norwich City FC	A	1–5	L

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
09 Feb	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	H	0–2	L
04 Feb	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	1–2	L
31 Jan	Preston North End FC	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Swansea City AFC		Blackburn Rovers FC
#6	Position	#13
26	Points	21
15	Played	15
8 / 2 / 5	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 6
22	Scored	22
18	Conceded	23
+4	GD	-1
1.73	PPG	1.40
53%	Win %	40%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

59% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

40% Clean Sheets
Swansea City AFC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

Swansea City AFC are 6th (26 pts). Blackburn Rovers FC are 13th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Swansea City AFC

0-15

4/5

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/5

46-60

6/1

61-75

2/–

76+

3/5

■ 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)

Swansea City AFC

Adam Idah	4 G	1 A
Joseph Opoku	3 G	2 A
Moussa Kounfolo Yeo	3 G
Ji-sung Eom	2 G	2 A

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 game is set. Blackburn Rovers FC kicks off things out of here…
5' Zan Vipotnik has been relatively quiet despite scoring 26 goals in his last 105 appearances.
10' Blackburn Rovers FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
15' Aynsley Pears has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
20' Swansea City AFC currently sit 17 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
25' Blackburn Rovers FC have won 491 goals from 397 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
30' 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.
35' With 0 assists to his name this season, Dion Sanderson is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Blackburn Rovers FC.
39' Zan Vipotnik doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
44' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
47' GOAL! Myles Peart-Harris scores on 45.
52' Swansea City AFC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 52.
56' Fresh legs for Blackburn Rovers FC! Augustus Kargbo comes on to replace Ryan Hedges.
57' The supporters are chanting for John Buckley. He replaces Adam Forshaw on 57 minute.
62' Liam Cullen doubles the advantage! 3-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
64' Callum Brittain catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 64.
69' Emmanuel Dennis has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
74' Goncalo Franco needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
76' It’s a booking for Blackburn Rovers FC player. Tyrhys Dolan gets a card.
79' The supporters are chanting for Joe Rankin-Costello. He replaces Tyrhys Dolan on 79 minute.
81' It is a substitution in Swansea City AFC team. Liam Cullen is replaced by Oliver Cooper on 81 minute.
86' The Swansea City AFC bench stirs into life. Goncalo Franco is withdrawn and Jay Fulton gets his opportunity.
88' Cauley Woodrow gets the nod from Blackburn Rovers FC. He replaces Makhtar Gueye and will look to change the dynamic.
Swansea City AFC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Swansea City AFC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

20
Liam Cullen ↓ Oliver Cooper 81'
8
Lewis O'Brien
22
Lawrence Vigouroux
2
Josh Key
6
Harry Darling
5
Benjamin Cabango
14
Josh Tymon
17
Goncalo Franco ↓ Jay Fulton 86'
25
Myles Peart-Harris ↓ Josh Ginnelly 81'
9
Zan Vipotnik ↓ Florian Bianchini 81'
35
Ronald ↓ Ji-sung Eom 88'

Bench

4
Jay Fulton ↑ 86'
26
Kyle Naughton
33
Jon McLaughlin
23
Cyrus Christie
11
Josh Ginnelly ↑ 81'
28
Hannes Delcroix
19
Florian Bianchini ↑ 81'
31
Oliver Cooper ↑ 81'
10
Ji-sung Eom ↑ 88'

Coach Luke Williams

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

14
Andreas Weimann ↓ Emmanuel Dennis 56'
2
Callum Brittain
1
Aynsley Pears
19
Ryan Hedges ↓ Augustus Kargbo 56'
28
Adam Forshaw ↓ John Buckley 57'
27
Lewis Travis
5
Dominic Hyam
9
Makhtar Gueye ↓ Cauley Woodrow 88'
4
Yuri Ribeiro
31
Dion Sanderson
10
Tyrhys Dolan ↓ Joe Rankin-Costello 79'

Bench

Coach David Lowe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Andre Ayew	4
Ben Brereton	3
Samuel Szmodics	2
Liam Cullen	2
Sam Gallagher	2
Jamie Paterson	2
Bradley Dack	2
Filip Lissah	1

Head to Head

Swansea City AFC Form

2025-02-22 Swansea City AFC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2025-02-15 Stoke City FC 3–1 Swansea City AFC L 2025-02-12 Swansea City AFC 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2025-02-09 Bristol City FC 0–1 Swansea City AFC W 2025-02-01 Swansea City AFC 0–2 Coventry City FC L 2025-01-25 Norwich City FC 5–1 Swansea City AFC L

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

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 2025-02-09 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC L 2025-02-04 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2025-01-31 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Preston North End FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.61 Swansea City AFC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.96 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Swansea City AFC51% Draw27% Blackburn Rovers FC22%

Actual: Swansea City AFC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.57

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Swansea City AFC or Draw

78%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

49%

Swansea City AFC or Blackburn Rovers FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Swansea City AFC36% Draw47% Blackburn Rovers FC17%

Actual: Swansea City AFC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

1 – 0

11.4%

2 – 0

9.7%

0 – 0

9.6%

2 – 1

9.2%

0 – 1

6.3%

1 – 2

5.5%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

2 – 2

4.5%

0 – 2

3.4%

3 – 2

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Swansea City AFC

Handicap	Swansea City AFC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	16%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	23%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	13%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Swansea City AFC keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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