Blackburn Rovers 3-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2014

Result

Blackburn Rovers 3-2 AFC Bournemouth

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Blackburn Rovers · AFC Bournemouth · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 3-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against AFC Bournemouth 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 23 August 2014. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Jordan Rhodes opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Jordan Rhodes (13'), Grant Hanley (21') and Rudy Gestede (24'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Juan Carlos León (81', penalty) and Steve Cook (90').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 14th on 4 points from 3 and AFC Bournemouth 6th on 6 points from 3. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and AFC Bournemouth 2nd with 90.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 0 draws and 1 for AFC Bournemouth.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-W-D and AFC Bournemouth's L-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Jordan RhodesBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Grant HanleyBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 24'Goal · Rudy GestedeBlackburn Rovers · 3-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Steve CookAFC Bournemouth
  • 73'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers
  • 81'Penalty goal · Juan Carlos LeónAFC Bournemouth · 3-1
  • 90'Goal · Steve CookAFC Bournemouth · 3-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Joshua KingBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 0, AFC Bournemouth 1.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best

AFC Bournemouth expected line-up (4-5-1)

Steve Cook, Simon Francis, Charlie Daniels, Marc Pugh, Harry Arter, Lewis Grabban, Jack Collison, Elliott Ward