Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Brentford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 August 2018

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 25 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Brentford: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Brentford 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 25 August 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Kasey Palmer of Blackburn Rovers in the 54th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Brentford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 9th on 6 points from 4 and Brentford 4th on 8 points from 4. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 60 points, and Brentford 11th with 64.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to David Raya of Blackburn Rovers (7.5), level with Josef Dvornik (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 2 for Brentford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 54'Goal · Kasey PalmerBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Lewis MacLeodBrentford

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 1, Brentford 2.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Amari'i Bell, Richard Smallwood, Josef Dvornik, Kasey Palmer, Joe Rothwell, Elliott Bennett, Joe Nuttall

Brentford line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Bentley, Henrik Dalsgaard, Ezri Konsa, Chris Mepham, Yoann Barbet, Nico Yennaris, Islom Ismoilov, R. Sawyers, Saïd Benrahma, Marcus Forss, Ollie Watkins