Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 June 2020

Result

Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Bristol City

Championship · Saturday 20 June 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Bristol City: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Bristol City 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 June 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jamie Paterson opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Corry Evans (37'), Tosin Adarabioyo (60') and Adam Armstrong (71'). Bristol City scored through Jamie Paterson (34').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Bristol City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 12th on 53 points from 37 and Bristol City 8th on 55 points from 37. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Bristol City 12th with 63.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Bristol City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josef Dvornik of Blackburn Rovers (8.2), ahead of Stewart Downing (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Bristol City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Pedro PereiraBristol City
  • 16'Yellow card · H. MassengoBristol City
  • 34'Goal · Jamie PatersonBristol City · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers
  • 60'Goal · Tosin AdarabioyoBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 71'Goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 3-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 2, Bristol City 3.

Team news

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

Christian Walton, Elliott Bennett, Darragh Lenihan, Tosin Adarabioyo, Joe Rankin-Costello, Lewis Travis, Josef Dvornik, Stewart Downing, Lewis Holtby, Sam Gallagher, Ben Brereton Díaz

Bristol City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Bentley, Pedro Pereira, Tomas Kalas, Nathan Baker, Tommy Rowe, Korey Smith, Han-Noah Massengo, Niclas Eliasson, Sander Krabbendam, Callum O'Dowda, Famara Diédhiou