Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 24 February 2026

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Bristol City

Championship · Tuesday 24 February 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Bristol City: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Bristol City 1-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 24 February 2026. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Yuki Ohashi opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Yuki Ohashi (6'). Bristol City scored through Emil Riis (17') and Scott Twine (31').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 21st on 38 points from 33 and Bristol City 12th on 47 points from 33. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 52 points, and Bristol City 12th with 62.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Bristol City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Emil Riis of Bristol City (8.0), ahead of Radek Vitek (7.9).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Yuki OhashiBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Emil RiisBristol City · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Ryoya MorishitaBlackburn Rovers
  • 31'Goal · Scott TwineBristol City · 1-2
  • 42'Yellow card · Yuki OhashiBlackburn Rovers
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Sam MorsyBristol City
  • 86'Yellow card · Jason KnightBristol City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 3, Bristol City 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Luke McNallyBristol City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • Lewis MillerBlackburn Rovers · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

Balázs Tóth, Hayden Carter, Sean McLoughlin, Eiran Cashin, Ryan Alebiosu, Kristi Montgomery, Sondre Tronstad, Harry Pickering, Ryoya Morishita, Yuki Ohashi, Mathias Jørgensen

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

Radek Vitek, George Tanner, Noah Eile, Rob Atkinson, Mark Sykes, Jason Knight, Sam Morsy, Cameron Pring, Tomi Horvat, Scott Twine, Emil Riis