Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Huddersfield Town: result and report

Championship · Saturday 24 April 2021

Result

Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Huddersfield Town

Championship · Saturday 24 April 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Blackburn Rovers · Huddersfield Town · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Huddersfield Town: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Huddersfield Town 5-2 in the Championship on Saturday 24 April 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Adam Armstrong opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Adam Armstrong (8'), B. Brereton (22'), Adam Armstrong (54'), Sam Gallagher (57') and Adam Armstrong (60'). Huddersfield Town scored through an own goal by Ryan Nyambe (45') and Josh Koroma (82').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 50 points from 43 and Huddersfield Town 20th on 47 points from 43. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Huddersfield Town 20th with 49.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Huddersfield Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Armstrong of Blackburn Rovers (10.0), ahead of Ben Brereton Díaz (8.5).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

5'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
8'Goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
22'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
26'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers
45'Own goal · Ryan NyambeHuddersfield Town · 2-1
54'Goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 3-1
57'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 4-1
60'Goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 5-1
82'Yellow card · Duane HolmesHuddersfield Town
82'Goal · Josh KoromaHuddersfield Town · 5-2
89'Yellow card · Jacob DavenportBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 6, Huddersfield Town 3.

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Team news

Unavailable

Derrick WilliamsBlackburn Rovers · injury (Unknown Injury)
Christopher SchindlerHuddersfield Town · injury (Knee Injury)
Bradley DackBlackburn Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Joe Rankin-CostelloBlackburn Rovers · injury (Metatarsal Fracture)

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

Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Amari'i Bell, Lewis Travis, Josef Dvornik, Ben Brereton Díaz, Joe Rothwell, Sam Gallagher, Adam Armstrong

Huddersfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ryan Schofield, Pipa, Richard Keogh, Naby Sarr, Harry Toffolo, Carel Eiting, Jonathan Hogg, Josh Koroma, Lewis O'Brien, Juninho Bacuna, Daniel Ward