Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Millwall: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 September 2026

Result

Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Millwall

Championship · Saturday 12 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Ewood Park, Blackburn · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Millwall: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Millwall 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 12 September 2026 at Ewood Park. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Oladapo Afolayan opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Oladapo Afolayan (41'), Oladapo Afolayan (58') and Andri Gudjohnsen (90+3'). Millwall scored through Lyndon Dykes (51', penalty).

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 5 yellow cards; Millwall received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 5 points from 6 and Millwall 10th on 9 points from 5. In the current table Blackburn Rovers are 14th on 18 points and Millwall are 13th on 18 points.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 5-4-1 and Millwall in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oladapo Afolayan of Blackburn Rovers (8.4), ahead of Lyndon Dykes (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 1 for Millwall.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Hayden CarterBlackburn Rovers
  • 38'Yellow card · Sam MorsyBlackburn Rovers
  • 41'Goal · Oladapo AfolayanBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Harry PickeringBlackburn Rovers
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Zak SturgeMillwall
  • 50'Yellow card · Gady BeyukuBlackburn Rovers
  • 51'Penalty goal · Lyndon DykesMillwall · 1-1
  • 58'Goal · Oladapo AfolayanBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Jenson MetcalfeMillwall
  • 86'Yellow card · Jayden FevrierBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Mark SykesMillwall
  • 90+3'Goal · Andri GudjohnsenBlackburn Rovers · 3-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
13Millwall145362324-118LDLWL
14Blackburn Rovers145362022-218WLWLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 6, draws 3, Millwall 1.

Team news

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Blackburn Rovers line-up (5-4-1)

Balázs Tóth, Ryan Alebiosu, Tom Atcheson, Hayden Carter, Sean McLoughlin, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryoya Morishita, Sam Morsy, Kristi Montgomery, Oladapo Afolayan, Todd Cantwell

Millwall line-up (4-2-3-1)

Max Crocombe, J. Osei-Tutu, Caleb Taylor, Jake Cooper, Zak Sturge, Derek Mazou-Sacko, Jenson Metcalfe, Romain Joy Kouakou Esse, Taïryk Arconte, Camiel Neghli, Lyndon Dykes

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