Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Oxford United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 August 2024
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Oxford United
Championship · Saturday 24 August 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Oxford United: match report
Blackburn Rovers won against Oxford United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 24 August 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Mark Harris opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Joe Rankin-Costello (45+2') and Arnór Sigurdsson (83'). Oxford United scored through Mark Harris (44').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 6th on 4 points from 2 and Oxford United 11th on 3 points from 2. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 66 points, and Oxford United 17th with 53.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Oxford United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Rankin-Costello of Blackburn Rovers (7.4), level with Arnór Sigurdsson (7.4).
Key events
- 44'Goal · Mark Harris
- 45+2'Goal · Joe Rankin-Costello
- 83'Goal · Arnór Sigurdsson
Team news
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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Sondre Tronstad, Joe Rankin-Costello, Tyrhys Dolan, Ryan Hedges, Yuki Ohashi
Oxford United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jamie Cumming, Peter Kioso, Sam Long, Ciaron Brown, Joe Bennett, Will Vaulks, Matt Phillips, Rúben Rodrigues, Idris El Mizouni, Tyler Goodrham, Mark Harris