Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 15 January 2025

Result

Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Portsmouth

Championship · Wednesday 15 January 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Blackburn Rovers · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Portsmouth: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Portsmouth 3-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 15 January 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

Makhtar Gueye opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Makhtar Gueye (61'), Callum Brittain (70') and Andreas Weimann (76'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 7th on 39 points from 25 and Portsmouth 22nd on 23 points from 24. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 66 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 54.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Brittain of Blackburn Rovers (8.8), ahead of Andreas Weimann (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 2 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-D-L-D-L and Portsmouth's L-W-L-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Freddie PottsPortsmouth
  • 50'Yellow card · Sondre TronstadBlackburn Rovers
  • 61'Goal · Makhtar GueyeBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 70'Goal · Callum BrittainBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Josh MurphyPortsmouth
  • 76'Goal · Andreas WeimannBlackburn Rovers · 3-0
  • 81'Yellow cardPortsmouth
  • 87'Yellow card · Terry DevlinPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 7, draws 1, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

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

Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Dominic Hyam, Danny Batth, Owen Beck, John Buckley, Sondre Tronstad, Tyrhys Dolan, Todd Cantwell, Ryan Hedges, Andreas Weimann

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

Nicolas Schmid, Zak Swanson, Marlon Pack, Rob Atkinson, Connor Ogilvie, Freddie Potts, Andre Dozzell, Callum Lang, Paddy Lane, Josh Murphy, Colby Bishop