Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 August 2026

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Queens Park Rangers

Championship · Saturday 29 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · Ewood Park, Blackburn · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Queens Park Rangers 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 29 August 2026 at Ewood Park. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ryoya Morishita opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Ryoya Morishita (49'). Queens Park Rangers scored through Paul Smyth (51') and Jimmy Dunne (74').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 9th on 4 points from 2 and Queens Park Rangers 8th on 4 points from 2. In the current table Blackburn Rovers are 14th on 18 points and Queens Park Rangers are 11th on 21 points.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Queens Park Rangers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jimmy Dunne of Queens Park Rangers (7.7), ahead of Paul Smyth (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Blackburn Rovers wins, 0 draws and 4 for Queens Park Rangers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Jake Clarke-SalterQueens Park Rangers
  • 40'Yellow card · Ronnie EdwardsQueens Park Rangers
  • 49'Goal · Ryoya MorishitaBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Paul SmythQueens Park Rangers · 1-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Andri GudjohnsenBlackburn Rovers
  • 74'Goal · Jimmy DunneQueens Park Rangers · 1-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Sean McLoughlinBlackburn Rovers
  • 80'Yellow card · Sam MorsyBlackburn Rovers

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
11Queens Park Rangers145632217+521WLWLD
14Blackburn Rovers145362022-218WLWLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 6, draws 0, Queens Park Rangers 4.

Team news

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

Balázs Tóth, Ryan Alebiosu, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Yuri Ribeiro, Adam Forshaw, Kristi Montgomery, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Oladapo Afolayan, Andri Gudjohnsen

Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-2)

Pierce Charles, Amadou Mbengue, Jimmy Dunne, Jake Clarke-Salter, Dennis Cirkin, Paul Smyth, Ronnie Edwards, Nicolas Madsen, Ilias Chair, Richard Kone, Rumarn Burrell

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