Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Southampton: result and report
Championship · Saturday 25 October 2025
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Southampton
Championship · Saturday 25 October 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Southampton: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Southampton 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 October 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Leo Scienza opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Ryan Alebiosu (76') and Andri Gudjohnsen (86'). Southampton scored through Leo Scienza (23').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Southampton received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 23rd on 7 points from 10 and Southampton 18th on 12 points from 11. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 52 points, and Southampton 4th with 82.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Southampton in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Léo Scienza of Southampton (8.0), ahead of Taylor Gardner-Hickman (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 3 for Southampton.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Joshua Quarshie
- 20'Yellow card · Taylor Gardner-Hickman
- 23'Goal · Leo Scienza
- 45+3'Yellow card · Scott Wharton
- 45+3'Yellow card · Sondre Tronstad
- 76'Goal · Ryan Alebiosu
- 86'Goal · Andri Gudjohnsen
- 90+4'Red card · Welington
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Balázs Tóth, Lewis Miller, Scott Wharton, Sean McLoughlin, Ryan Alebiosu, Sondre Tronstad, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Dion De Neve, Ryoya Morishita, Andri Gudjohnsen, Yuki Ohashi
Southampton line-up (3-4-3)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Ronnie Edwards, Nathan Wood, Joshua Quarshie, Mads Roerslev, Finn Azaz, Shea Charles, Ryan Manning, Adam Armstrong, Cameron Archer, Léo Scienza