Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Walsall: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 8 August 2023

Result

Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Walsall

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 8 August 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Walsall: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Walsall 4-3 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 8 August 2023. The half-time score was 2-2.

Oisin McEntee opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Zak Gilsenan (21'), Niall Ennis (40'), Jake Garrett (50') and John Buckley (67'). Walsall scored through Oisin McEntee (19'), Ross Tierney (37') and Ronan Maher (84').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Walsall received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Walsall in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Hedges of Blackburn Rovers (9.0), ahead of Zak Gilsenan (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 0 draws and 0 for Walsall.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Oisin McEnteeWalsall · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · Zak GilsenanBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 37'Goal · Ross TierneyWalsall · 1-2
  • 40'Goal · Niall EnnisBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 50'Goal · Jake GarrettBlackburn Rovers · 3-2
  • 67'Goal · John BuckleyBlackburn Rovers · 4-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Danny JohnsonWalsall
  • 84'Goal · Ronan MaherWalsall · 4-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 0, Walsall 0.

Team news

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

Joe Hilton, Callum Brittain, Sam Barnes, Scott Wharton, Jake Batty, Jake Garrett, Adam Wharton, John Buckley, Ryan Hedges, Niall Ennis, Zak Gilsenan

Walsall line-up (4-5-1)

Jackson Smith, Joe Foulkes, Oisin McEntee, Donervon Daniels, Taylor Allen, Ryan Stirk, Joe Riley, Brandon Comley, Ross Tierney, Chris Hussey, Douglas James-Taylor