Blackburn Rovers 1-2 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 August 2021

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 West Bromwich Albion

Championship · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Blackburn Rovers · West Bromwich Albion · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by West Bromwich Albion 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 21 August 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Alex Mowatt opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from B. Brereton (51'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Alex Mowatt (1') and M. Phillips (45+4').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 6th on 7 points from 3 and West Bromwich Albion 2nd on 7 points from 3. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 67.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Bromwich Albion in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Thomas Kaminski of Blackburn Rovers (8.3), ahead of Conor Townsend (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 3 for West Bromwich Albion.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Alex MowattWest Bromwich Albion · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · J. LivermoreWest Bromwich Albion
  • 45+4'Goal · M. PhillipsWest Bromwich Albion · 0-2
  • 51'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 81'Yellow card · Darnell FurlongWest Bromwich Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 4, West Bromwich Albion 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Daryl DikeWest Bromwich Albion · injury (Shoulder Injury)
  • Bradley DackBlackburn Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

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

Thomas Kaminski, Hayden Carter, Darragh Lenihan, Yuki Takahashi, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, John Buckley, Leighton Clarkson, Ben Brereton Díaz, Sam Gallagher

West Bromwich Albion line-up (3-4-3)

Sam Johnstone, Dara O'Shea, Kyle Bartley, Matt Clarke, Darnell Furlong, Jake Livermore, Alex Mowatt, Conor Townsend, Callum Robinson, Matt Phillips, Karlan Grant