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

Championship · Saturday 5 August 2023

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 West Bromwich Albion

Championship · Saturday 5 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Blackburn Rovers · West Bromwich Albion · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 August 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

Dilan Markanday opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Dilan Markanday (20') and Harry Leonard (22'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Matt Phillips (50').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and West Bromwich Albion 5th with 76.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Travis of Blackburn Rovers (8.4), ahead of Matt Phillips (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 4 for West Bromwich Albion.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Second yellow · Carlos Corberán ValletWest Bromwich Albion
  • 20'Goal · Dilan MarkandayBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Harry LeonardBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 29'Yellow card · Carlos Corberán ValletWest Bromwich Albion
  • 30'Yellow card · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Okay YokuşluWest Bromwich Albion
  • 48'Yellow card · Hayden CarterBlackburn Rovers
  • 50'Goal · Matt PhillipsWest Bromwich Albion · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Cédric KipréWest Bromwich Albion
  • 55'Yellow card · Jed WallaceWest Bromwich Albion
  • 87'Yellow card · Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 4, West Bromwich Albion 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Daryl DikeWest Bromwich Albion · injury (Achilles tendon problems)
  • Adam ReachWest Bromwich Albion · injury (Thigh Problems)

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

Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Sondre Tronstad, Dilan Markanday, Sammie Szmodics, Tyrhys Dolan, Harry Leonard

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Palmer, Darnell Furlong, Semi Ajayi, Cédric Kipré, Conor Townsend, Okay Yokuşlu, Nathaniel Chalobah, Jed Wallace, Jayson Molumby, Matt Phillips, Brandon Thomas-Asante