Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Wrexham: result and report

Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Wrexham

Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

Blackburn Rovers · Wrexham · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Wrexham: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Wrexham 0-2 in the Championship on Thursday 1 January 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Sam Smith opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Wrexham scored through Sam Smith (11') and Ollie Rathbone (38').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Wrexham received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 27 points from 23 and Wrexham 11th on 34 points from 24. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 52 points, and Wrexham 7th with 71.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Wrexham in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Rathbone of Wrexham (8.2), ahead of Dominic Hyam (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Wrexham.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-D-W-L-D and Wrexham's W-W-L-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Sam SmithWrexham · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Moussa BaradjiBlackburn Rovers
  • 37'Yellow card · Todd CantwellBlackburn Rovers
  • 38'Goal · Ollie RathboneWrexham · 0-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Sam SmithWrexham
  • 64'Yellow card · George DobsonWrexham
  • 67'Yellow card · Lewis MillerBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Yellow card · Sondre TronstadBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 0, draws 1, Wrexham 0.

Team news

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

Aynsley Pears, Lewis Miller, Sean McLoughlin, George Pratt, Matty Litherland, Moussa Baradji, Sondre Tronstad, Ryan Hedges, Todd Cantwell, Axel Henriksson, Yuki Ohashi

Wrexham line-up (3-4-2-1)

Arthur Okonkwo, Dominic Hyam, Dan Scarr, Callum Doyle, Ryan Longman, George Dobson, Matty James, George Thomason, Oliver Rathbone, Lewis O'Brien, Sam Smith