Bristol City 4-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Sunday 2 September 2018

Result

Bristol City 4-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Sunday 2 September 2018, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bristol City 4-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Bristol City won against Blackburn Rovers 4-1 in the Championship on Sunday 2 September 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Charlie Mulgrew opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Josh Brownhill (38'), Marley Watkins (55'), Famara Diédhiou (73') and Marlon Pack (82'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Charlie Mulgrew (13').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 13th on 8 points from 5 and Blackburn Rovers 11th on 9 points from 5. Bristol City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Niclas Eliasson of Bristol City (7.8), ahead of Josh Brownhill (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol City win, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Charlie MulgrewBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Josh BrownhillBristol City · 1-1
  • 55'Goal · Marley WatkinsBristol City · 2-1
  • 73'Goal · Famara DiédhiouBristol City · 3-1
  • 82'Goal · Marlon PackBristol City · 4-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Bristol City 1, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (4-4-2)

Niki Mäenpää, Jack Hunt, Tomas Kalas, Adam Webster, Lloyd Kelly, Marley Watkins, Marlon Pack, Josh Brownhill, Niclas Eliasson, M. Taylor, Andreas Weimann

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

David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Amari'i Bell, Richard Smallwood, Josef Dvornik, Elliott Bennett, Adam Armstrong, Kasey Palmer, Danny Graham