Southampton 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 14 April 2026
Result
Southampton 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Tuesday 14 April 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Southampton 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Southampton defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 14 April 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.
Cyle Larin opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Southampton's goals came from Cyle Larin (24'), Ryan Manning (43') and Cameron Archer (86'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Southampton received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southampton were 5th on 69 points from 41 and Blackburn Rovers 19th on 48 points from 42. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 52.
Southampton lined up in a 5-4-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Manning of Southampton (8.2), level with Cameron Archer (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southampton wins, 3 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Southampton's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Blackburn Rovers's D-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Sean McLoughlin
- 7'Yellow card · Taylor Gardner-Hickman
- 24'Goal · Cyle Larin
- 43'Goal · Ryan Manning
- 86'Goal · Cameron Archer
Head-to-head
Team news
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Southampton line-up (5-4-1)
Daniel Peretz, Tom Fellows, James Bree, Jack Stephens, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Ryan Manning, Kuryu Matsuki, Cameron Bragg, Shea Charles, Cameron Archer, Cyle Larin
Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Balázs Tóth, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Harry Pickering, Ryan Alebiosu, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Kristi Montgomery, Yuri Ribeiro, Nathan Redmond, Moussa Baradji, Mathias Jørgensen