Stoke City 2-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 September 2018

Result

Stoke City 2-3 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 22 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Stoke City 2-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Stoke City were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 22 September 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.

B. Dack opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Stoke City's goals came from S. Berahino (79') and Tom Ince (80'). Blackburn Rovers scored through B. Dack (26'), Danny Graham (44') and Harrison Reed (46').

Discipline: Stoke City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Stoke City were 17th on 9 points from 8 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 11 points from 8. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Ince of Stoke City (8.2), ahead of Daniel Schütz (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Stoke City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Ryan WoodsStoke City
  • 26'Goal · B. DackBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 46'Goal · Harrison ReedBlackburn Rovers · 0-3
  • 63'Yellow card · C. MartinaStoke City
  • 79'Goal · S. BerahinoStoke City · 1-3
  • 80'Goal · Tom InceStoke City · 2-3
  • 90+1'Missed penalty · S. BerahinoStoke City
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Elliott BennettBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Stoke City 6, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

Stoke City line-up (4-3-3)

Jack Butland, Cuco Martina, Ryan Shawcross, Bruno Martins Indi, Erik Pieters, Peter Etebo, Ryan Woods, Joe Allen, Tom Ince, Benik Afobe, Mame Diouf

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

David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Derrick Williams, Amari'i Bell, Richard Smallwood, Josef Dvornik, Harrison Reed, Bradley Dack, Elliott Bennett, Danny Graham