Stoke City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 April 2026

Result

Stoke City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 11 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Stoke City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Stoke City drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 11 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Adam Forshaw opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Stoke City's goal came from an own goal by Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (56'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Adam Forshaw (21').

Discipline: Stoke City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 13th on 54 points from 41 and Blackburn Rovers 20th on 47 points from 41. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 52.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Eiran Cashin of Blackburn Rovers (7.7), ahead of Adam Forshaw (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Adam ForshawBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Moussa BaradjiBlackburn Rovers
  • 33'Yellow card · Yuki OhashiBlackburn Rovers
  • 45'Yellow card · Ryan AlebiosuBlackburn Rovers
  • 47'Yellow card · Ashley PhillipsStoke City
  • 56'Own goal · Jesurun Rak-SakyiStoke City · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Jesurun Rak-SakyiStoke City
  • 87'Second yellow · Ashley PhillipsStoke City
  • 88'Yellow card · Lewis BakerStoke City
  • 88'Yellow card · Ben PearsonStoke City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Stoke City 5, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

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Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gavin Bazunu, Bosun Lawal, Ashley Phillips, Ben Gibson, Eric-Junior Bocat, Ben Pearson, Lewis Baker, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Million Manhoef, Sorba Thomas, Sam Gallagher

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

Balázs Tóth, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Eiran Cashin, Ryan Alebiosu, Adam Forshaw, Moussa Baradji, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Yuki Ohashi