Blackburn vs Stoke

Match summary

Stoke won 2-1 away at Blackburn. Stoke led 1-0 at half-time.

Jack McGlynn put Stoke ahead with a direct free kick in the 43rd minute, Baradji's own goal made it 0-2 in the 68th minute, and Andri Guðjohnsen pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 87th minute.

Blackburn can feel hard done by, creating 1.82 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Stoke's 1.24 from 11.

Blackburn dominated territory and created the greater volume of play in this Championship fixture, registering 58 percent possession and 14 shots compared to Stoke's 11. Despite holding the upper hand in attacks, with 91 to 67, and generating an expected goals figure of 1.82 against the visitors' 1.24, Blackburn could not turn their territorial advantage into a positive result. Both sides managed 3 shots on target. The match was tightly contested and physically demanding, resulting in a combined 31 fouls, 7 yellow cards, and 6 total substitutions made by Blackburn alongside 5 changes implemented by Stoke.

The breakthrough arrived in the 43rd minute when Jack McGlynn scored to give Stoke a half-time lead of 0-1, following earlier yellow cards for Djibril Soumaré and Hayden Carter. Stoke doubled their advantage in the 68th minute through an own goal by Moussa Baradji, which put through their own net to make the score 0-2. Blackburn responded late in the encounter when Andri Guðjohnsen found the net in the 87th minute with an expected goals value of 0.74, narrowing the deficit to 1-2. Further yellow cards were issued to Andri Guðjohnsen and Junior Tchamadeu before the final whistle confirmed the score.