Match summary
Blackburn won comfortably, 3-0 away at Stoke. Blackburn led 1-0 at half-time.
Scott Wharton put Blackburn ahead with a header in the 4th minute, Andrew Moran made it 0-2 in the 86th minute, and Sammie Szmodics made it 0-3 in stoppage time.
The chances backed that up: Blackburn created 1.72 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Stoke's 0.82 from 12.
Before kick-off
Stoke win
44%
Avg odds 2.18
Draw
26%
Avg odds 3.60
Blackburn win
30%
Avg odds 3.19
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.