Blackburn 1:2 Bristol City: Championship Match Result

Championship

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1:2

Finished

Kick-off was 24 Feb, 19:45 UTC

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Venue: Ewood Park City: Blackburn

In the Championship game on 24 February 2026, Bristol City beat Blackburn 1:2. Match numbers: shots on target 7:5, corners 6:4.

Key numbers

Possession, % 46 – 54

Shots on target 7 – 5

Shots off target 8 – 5

Expected goals 2.31 – 0.75

⚽ 6' Y. Ohashi — Goal ⚽ 17' E. Riis — Goal 🟨 30' R. Morishita — Yellow card ⚽ 31' S. Twine — Goal 🟨 42' Y. Ohashi — Yellow card 🟨 45+3' S. Morsy — Yellow card ⇄ 46' S. Tronstad — Substitution ⇄ 46' R. Atkinson — Substitution ⇄ 58' S. Twine — Substitution ⇄ 58' E. Riis — Substitution ⇄ 58' S. Morsy — Substitution ⇄ 67' M. Jorgensen — Substitution ⇄ 67' H. Pickering — Substitution ⇄ 83' K. Montgomery — Substitution 🟨 86' T. Horvat — Yellow card ⇄ 90+2' T. Horvat — Substitution

Match events

6' 1:0 Blackburn Goal Y. Ohashi assist: R. Morishita
17' 1:1 Bristol City Goal E. Riis
30' 1:1 Blackburn Yellow card R. Morishita
31' 1:2 Bristol City Goal S. Twine assist: E. Riis
42' 1:2 Blackburn Yellow card Y. Ohashi
45+3' 1:2 Bristol City Yellow card S. Morsy
46' 1:2 Blackburn Substitution S. Tronstad off: M. Baradji
46' 1:2 Bristol City Substitution R. Atkinson off: Neto Borges
58' 1:2 Bristol City Substitution S. Twine off: S. Armstrong
58' 1:2 Bristol City Substitution E. Riis off: D. Burgzorg
58' 1:2 Bristol City Substitution S. Morsy off: A. Randell
67' 1:2 Blackburn Substitution M. Jorgensen off: A. Gudjohnsen
67' 1:2 Blackburn Substitution H. Pickering off: D. De Neve
83' 1:2 Blackburn Substitution K. Montgomery off: O. Afolayan
86' 1:2 Bristol City Yellow card T. Horvat
90+2' 1:2 Bristol City Substitution T. Horvat off: M. Bird

Statistics

46 Possession, % 54

7 Shots on target 5

8 Shots off target 5

2.31 Expected goals 0.75

4 Big chances 2

125 Attacks 94

6 Corners 4

15 Fouls 10

8 Free kicks 14

1 Offsides 2

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 11

32 Throw-ins 22

All statistics

26/5448% Aerial duels 28/5452%

57 Backward passes 67

4 Blocked shots 0

38 Clearances 26

10/2343% Crosses 6/1932%

3/1619% Dribbles 4/944%

1.27 Expected assists 1.27

119 Failed passes 124

3 Goalkeeper saves 6

15 Interceptions 11

14 Key passes 7

22/7131% Long passes 21/6930%

81 Passes into the final third 74

279 Passes in the opposition half 250

144 Passes in own half 248

0.37 Shot accuracy 0.50

5 Shots from outside the box 2

14 Shots inside the box 8

12/1580% Tackles 9/1560%

400 Total passes 479

Line-ups

Blackburn

Starting XI
#	Player	number
22	Balázs Tóth	22
15	Sean McLoughlin	15
17	Hayden Carter	17
20	Eiran Joe Cashin	20
2	Ryan Alebiosu	2
3	Harry Pickering	3
6	Sondre Bjorvand Tronstad	6
25	Ryoya Morishita	25
31	Kristi Montgomery	31
23	Yuki Ohashi	23
29	Mathias Jørgensen	29

Substitutes
#	Player	number
35	Nicholas Jake Michalski	35
4	Yuri Ribeiro	4
14	Dion De Neve	14
26	Connor O'Riordan	26
5	Taylor Gardner-Hickman	5
24	M. Baradji	24
28	Adam John Forshaw	28
11	Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen	11
21	Oladapo Joshua Afolayan	21

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Bristol City

Starting XI
#	Player	number
23	Radek Vítek	23
3	Cameron Pring	3
5	Robert Atkinson	5
19	George Tanner	19
38	Noah Johannes Eile	38
10	Scott Edward Twine	10
12	Jason Knight	12
14	Tomi Horvat	14
17	Mark Sykes	17
40	Samy Sayed Morsy	40
18	Emil Riis Jakobsen	18

Substitutes
#	Player	number
13	Joseph Patrick Lumley	13
21	Vivaldo Borges dos Santos Neto	21
24	Seb Naylor	24
4	Adam Fletcher Randell	4
6	Max Bird	6
44	George Earthy	44
11	Delano Burgzorg	11
20	Samuel John Bell	20
30	Sinclair Ntomuchukwu Armstrong	30