Stoke City 1:1 Blackburn: Championship Match Result

Championship

Stoke City WWDWWL

1:1

Finished

Kick-off was 11 Apr, 15:00 BST

Blackburn DLLWDW

Venue: bet365 Stadium City: Stoke-on-Trent

In the Championship game on 11 April 2026, Stoke City beat Blackburn 1:1. Match numbers: corners 4:3, fouls 11:8.

Key numbers

Possession, % 59 – 41

Shots on target 3 – 3

Shots off target 4 – 5

Expected goals 1.74 – 0.67

⚽ 21' A. Forshaw — Goal ⇄ 24' B. Gibson — Substitution 🟨 31' M. Baradji — Yellow card 🟨 33' Y. Ohashi — Yellow card 🟨 45' R. Alebiosu — Yellow card 🟨 47' A. Phillips — Yellow card ⚽ 56' J. Rak-Sakyi — Goal 🟨 62' J. Rak-Sakyi — Yellow card ⇄ 63' M. Baradji — Substitution ⇄ 72' S. Gallagher — Substitution ⇄ 77' T. Cantwell — Substitution ⇄ 77' A. Forshaw — Substitution ⇄ 86' J. Rak-Sakyi — Substitution 🟨 87' A. Phillips — Yellow card 🟥 87' A. Phillips — Red card 🟨 88' L. Baker — Yellow card 🟨 88' B. Pearson — Yellow card ⇄ 89' R. Morishita — Substitution ⇄ 90' Y. Ribeiro — Substitution

Match events

21' 0:1 Blackburn Goal A. Forshaw assist: R. Alebiosu
24' 0:1 Stoke City Substitution B. Gibson off: A. Cresswell
31' 0:1 Blackburn Yellow card M. Baradji
33' 0:1 Blackburn Yellow card Y. Ohashi
45' 0:1 Blackburn Yellow card R. Alebiosu
47' 0:1 Stoke City Yellow card A. Phillips
56' 1:1 Stoke City Goal J. Rak-Sakyi assist: M. Manhoef
62' 1:1 Stoke City Yellow card J. Rak-Sakyi
63' 1:1 Blackburn Substitution M. Baradji off: T. Gardner-Hickman
72' 1:1 Stoke City Substitution S. Gallagher off: L. Cisse
77' 1:1 Blackburn Substitution T. Cantwell off: M. Jorgensen
77' 1:1 Blackburn Substitution A. Forshaw off: K. Montgomery
86' 1:1 Stoke City Substitution J. Rak-Sakyi off: J. Bae
87' 1:1 Stoke City Yellow card A. Phillips
87' 1:1 Stoke City Red card A. Phillips
88' 1:1 Stoke City Yellow card L. Baker
88' 1:1 Stoke City Yellow card B. Pearson
89' 1:1 Blackburn Substitution R. Morishita off: D. De Neve
90' 1:1 Blackburn Substitution Y. Ribeiro off: N. Redmond

Statistics

59 Possession, % 41

3 Shots on target 3

4 Shots off target 5

1.74 Expected goals 0.67

3 Big chances 1

105 Attacks 90

4 Corners 3

11 Fouls 8

7 Free kicks 10

1 Offsides 2

4 Yellow cards 3

1 Red cards 0

7 Goal kicks 8

21 Throw-ins 21

All statistics

18/3355% Aerial duels 15/3345%

56 Backward passes 47

3 Blocked shots 3

28 Clearances 21

4/1527% Crosses 4/2020%

14/2948% Dribbles 5/771%

1.65 Expected assists 0.41

76 Failed passes 94

2 Goalkeeper saves 1

9 Interceptions 8

9 Key passes 7

15/4137% Long passes 13/5225%

83 Passes into the final third 60

246 Passes in the opposition half 216

244 Passes in own half 125

0.30 Shot accuracy 0.27

1 Shots from outside the box 5

9 Shots inside the box 6

6/967% Tackles 19/2383%

475 Total passes 321

Line-ups

Stoke City

Starting XI
#	Player	number
31	Gavin Bazunu	31
17	Eric-Junior Bocat	17
18	Bosun Lawal	18
23	Ben Gibson	23
26	Ashley Phillips	26
4	Ben Pearson	4
7	Sorba Thomas	7
8	Lewis Baker	8
21	Jesurun Rak-Sakyi	21
42	Million Manhoef	42
20	Samuel James Gallagher	20

Substitutes
#	Player	number
25	Tommy Simkin	25
3	Aaron William Cresswell	3
10	Jun-Ho Bae	10
12	Tatsuki Seko	12
15	Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi	15
50	S. Agina	50
59	G. Kelly	59
29	Mohamed Lamine Cissé	29
49	Milen Smith	49

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Blackburn

Starting XI
#	Player	number
22	Balázs Tóth	22
15	Sean McLoughlin	15
20	Eiran Joe Cashin	20
38	Tom Atchison	38
2	Ryan Alebiosu	2
4	Yuri Ribeiro	4
24	M. Baradji	24
28	Adam John Forshaw	28
10	Todd Owen Cantwell	10
23	Yuki Ohashi	23
25	Ryoya Morishita	25

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Aynsley Alan William Pears	1
3	Harry Pickering	3
14	Dion De Neve	14
26	Connor O'Riordan	26
5	Taylor Gardner-Hickman	5
27	Nathan Redmond	27
31	Kristi Montgomery	31
21	Oladapo Joshua Afolayan	21
29	Mathias Jørgensen	29