BRISTOL. Blackburn Rovers and Bristol City draw 1-1. B. Dack scored the first goal (54′) for Blackburn Rovers. A. Semenyo settled the score (68′). Bristol City was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Tim Robinson with the collaboration of Craig Taylor and Andrew Fox. The 4th official was Rob Lewis. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 0.8 degrees Celsius or 33.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bristol City had a superior ball possession 56% while Blackburn Rovers was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bristol City was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Bristol City to win the match​.

Bristol City shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Blackburn Rovers shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Bristol City received 1 yellow card (Zak Vyner). Talking about the opposition, Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards (Daniel Ayala and S. Wharton).

Also, Blackburn Rovers didn’t end the match with 11 players after Daniel Ayala (Blackburn Rovers) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (74′).

Standings

After this match, Bristol City will have 33 points like Stoke City to remain in the 17th place. On the other side, Blackburn Rovers will have 43 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will play away against Queens Park Rangers on the 6th of May with a 9-8 head to head in favor of Bristol City (7 draws).

Blackburn Rovers will play away agasint Millwall on the 6th of May with a 8-3 head to head statistic in favor of Blackburn Rovers (6 draws).

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Nigel Pearson decided to play with the following team: Max O’Leary (6.6), George Tanner (6.7), Zak Vyner (7.0), Robert Atkinson (7.6), Cameron Pring (6.6), Alex Scott (6.8), Kal Naismith (7.3), Matty James (7.3), Mark Sykes (6.2), Nahki Wells (6.4) and Antoine Semenyo (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Daniel Bentley, Tomáš Kalas, Andy King, O. Taylor-Clarke, Jay Dasilva, Sam Bell (6.2) and Joe Williams.

Substitutions

Bristol City made only 1 change substituting Mark Sykes for S. Bell (66′)​.

Best player: Robert Atkinson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol City was Robert Atkinson.

His rating is (7.6) with 81 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 8.

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Also Blackburn Rovers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Jon Dahl Tomasson played with: Thomas Kaminski (6.8), Joe Rankin-Costello (6.5), Daniel Ayala (6.9), Scott Wharton (6.8), Harry Pickering (7.0), John Buckley (6.6), Tyler Morton (7.3), Ryan Hedges (7.9), Bradley Dack (6.9), Ben Brereton Díaz (6.5) and Jack Vale (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Sam Gallagher, Jake Garrett, Tyrhys Dolan, Aynsley Pears, Lewis Travis, Hayden Carter (6.4) and Adetayo Edun.

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made only 1 change substituting J. Vale for H. Carter (75′)​.

Best player: Ryan Hedges​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Ryan Hedges.

His rating is (7.9) with 34 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Coventry City – Norwich City – 2-4
• Wigan Athletic – Luton Town – 0-2
• Watford – Rotherham United – 1-1
• Stoke City – Reading – 4-0
• Queens Park Rangers – Swansea City – 1-1
• Cardiff City – Millwall – 0-1
• Bristol City – Blackburn Rovers – 1-1
• Birmingham City – Preston North End – 1-2