Blackburn Rovers conquers Bristol City 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE. Blackburn Rovers bested Bristol City to win 2-1.

December 13, 2023

BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE. Blackburn Rovers overcame Bristol City to win 2-1. It was Blackburn Rovers to strike first with a goal of Arnór Sigurdsson at the 35′. Then Scott Wharton scored again for Blackburn Rovers in the 52′ minute. Eventually, Mark Sykes reduced the distance for Bristol City (60′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire) stadium in Blackburn, Lancashire on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 11,092 spectators. The referee was James Linington assisted by Andrew Fox and Hugh Gilroy. The 4th official was Andrew Kitchen. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 7.45 degrees Celsius or 45.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.

Match Statistics

Blackburn Rovers

2 - 1

Bristol City

53 Ball Possession 47

Shots

13 Total 12
3 On Target 6
4 Off Target 4
6 Shots blocked 2

120 Attack 131
44 Dangerous attack 52
70 Ball safe 71

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 4

Fouls

4 Total 2
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Blackburn Rovers was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Bristol City that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Bristol City had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Blackburn Rovers was able to find the solution to win this match.

Blackburn Rovers shot 13 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Bristol City shot 12 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Blackburn Rovers received 7 yellow cards (Callum Brittain, Sammie Szmodics, Lewis Travis, Hayden Carter, Lewis Travis, Lewis Travis and Lewis Travis). Talking about the opposition, Bristol City received 1 yellow card (Jason Knight).

Match Timeline

Hayden Carter- Yellow

22'

A. Sigurðsson(goal)Sammie Szmodics

35'

H. Leonard- sub ->Niall Ennis

46'

51'

Jason Knight- Yellow

S. Wharton(goal)Adam Wharton

52'

89'

58'

Harry Cornick- sub ->Tommy Conway

58'

Anis Mehmeti- sub ->Sam Bell

59'

Taylor Gardner-Hickman- sub ->Joe Williams

60'

Mark Sykes(goal)Jason Knight

J. Garrett- sub ->Andrew Moran

73'

78'

79'

84'

Callum Brittain- Yellow

85'

Sammie Szmodics- Yellow

88'

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Blackburn Rovers has 31 points to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Bristol City will stays with 26 points to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will play away with Southampton on the 16th of December with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Bristol City will host Sunderland on the 16th of December with a 1-1 head to head record.

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers

Leopold Wahlstedt 12.Sweden

8.1

Callum Brittain 2.England

6.7

85'

Harry Pickering 3.England

7.0

S. Wharton 16.England

8.1

84'

52'

Hayden Carter 17.England

7.0

22'

Niall Ennis 14.England

6.8

46'

S. Tronstad 6.Norway

7.9

A. Sigurðsson 7.Iceland

7.8

35'

Sammie Szmodics 8.England

7.5

88'

Adam Wharton 23.England

7.0

73'

Andrew Moran 24.Republic of Ireland

6.8

73'

Substitutes

Joe Hilton 34.England

James Hill 4.England

7.0

73'

Lewis Travis 27.England

6.4

84'

89'

J. Garrett 30.England

6.4

73'

H. Leonard 20.England

6.6

46'

D. Markanday 18.England

S. Telalović 33.Germany

Blackburn Rovers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Leopold Wahlstedt (8.1), Callum Brittain (6.7), Hayden Carter (7.0), Scott Wharton (8.1), Harry Pickering (7.0), Adam Wharton (7.0), Sondre Tronstad (7.9), Andrew Moran (6.8), Sammie Szmodics (7.5), Arnór Sigurdsson (7.8) and Niall Ennis (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: James Hill (7.0), Harry Leonard (6.6), Dilan Markanday, Lewis Travis (6.4), Jake Garrett (6.4), Tom Atcheson, Semir Telalović, Joe Hilton and Rory Finneran.

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 4 changes: Niall Ennis for Harry Leonard (46′), Andrew Moran for Jake Garrett (73′), Adam Wharton for James Hill (73′) and Scott Wharton for Lewis Travis (84′).

Player of the match: Leopold Wahlstedt

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was the goalkeeper: Leopold Wahlstedt. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City

Max O'Leary 1.England

6.0

Cameron Pring 3.England

7.3

Rob Dickie 16.England

7.5

George Tanner 19.England

6.7

Zak Vyner 26.England

7.0

Matty James 6.England

7.1

Mark Sykes 17.Northern Ireland

7.3

78'

60'

Joe Williams 8.England

7.0

59'

Sam Bell 20.England

6.6

58'

Jason Knight 12.Republic of Ireland

8.1

79'

51'

T. Conway 15.Scotland

7.0

58'

Substitutes

S. Bajić 23.France

Taylor Gardner-Hickman 22.England

7.0

59'

J. Knight-Lebel 27.Canada

J. Meerholz 36.England

Anis Mehmeti 11.Albania

7.1

58'

Andreas Weimann 14.Austria

6.4

79'

Harry Cornick 9.England

6.7

58'

Ephrahim Yeboah 29.Italy

6.4

78'

Bristol City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Liam Manning played with: Max O’Leary (6.0), George Tanner (6.7), Zak Vyner (7.0), Robert Dickie (7.5), Cameron Pring (7.3), Mark Sykes (7.3), Matty James (7.1), Joe Williams (7.0), Sam Bell (6.6), Tommy Conway (7.0) and Jason Knight (8.1).

They had on the bench: Andreas Weimann (6.4), Taylor Gardner-Hickman (7.0), Harry Cornick (6.7), Anis Mehmeti (7.1), Stefan Bajić, Jamie Knight-Lebel, Ephrahim Yeboah (6.4) and Jed Meerholz.

Substitutions

Bristol City made 4 changes: Tommy Conway for Harry Cornick (58′), Joe Williams for Taylor Gardner-Hickman (59′), Sam Bell for Anis Mehmeti (58′) and Jason Knight for Andreas Weimann (79′).