English League Championship

Bristol City vs Blackburn Rovers, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Bristol City
  • 24': Tommy Conway
  • 32': Tommy Conway (P)
  • 73': Anis Mehmeti
  • 78': Nahki Wells (P)
  • 90'+6': Nahki Wells
FT
5 - 0
Blackburn Rovers

    About

    Bristol City are hosting Blackburn Rovers at Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Cameron Pring (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 2': Foul by Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 3': Attempt missed. Scott Twine (Bristol City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Haydon Roberts following a set piece situation.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Scott Twine (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 6': Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Scott Wharton.
    • 7': Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Sammie Szmodics.
    • 9': Dominic Hyam (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Mark Sykes (Bristol City).
    • 12': Hand ball by Joe Williams (Bristol City).
    • 13': Attempt blocked. Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sammie Szmodics.
    • 14': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Cameron Pring.
    • 16': Foul by Dilan Markanday (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 16': Scott Twine (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Cameron Pring.
    • 18': Attempt saved. Dilan Markanday (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 19': Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Callum Brittain.
    • 21': Attempt saved. Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sondre Tronstad.
    • 23': Attempt saved. Dilan Markanday (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tyrhys Dolan.
    • 24': Goal! Bristol City 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Tommy Conway (Bristol City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 26': Attempt saved. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dilan Markanday.
    • 29': Foul by Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 29': Jason Knight (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 29': Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 31': Penalty Bristol City. Mark Sykes draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 31': Penalty conceded by Dominic Hyam (Blackburn Rovers) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 32': Goal! Bristol City 2, Blackburn Rovers 0. Tommy Conway (Bristol City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 34': Foul by Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 34': Ross McCrorie (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 35': Delay in match because of an injury Joe Williams (Bristol City).
    • 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 37': Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sammie Szmodics with a cross.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Mark Sykes (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Mark Sykes (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Scott Twine with a through ball.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Scott Twine (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 44': Attempt saved. Tommy Conway (Bristol City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dilan Markanday.
    • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Scott Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Brittain.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Bristol City 2, Blackburn Rovers 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Bristol City 2, Blackburn Rovers 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Andrew Moran replaces Scott Wharton.
    • 45': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Ben Chrisene replaces Joe Rankin-Costello.
    • 45': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. John Buckley replaces Dilan Markanday.
    • 45': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Kyle McFadzean replaces Tyrhys Dolan.
    • 46': Foul by Kyle McFadzean (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 46': Tommy Conway (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Jason Knight (Bristol City).
    • 47': John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Joe Williams (Bristol City).
    • 47': Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 48': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Zak Vyner.
    • 49': Cameron Pring (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 52': Foul by Tommy Conway (Bristol City).
    • 52': Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Scott Twine.
    • 54': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Joe Williams.
    • 55': Foul by Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 55': Haydon Roberts (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Foul by Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 58': Mark Sykes (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 60': Foul by Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 60': George Tanner (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Foul by Andrew Moran (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 64': Scott Twine (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Foul by Zak Vyner (Bristol City).
    • 65': Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Foul by John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 66': Ross McCrorie (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 67': Foul by Callum Brittain (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 67': Scott Twine (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Jason Knight (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tommy Conway.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Andrew Moran with a through ball.
    • 71': Substitution, Bristol City. Anis Mehmeti replaces Scott Twine.
    • 71': Substitution, Bristol City. Harry Cornick replaces Mark Sykes.
    • 71': Substitution, Bristol City. Nahki Wells replaces Tommy Conway.
    • 73': Goal! Bristol City 3, Blackburn Rovers 0. Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
    • 75': Attempt blocked. Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Joe Williams.
    • 75': Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Dominic Hyam.
    • 76': Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Harry Pickering.
    • 77': Penalty conceded by Kyle McFadzean (Blackburn Rovers) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
    • 77': Kyle McFadzean (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 78': Goal! Bristol City 4, Blackburn Rovers 0. Nahki Wells (Bristol City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
    • 81': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Cameron Pring.
    • 81': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Jake Garrett replaces Sondre Tronstad.
    • 82': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by George Tanner.
    • 82': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Cameron Pring.
    • 83': Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Dominic Hyam is caught offside.
    • 83': Substitution, Bristol City. Andy King replaces Joe Williams.
    • 85': Substitution, Bristol City. Jamie Knight-Lebel replaces Ross McCrorie.
    • 86': Foul by Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 86': George Tanner (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Callum Brittain (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Foul by Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City).
    • 89': Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Callum Brittain.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Andy King (Bristol City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 90'+3': Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Sammie Szmodics is caught offside.
    • 90'+5': Attempt saved. Nahki Wells (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Cameron Pring with a through ball.
    • 90'+6': Goal! Bristol City 5, Blackburn Rovers 0. Nahki Wells (Bristol City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Cornick.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Bristol City 5, Blackburn Rovers 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Bristol City 5, Blackburn Rovers 0.

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 7
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 0
    8 Corner Kicks 6
    2 Saves 4
    55 Possession 45
    9 SHOTS 15
    4 ON GOAL 7
    0.4 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 2
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 2
    433 Accurate Passes 334
    553 Passes 450
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    1 Accurate Crosses 0
    16 Crosses 13
    0.1 Cross % 0.0
    58 Long Balls 64
    22 Accurate Long Balls 17
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
    2 Blocked Shots 4
    12 Effective Tackles 10
    16 Tackles 10
    0.8 Tackle % 1.0
    5 Interceptions 8
    11 Effective Clearances 29
    11 Clearances 29

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium
    Location: Bristol, England
    Attendance: 19,672

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Sunderland 13 +14 29
    2 Leeds United 13 +14 26
    3 Sheffield United 13 +10 25
    4 Burnley 13 +11 23
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    BRC Bristol City (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Max O'Leary (GK)
    26 Zak Vyner
    24 Hayden Roberts
    19 George Tanner
    12 Jason Knight
    8 Joe Williams
    3 Cameron Pring
    2 Ross McCrorie
    15 Tommy Conway
    7 Scott Twine
    17 Mark Sykes
    Bristol City Substitutes:
    Nahki Wells, Jamie Knight-Lebel, Anis Mehmeti, Matty James, Stefan Bajic, Harry Cornick, Andy King, Adedire Mebude.

    BLK Blackburn Rovers (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Aynsley Pears (GK)
    16 Scott Wharton
    5 Dominic Hyam
    3 Harry Pickering
    2 Callum Brittain
    8 Sammie Szmodics
    11 Joe Rankin-Costello Yellow Card
    6 Sondre Tronstad
    9 Sam Gallagher
    10 Tyrhys Dolan
    18 Dilan Kumar Markanday
    Blackburn Rovers Substitutes:
    Billy Koumetio, Benjamin Chrisene, Hayden Carter, John Buckley, Jake Garrett, Leopold Wahlstedt, Kyle McFadzean, Igor Tyjon, Andy Moran.

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