Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 30 Sep 2025

Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Swansea City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.4 – 0.9
Actual xG
0.6 – 0.5
Goals
1 – 2

Footybot made Blackburn Rovers favourites at 47%.

Swansea City won a close one on the chances: 0.5 xG to 0.6.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Cameron Burgess, 58.5 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Cameron Burgess +14.2.

Well below it: Lewis Miller −31.7, Augustus Kargbo −10.3, Yuri Ribeiro −9.6.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Blackburn Rovers

27 Sep 2025L 0–3at Charlton Athletic Championship
13 Sep 2025W 1–0at Watford Championship
30 Aug 2025L 0–2v Norwich City Championship
23 Aug 2025W 3–0at Hull City Championship
16 Aug 2025L 1–2v Birmingham City Championship

Swansea City

27 Sep 2025D 1–1v Millwall Championship
20 Sep 2025L 0–1at Birmingham City Championship
17 Sep 2025W 3–2v Nottingham Forest EFL Cup
13 Sep 2025D 2–2v Hull City Championship
30 Aug 2025W 2–0at Sheffield Wednesday Championship

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Blackburn Rovers

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Dion De Neve Midfielder100–98.0–
Yuki Ohashi Forward19000.1443.5–
Sean McLoughlin Defender90000.0143.0−0.7
Ryan Hedges Midfielder7100–43.0+1.2
Balázs Tóth Goalkeeper9000–42.7−5.4
Todd Cantwell Midfielder90100.0941.8−7.7
Andri Guðjohnsen Forward90000.0640.9−3.5
Sondre Tronstad Midfielder90000.0839.3−4.0
Ryan Alebiosu Midfielder90000.0235.7−6.5
Taylor Gardner-Hickman Midfielder89000.0731.8–
Ryoya Morishita Midfielder4500–31.4–
Augustus Kargbo Forward45000.0527.4−10.3
Yuri Ribeiro Defender90000.0326.8−9.6
Lewis Miller Defender90000.0224.0−31.7

Swansea City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Liam Cullen Forward27100.2579.2–
Ronald Midfielder3400–64.1–
Cameron Burgess Defender90000.0858.5+14.2
Lawrence Vigouroux Goalkeeper9000–47.9−1.9
Adam Idah Forward27010.0346.9–
Zeidane Inoussa Forward56000.0146.5+5.3
Gonçalo Franco Midfielder90100.0645.5+7.2
Ben Cabango Defender9000–43.3−4.6
Jay Fulton Midfielder1200–42.8–
Ethan Galbraith Midfielder63000.0142.7−0.9
Marko Stamenić Midfielder8400–41.3+0.0
Žan Vipotnik Forward6300–39.7−8.8
Josh Tymon Defender9001–37.9+4.5
Benson Manuel Midfielder56000.0137.6–
Josh Key Defender9000–30.2−4.3
Ji-sung Eom Midfielder3400–29.9–