Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 4 Nov 2025

Bristol City 0–1 Blackburn Rovers

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
1.4 – 0.9
Actual xG
0.5 – 1.7
Goals
0 – 1

Footybot made Bristol City favourites at 49%.

Blackburn Rovers won and made the better chances: 1.7 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ryoya Morishita, 54.9 in 62′.

Well above their usual level: Ryoya Morishita +21.6, Yuki Ohashi +8.3.

Well below it: Lewis Miller −19.6, Ross McCrorie −16.3, Sean McLoughlin −12.8.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Bristol City

1 Nov 2025L 1–5at Stoke City Championship
25 Oct 2025W 1–0v Birmingham City Championship
21 Oct 2025W 3–1v Southampton Championship
18 Oct 2025W 1–0at Norwich City Championship
4 Oct 2025L 1–2v Queens Park Rangers Championship

Blackburn Rovers

1 Nov 2025W 2–0at Leicester City Championship
25 Oct 2025W 2–1v Southampton Championship
21 Oct 2025L 1–3v Sheffield United Championship
18 Oct 2025L 0–2at Coventry City Championship
4 Oct 2025D 1–1v Stoke City Championship

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Bristol City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Radek Vitek Goalkeeper9000–53.7+6.5
Mark Sykes Midfielder66000.0643.6+4.9
Rob Dickie Defender90000.0142.1−3.2
Sinclair Armstrong Forward2600–37.6–
Adam Randell Midfielder9000–37.3−1.1
Anis Mehmeti Forward90000.1836.7−7.3
Haydon Roberts Defender8000–33.2–
Scott Twine Forward90000.0633.1−9.8
Emil Riis Jacobsen Forward64000.0632.7−9.4
Fally Mayulu Forward1000–30.3–
George Tanner Defender90000.0428.0−10.2
Neto Borges Defender2400–26.2–
Ross McCrorie Midfielder90000.1025.6−16.3
Zak Vyner Defender9000–22.2−12.5

Blackburn Rovers

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ryoya Morishita Midfielder62010.0854.9+21.6
Yuki Ohashi Forward90100.9652.0+8.3
Yuri Ribeiro Defender1000–50.3–
Balázs Tóth Goalkeeper8900–49.2−0.4
Scott Wharton Defender79000.1449.1−0.9
Makhtar Gueye Forward11000.0445.6–
Sondre Tronstad Midfielder62000.0245.5+2.9
Aynsley Pears Goalkeeper1100–44.8–
Ryan Alebiosu Midfielder90000.0342.5−0.6
Andri Guðjohnsen Forward80000.1541.8−5.0
Ryan Hedges Midfielder90000.0337.8−4.5
Axel Henriksson Midfielder2800–36.5–
Taylor Gardner-Hickman Midfielder90000.1235.9−4.4
Adam Forshaw Midfielder28000.1035.4–
Sean McLoughlin Defender9000–31.8−12.8
Lewis Miller Defender9000–22.8−19.6