English League Championship

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

· English League Championship
Stoke City
    FT
    0 - 3
    Blackburn Rovers
    • 4': Scott Wharton
    • 86': Andy Moran
    • 90'+1': Sammie Szmodics

    About

    Stoke City are hosting Blackburn Rovers at bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, 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': Attempt missed. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Moran with a through ball.
    • 4': Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Michael Rose.
    • 4': Goal! Stoke City 0, Blackburn Rovers 1. Scott Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Moran with a cross following a corner.
    • 6': Attempt saved. Daniel Johnson (Stoke City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bae Jun-Ho.
    • 6': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Leopold Wahlstedt.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Luke McNally (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Enda Stevens with a cross following a corner.
    • 7': Delay in match because of an injury Dwight Gayle (Stoke City).
    • 7': Delay in match because of an injury Scott Wharton (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 10': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Lewis Travis replaces Scott Wharton because of an injury.
    • 12': Foul by Wouter Burger (Stoke City).
    • 12': Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ki-Jana Hoever with a cross.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Daniel Johnson.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Adam Wharton with a through ball.
    • 23': Attempt blocked. Mehdi Léris (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ki-Jana Hoever with a cross.
    • 23': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Harry Pickering.
    • 25': Delay in match because of an injury Callum Brittain (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 27': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Adam Wharton.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Luke McNally (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ki-Jana Hoever with a cross following a corner.
    • 28': Offside, Stoke City. Dwight Gayle is caught offside.
    • 31': Foul by Daniel Johnson (Stoke City).
    • 31': Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Callum Brittain is caught offside.
    • 33': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Sondre Tronstad.
    • 34': Delay in match because of an injury Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 42': Foul by Luke McNally (Stoke City).
    • 42': Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45': Foul by Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 45': Attempt missed. Daniel Johnson (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bae Jun-Ho.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Callum Brittain (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 45'+1': Luke McNally (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Wouter Burger (Stoke City).
    • 45'+2': Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+7': Attempt missed. Mehdi Léris (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Enda Stevens with a through ball.
    • 45'+8': First Half ends, Stoke City 0, Blackburn Rovers 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Stoke City 0, Blackburn Rovers 1.
    • 46': Offside, Stoke City. Mehdi Léris is caught offside.
    • 46': Offside, Stoke City. Dwight Gayle is caught offside.
    • 48': Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Callum Brittain is caught offside.
    • 49': Andrew Moran (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by Enda Stevens (Stoke City).
    • 50': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by James Hill.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Wouter Burger (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ki-Jana Hoever with a cross following a corner.
    • 56': Foul by Mehdi Léris (Stoke City).
    • 56': Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Substitution, Stoke City. Ryan Mmaee replaces Dwight Gayle.
    • 57': Foul by Wouter Burger (Stoke City).
    • 57': Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 63': Foul by James Hill (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 63': Ryan Mmaee (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 64': Foul by Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 64': Ryan Mmaee (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 65': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Harry Pickering.
    • 71': Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Foul by Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 73': Foul by Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke City).
    • 73': Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 74': Substitution, Stoke City. Lynden Gooch replaces Ki-Jana Hoever.
    • 74': Substitution, Stoke City. Tyrese Campbell replaces Mehdi Léris.
    • 76': Foul by Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 76': Ryan Mmaee (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Foul by Wouter Burger (Stoke City).
    • 79': Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Andrew Moran (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Callum Brittain.
    • 80': Substitution, Stoke City. Wesley replaces Daniel Johnson.
    • 80': Substitution, Stoke City. Jordan Thompson replaces Enda Stevens.
    • 81': Adam Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Foul by Wesley (Stoke City).
    • 82': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Andrew Moran.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Lynden Gooch (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 84': Attempt missed. Ryan Mmaee (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Wesley.
    • 85': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Jake Garrett replaces Tyrhys Dolan.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Jake Garrett (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Moran.
    • 86': Goal! Stoke City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2. Andrew Moran (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 90'+1': Goal! Stoke City 0, Blackburn Rovers 3. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jake Garrett with a through ball following a fast break.
    • 90'+1': Jordan Thompson (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+2': Ben Pearson (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 90'+2': Wesley (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Tyrese Campbell (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Semir Telalovic replaces Andrew Moran.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Harry Leonard replaces Callum Brittain.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Arnór Sigurdsson replaces Sammie Szmodics.
    • 90'+4': Delay in match (Stoke City).
    • 90'+4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Ryan Mmaee (Stoke City).
    • 90'+5': Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+6': Foul by Harry Leonard (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 90'+6': Lynden Gooch (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+7': Hand ball by Harry Leonard (Blackburn Rovers).
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Stoke City 0, Blackburn Rovers 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Stoke City 0, Blackburn Rovers 3.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 11
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 3
    1 Corner Kicks 7
    1 Saves 1
    34.6 Possession 65.4
    7 SHOTS 12
    4 ON GOAL 1
    0.6 On Target % 0.1
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    269 Accurate Passes 563
    359 Passes 659
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 8
    6 Crosses 33
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    40 Long Balls 52
    10 Accurate Long Balls 31
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
    0 Blocked Shots 2
    12 Effective Tackles 12
    20 Tackles 16
    0.6 Tackle % 0.8
    15 Interceptions 10
    27 Effective Clearances 7
    27 Clearances 7

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: bet365 Stadium
    Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England
    Attendance: 22,652

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Middlesbrough 5 +6 13
    2 Stoke City 5 +6 12
    3 Bristol City 5 +8 11
    4 Leicester City 5 +3 10
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    STK Stoke City (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    13 Jack Bonham (GK)
    5 Michael Rose
    23 Luke McNally
    3 Enda Stevens
    17 Ki-Jana Hoever
    12 Daniel Johnson
    6 Wouter Burger
    4 Ben Pearson Yellow Card
    11 Dwight Gayle
    22 Bae Jun-Ho
    27 Mehdi Leris
    Stoke City Substitutes:
    Jordan Thompson, Ciaran Clark, Tommy Simkin, Josh Laurent, Lynden Gooch, Ryan Mmaee, André Vidigal, Tyrese Campbell, Wesley .

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

    No. Name
    12 Leopold Wahlstedt (GK)
    16 Scott Wharton
    17 Hayden Carter
    3 Harry Pickering
    4 James Hill
    8 Sammie Szmodics
    23 Adam Wharton
    6 Sondre Tronstad
    10 Tyrhys Dolan Yellow Card
    2 Callum Brittain
    24 Andy Moran
    Blackburn Rovers Substitutes:
    Semir Telalovic, Jake Garrett, Arnór Sigurdsson, Patrick Gamble, Lewis Travis, Harry Leonard, Leo Duru, Dilan Kumar Markanday, Joe Hilton.

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