English League Championship

FT Saturday, February 28, 2026
Blackburn Rovers WLWWL 1
–
Derby County WLWLL 3
1st2ndT
BLK101
DER033
Pride Park · 27,831 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
2
50.7
Possession
49.3
11
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
262
Accurate Passes
261
354
Passes
348
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
4
22
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
58
20
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
6
28
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
6
23
Effective Clearances
31
23
Clearances
31

Head to Head

BLK leads series 3-2

Lineups

DER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31Josh VickersG
  2. 5Matthew ClarkeCD-L
  3. 28Dion SandersonCD-R
  4. 2Derry John MurkinLB
  5. 23Joe WardRB
  6. 19Sammie SzmodicsAM
  7. 27Lewis TravisLM
  8. 42Bobby ClarkRM
  9. 9Carlton MorrisF
  10. 7Patrick AgyemangAM-L
  11. 25Ben Brereton DíazAM-R

BLK · 3-4-2-1

  1. 22Balazs TothG
  2. 15Sean McLoughlinCD
  3. 20Eiran CashinCD-L
  4. 17Hayden CarterCD-R
  5. 24Moussa BaradjiCM-L
  6. 28Adam ForshawCM-R
  7. 4Yuri RibeiroLM
  8. 2Ryan AlebiousuRM
  9. 11Andri GudjohnsenF
  10. 23Yuki OhashiCF-L
  11. 25Ryoya MorishitaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 36' Sam Szmodics (Derby County) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 36' Adam Forshaw (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45' Lewis Travis (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! Derby County 0, Blackburn Rovers 1. Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Yuri Ribeiro with a cross following a set piece situation.
  5. 46' Bobby Clark (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Goal! Derby County 1, Blackburn Rovers 1. Ben Brereton (Derby County) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Derry John Murkin.
  7. 56' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Kristi Montgomery replaces Adam Forshaw.
  8. 58' Eiran Cashin (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 60' Yuri Ribeiro (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 62' Substitution, Derby County. Rhian Brewster replaces Carlton Morris.
  11. 69' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Harry Pickering replaces Yuri Ribeiro.
  12. 69' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Mathias Jørgensen replaces Andri Gudjohnsen.
  13. 74' Goal! Derby County 2, Blackburn Rovers 1. Matt Clarke (Derby County) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  14. 79' Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 80' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Taylor Gardner-Hickman replaces Hayden Carter because of an injury.
  16. 80' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Dion De Neve replaces Moussa Baradji.
  17. 80' Substitution, Derby County. David Ozoh replaces Sam Szmodics.
  18. 82' Goal! Derby County 3, Blackburn Rovers 1. Rhian Brewster (Derby County) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Derry John Murkin with a cross.
  19. 87' Substitution, Derby County. Craig Forsyth replaces Derry John Murkin.
  20. 87' Substitution, Derby County. Oscar Fraulo replaces Bobby Clark.

EFL Championship News

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