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Championship 2026/27

Blackburn Rovers line-up

16th in the Championship 8 points Most-used formation: 4-2-3-1 LDLLW

Predicted line-up for Blackburn Rovers

Next match: Portsmouth vs Blackburn Rovers,

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Blackburn Rovers 5-4-1
22 Tóth
3 Pickering
15 McLoughlin
17 Carter
6 Atcheson
2 Alebiosu
21 Afolayan
31 Montgomery
8 Morsy
25 Morishita
10 Cantwell

Predicted line-up for Blackburn Rovers: Tóth, Pickering, McLoughlin, Carter, Atcheson, Alebiosu, Afolayan, Montgomery, Morsy, Morishita, Cantwell

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Blackburn Rovers injuries and suspensions

  • Augustus Kargbo Muscle injury Unavailable
  • Lewis Miller Achilles tendon injury Unavailable
  • Mathias Jørgensen Hamstring injury Unavailable
  • Matthew Litherland Muscle injury Unavailable
  • Scott Wharton Achilles tendon injury Unavailable
  • Yuki Ohashi Not registered Unavailable
Played 7 2W 2D 3L
Goals for 10 1.4 per match on average
Goals against 10 1.4 per match on average
Goal difference 0 8 points
Clean sheets 1 failed to score in 1
xG 9.61 above expectation

Home and away

Per match Home Away Total
Points 1.50 0.67 1.14
Goals for 1.75 1.00 1.43
Goals against 1.50 1.33 1.43
xG for 1.50 1.20 1.37
xG against 1.64 1.45 1.56
Corners 4.5 7.7 5.9
Cards 3.3 3.0 3.1
Clean sheets 0% 33% 14%

Fixtures

Results

Stats

All stats

Goals

  1. 1 Andri Gudjohnsen 3
  2. 2 Oladapo Afolayan 2
  3. 3 Todd Cantwell 1
  4. 4 Sean McLoughlin 1
  5. 5 Ryoya Morishita 1

Assists

  1. 1 Harry Pickering 1
  2. 2 Oladapo Afolayan 1
  3. 3 Sam Morsy 1
  4. 4 Ryoya Morishita 1
  5. 5 Andri Gudjohnsen 1

Key passes

  1. 1 Todd Cantwell 11
  2. 2 Jayden Fevrier 8
  3. 3 Yuri Ribeiro 6
  4. 4 Ryoya Morishita 6
  5. 5 Andri Gudjohnsen 6

Duels won

  1. 1 Oladapo Afolayan 36
  2. 2 Todd Cantwell 28
  3. 3 Sean McLoughlin 28
  4. 4 Kristi Montgomery 27
  5. 5 Tom Atcheson 26

Shots on target

  1. 1 Oladapo Afolayan 6
  2. 2 Todd Cantwell 6
  3. 3 Andri Gudjohnsen 5
  4. 4 Ryoya Morishita 4
  5. 5 Kristi Montgomery 2

Rating

  1. 1 Andri Gudjohnsen 7.28
  2. 2 Sean McLoughlin 7.04
  3. 3 Balázs Tóth 6.89
  4. 4 Sam Morsy 6.88
  5. 5 Jayden Fevrier 6.87

Blackburn Rovers squad

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# Player Position MP Min Goals Assists Passes Pass % Rating
22 Balázs Tóth Age 29 · Hungary Goalkeeper 4 360 0 0 127 58.3% 6.9
1 Aynsley Pears Age 28 · England Goalkeeper 3 270 0 0 105 76.2% 6.7
37 Felix Goddard Age 22 · England Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0 - -
15 Sean McLoughlin Age 29 · Republic of Ireland Defender 7 630 1 0 474 86.7% 7.0
2 Ryan Alebiosu Age 24 · England Defender 7 584 0 0 229 87.8% 6.7
6 Tom Atcheson Age 19 · England Defender 6 519 0 1 324 76.2% 6.7
4 Yuri Ribeiro Age 29 · Portugal Defender 6 378 0 0 233 80.3% 6.3
3 Harry Pickering Age 27 · England Defender 3 254 0 1 87 75.9% 6.6
17 Hayden Carter Age 26 · England Defender 3 126 0 0 42 83.3% 6.7
27 Gady Beyuku Age 20 · France Defender 2 56 0 0 23 78.3% 6.4
39 Harvey Pates Age 17 Defender 1 9 0 0 2 50.0% 6.5
47 Lucas Houghton Age 19 · England Defender 1 1 0 0 0 - -
40 Matthew Litherland Age 20 · England Defender 0 0 0 0 0 - -
16 Scott Wharton Age 28 · England Defender 0 0 0 0 0 - -
- Lewis Miller Australia · Achilles tendon injury Defender 0 0 0 0 0 - -
31 Kristi Montgomery Age 22 · Scotland Midfielder 7 598 1 0 297 90.2% 6.7
25 Ryoya Morishita Age 29 · Japan Midfielder 7 590 1 1 190 77.9% 6.6
10 Todd Cantwell Age 28 · England Midfielder 7 557 1 0 252 82.5% 6.5
21 Oladapo Afolayan Age 29 · England Midfielder 7 501 2 1 168 81.0% 6.7
8 Sam Morsy Age 35 · Egypt Midfielder 7 474 0 1 322 87.6% 6.9
28 Adam Forshaw Age 34 · England Midfielder 5 220 0 0 145 90.3% 6.7
30 Jake Garrett Age 23 · England Midfielder 3 31 0 0 25 76.0% 6.6
53 Frank Vare Age 19 · England Midfielder 1 2 0 0 3 100.0% -
5 Sidnei Tavares Age 24 · Portugal Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
18 Axel Henriksson Age 24 · Sweden Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
36 James Edmondson Age 20 · England Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
24 Moussa Baradji Age 25 · France Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
14 Dion De Neve Age 24 · Belgium Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
9 Andri Gudjohnsen Age 24 · Iceland Forward 6 438 3 1 99 86.9% 7.3
11 Jayden Fevrier Age 23 · England Forward 7 219 0 1 60 86.7% 6.9
23 Yuki Ohashi Age 30 · Japan Forward 2 43 0 0 13 53.8% 6.5
29 Mathias Jørgensen Age 25 · Denmark Forward 1 29 0 0 2 100.0% 6.3
45 Harvey Higgins Age 17 Forward 2 24 0 0 3 33.3% 6.3
- Augustus Kargbo Sierra Leone · Muscle injury Forward 0 0 0 0 0 - -

Frequently asked questions

When do Blackburn Rovers play next?

Blackburn Rovers play away against Portsmouth on .

When will the line-up for Blackburn Rovers be announced?

The predicted line-up for Blackburn Rovers against Portsmouth is shown above. The confirmed XI usually follows around an hour before kick-off.

Who is the first-choice goalkeeper for Blackburn Rovers?

Aynsley Pears has started in goal in 3 of the last 3 matches.

Who is the top scorer for Blackburn Rovers?

Andri Gudjohnsen has scored 3 goals for Blackburn Rovers this season and provided 1 assist.

Which Blackburn Rovers players are injured or suspended?

Blackburn Rovers are without Augustus Kargbo (muscle injury), Lewis Miller (achilles tendon injury), Mathias Jørgensen (hamstring injury), Matthew Litherland (muscle injury), Scott Wharton (achilles tendon injury) and Yuki Ohashi (not registered).