Stoke City vs Blackburn match stats & report

1–1 Full time

Championship · England · Regular Season - 42 · Bet365 Stadium, Stoke on Trent · Ref R. Madley

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Stoke City drew with Blackburn 1–1 in the Championship on 11 April 2026. Expected goals finished 1.74–0.67. Stoke City had 59% of the ball.

Stoke City vs Blackburn match statistics

Stoke CityBlackburn

59% Ball possession 41%
1.74 Expected goals (xG) 0.67
10 Total shots 11
3 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 5
3 Blocked shots 3
9 Shots inside the box 6
4 Corners 3
11 Fouls 8
1 Offsides 2
5 Yellow cards 3
1 Red cards 0
475 Passes 321
84% Pass accuracy 71%
2 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

21' Goal A. Forshaw (assist R. Alebiosu) Blackburn
31' Yellow card M. Baradji Blackburn
33' Yellow card Y. Ohashi Blackburn
45' Yellow card R. Alebiosu Blackburn
47' Yellow card A. Phillips Stoke City
56' Own goal Y. Ribeiro Stoke City
62' Yellow card Jesurun Rak-Sakyi Stoke City
87' Yellow card A. Phillips Stoke City
87' Red card A. Phillips Stoke City
88' Yellow card L. Baker Stoke City
88' Yellow card B. Pearson Stoke City

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Stoke City

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Mark Robins

31 G. Bazunu

17 E. Bocat 23 B. Gibson 26 A. Phillips 18 B. Lawal

8 L. Baker 4 B. Pearson

7 S. Thomas 42 M. Manhoef 21 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi

20 S. Gallagher

Bench Tommy Simkin , S. Nzonzi , T. Seko , L. Cisse , M. Smit , A. Cresswell , Bae Jun-Ho , S. Agina , G. Kelly

Blackburn

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Damien Johnson

22 B. Tóth

20 E. Cashin 15 S. McLoughlin 38 T. Atcheson

4 Y. Ribeiro 24 M. Baradji 28 A. Forshaw 2 R. Alebiosu

10 T. Cantwell 25 R. Morishita

23 Y. Ohashi

Bench A. Pears , N. Redmond , H. Pickering , D. De Neve , M. Jorgensen , O. Afolayan , T. Gardner-Hickman , Kristi Montgomery , C. O'Riordan

Form guide

Stoke City at home

4–1–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 1.4 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 6.1 per game
Shots on target: 3.6 per game

21% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Blackburn away

2–5–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.1 per game
Conceded: 1.3 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 6.5 per game
Shots on target: 3.3 per game

9% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Stoke City vs Blackburn head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
4 Oct 25	Blackburn v Stoke City	1–1
12 Mar 25	Stoke City v Blackburn	1–0
6 Nov 24	Blackburn v Stoke City	0–2
10 Feb 24	Blackburn v Stoke City	3–1
25 Nov 23	Stoke City v Blackburn	0–3

Only 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Stoke City vs Blackburn head-to-head record