Stoke City vs Blackburn
Ref: R. Madleybet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire · 30,089 cap
Match recap
Stoke City and Blackburn drew 1–1 in their Championship fixture. Ribeiro scored for Stoke City; Forshaw replied for Blackburn. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.74 for Stoke City versus 0.67 for Blackburn. Stoke City sit 17th in the Championship table while Blackburn are 20th.
First Half
21'
⚽
Forshaw
Assist: Alebiosu
⇄
Gibson
31'
Baradji
Yellow Card
33'
Ohashi
Yellow Card
45'
Alebiosu
Yellow Card
Second Half
Phillips
Yellow Card
⚽
Ribeiro (OG)
Rak-Sakyi
Yellow Card
63'
⇄
Baradji
⇄
Gallagher
77'
⇄
Forshaw
77'
⇄
Cantwell
⇄
Rak-Sakyi
Phillips
Yellow Card
Phillips
Red Card
Pearson
Yellow Card
Baker
Yellow Card
89'
⇄
Morishita
90'
⇄
Ribeiro
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Coventry | 46 | 28 | 11 | 7 | +52 | 95 |
| 16 |  Watford | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | -12 | 57 |
| 17 |  Stoke City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 55 |
| 18 |  Portsmouth | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | -15 | 55 |
| 19 |  Charlton | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 53 |
| 20 |  Blackburn | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | -14 | 52 |
| 21 |  West Brom | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 51 |
As of 23 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
Stoke CityBlackburn
8Won
Statistical edge
8–6
battles won across 17 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.74VS0.67
Attack2 · 3 won
10
Shots
11
3
Shots on target
3
9
Shots in the box
6
1
Shots outside box
5
4
Shots off goal
5
4
Corners
3
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
59%
Possession
41%
475
Total passes
321
399
Accurate passes
227
84%
Pass accuracy
71%
Discipline1 · 3 won
11
Fouls
8
5
Yellow cards
3
1
Red cards
0
1
Offsides
2
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 0 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
1
3
Blocked shots
3
0.19
Goals prevented
0.19
Stoke City
4-2-3-1
Blackburn
3-4-2-1Stoke City
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 4B. PearsonM
- 7S. ThomasM
- 8L. BakerM
- 17E. BocatD
- 18B. Lawal
- 20S. GallagherF
- 21J. Rak-SakyiM
- 23B. GibsonD
- 26A. PhillipsD
- 31G. BazunuG
- 42M. ManhoefM
Substitutes
- 3A. CresswellD
- 10Bae Jun-HoM
- 12T. SekoM
- 15S. NzonziM
- 25Tommy SimkinG
- 29L. CisséF
- 49M. SmitF
- 50Sydney AginaM
- 59G. KellyM
Blackburn
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 2R. AlebiosuM
- 4Yuri RibeiroM
- 10T. CantwellF
- 15S. McLoughlinD
- 20E. CashinD
- 22B. TóthG
- 23Y. OhashiF
- 24M. BaradjiM
- 25R. MorishitaF
- 28A. ForshawM
- 38Tom AtchesonD
Substitutes
- 1A. PearsG
- 3H. PickeringD
- 5T. Gardner-HickmanM
- 14D. De NeveD
- 21O. AfolayanF
- 26C. O'RiordanD
- 27N. RedmondM
- 29M. JørgensenF
- 31Kristi MontgomeryM
Stoke City
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Million Manhoef | M | 90 | 7.9 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4/8 |
| Bosun Lawal | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/3 |
| Ben Pearson | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | M | 86 | 7.0 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2/5 |
| Eric Bocat | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2/4 |
| Sam Gallagher | F | 72 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 |
| Lewis Baker | M | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1/3 |
| Ben Gibson(C) | D | 24 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sorba Thomas | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/4 |
| Ashley Phillips | D | 87 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gavin Bazunu | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Sydney Agina | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Steven Nzonzi | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tatsuki Seko | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tommy Simkin | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milan Smit | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gabriel Kelly | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aaron Cresswell | D | 66 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun-Ho Bae | M | 10 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lamine Cissé | F | 18 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Blackburn
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Forshaw | M | 77 | 8.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Eiran Cashin | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Todd Cantwell(C) | F | 77 | 7.2 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Sean McLoughlin | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Yuri Ribeiro | M | 89 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ryoya Morishita | F | 89 | 6.7 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Ryan Alebiosu | M | 90 | 6.7 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Tom Atcheson | D | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Balázs Tóth | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moussa Baradji | M | 63 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Yuki Ohashi | F | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/2 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Harry Pickering | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oladapo Afolayan | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aynsley Pears | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nathan Redmond | M | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dion De Neve | D | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Connor O'Riordan | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Taylor Gardner-Hickman | M | 27 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Mathias Jørgensen | F | 13 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristi Montgomery | M | 13 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |