Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Queens Park Rangers · Championship
Blackburn Rovers lost to Queens Park Rangers 1-2 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Blackburn Rovers and Queens Park Rangers met in the Championship at Ewood Park in Blackburn on Saturday, 29 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Blackburn Rovers: R. Morishita 49'. Queens Park Rangers: P. Smyth 51'; J. Dunne 74'.
How the match went
Blackburn Rovers saw more of the ball, 55% of it. Blackburn Rovers had 12 shots with 2 on target, Queens Park Rangers 19 with 6 on target. There were 6 corners in total, 3 to Blackburn Rovers and 3 to Queens Park Rangers. Blackburn Rovers conceded 12 fouls, Queens Park Rangers 6. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (3 for Blackburn Rovers, 2 for Queens Park Rangers).
Line-ups
Blackburn Rovers started in a 4-2-3-1: Balázs Tóth, Ryan Alebiosu, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Yuri Ribeiro, Adam Forshaw, Kristi Montgomery, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Oladapo Afolayan, Andri Guðjohnsen.
Queens Park Rangers started in a 4-4-2: Pierce Charles, Amadou Salif Mbengue, Jimmy Dunne, Jake Clarke-Salter, Dennis Cirkin, Paul Smyth, Ronnie Edwards, Nicolas Madsen, Ilias Chair, Richard Kone, Rumarn Burrell.
More from this competition: Championship fixtures, results and table.