Match centre · H2H Stats & Game Preview
Ipswich Town vs Blackburn Rovers
17 Jan 2026, 12:30 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Andrew KitchenChampionship 2025/2026 · 25 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Ipswich TownMin
Blackburn Rovers- ⚽
Eiran Cashin 1-0
Own Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
3′ - ⚽
Jack Taylor 2-0
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
12′ - 25′
Tom Atcheson
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Jack Clarke
Substitution
Off: Jaden Philogene
39′ - 46′⇄
Mathias Jørgensen
Substitution
Off: Axel Henriksson
- ⇄
Iván Azón
Substitution
Off: George Hirst
68′ - ⇄
Wes Burns
Substitution
Off: Sindre Walle Egeli
68′ - 69′
Sondre Tronstad
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Jens Cajuste
Substitution
Off: Jack Taylor
79′ - ⇄
Sammie Szmodics
Substitution
Off: Marcelino Núñez
79′ - 81′
Todd Cantwell
Yellowcard
Foul
- 86′
Eiran Cashin
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Sammie Szmodics 3-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Wes Burns
Right foot shot
88′ - 90′⇄
Aodhan Doherty
Substitution
Off: Yuki Ohashi
- 90′⇄
Adam Forshaw
Substitution
Off: Sondre Tronstad
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.08 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7.07 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7.14 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 7.45 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7.39 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.16 | |
| 79 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7.11 | |
| 68 | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 6.68 | |
| 79 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 7.18 | |
| 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.29 | |
| 68 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.49 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7.29 | |
| 11 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.77 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.44 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.49 | |
| 50 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.42 |
Select a player to inspect every available typed match statistic. Ratings are provider match ratings; an unreported rating stays unavailable.
Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Ipswich Town
Latest: Oxford United · 2–1
Match stats
1 Jan 2026, 15:00 · Home vs Oxford United · 2025/2026
Blackburn Rovers
Latest: Sheffield Wednesday · 0–0
Match stats
29 Dec 2025, 19:45 · Away vs Sheffield Wednesday · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Ipswich Town’s ground: 8 previous meetings, 5 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Ipswich Town’s home games with Blackburn Rovers’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Ipswich Town
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Blackburn Rovers
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Ipswich Town
Blackburn Rovers
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Ipswich Town
Blackburn Rovers
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Ipswich Town
Blackburn Rovers
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.