Ninety
Blackburn
EFL Championship
Show score
3 - 1
Full time
Millwall
Blackburn vs Millwall: match report
Blackburn Rovers hosted Millwall at Ewood Park on Saturday 12 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 7). Josh Smith is the referee, averaging 4.0 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.
Result and scorers
Blackburn 3-1 Millwall. Goals: Oladapo Afolayan 41' for Blackburn; Lyndon Dykes 51' (pen) for Millwall; Oladapo Afolayan 58' for Blackburn; Andri Gudjohnsen 90'+3' for Blackburn.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 13' Yellow card: Hayden Carter (Blackburn)
- 38' Yellow card: Sam Morsy (Blackburn)
- 41' Goal: Oladapo Afolayan (Blackburn) 1-0
- 45' Yellow card: Harry Pickering (Blackburn)
- 45'+4' Yellow card: Zak Sturge (Millwall)
- 50' Yellow card: Gady Beyuku (Blackburn)
- 51' Penalty: Lyndon Dykes (Millwall) 1-1
- 58' Goal: Oladapo Afolayan (Blackburn) 2-1
- 81' Yellow card: Jenson Metcalfe (Millwall)
- 86' Yellow card: Jayden Fevrier (Blackburn)
- 90'+2' Yellow card: Mark Sykes (Millwall)
- 90'+3' Goal: Andri Gudjohnsen (Blackburn) 3-1
Match stats (contains the result)
| 44.7% | Possession | 55.3% |
| 18 | Shots | 15 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 2 |
| 6 | Corners | 3 |
| 9 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 1 | Saves | 1 |
| 5 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Blackburn 5-4-1
Coach: Tony Mowbray
- 22 Balázs Tóth GK
- 6 Tom Atcheson DEF
- 17 Hayden Carter DEF
- 15 Sean McLoughlin DEF
- 2 Ryan Alebiosu DEF
- 4 Yuri Ribeiro DEF
- 25 Ryoya Morishita MID
- 8 Sam Morsy MID
- 31 Kristi Montgomery MID
- 21 Oladapo Afolayan MID
- 10 Todd Cantwell FWD
Bench
- 3 Harry Pickering DEF
- 27 Gady Beyuku DEF
- 11 Jayden Fevrier FWD
- 9 Andri Guðjohnsen FWD
- 1 Aynsley Pears GK
- 24 Moussa Baradji MID
- 53 Frank Vare MID
- 30 Jake Garrett MID
- 45 Harvey Higgins MID
Millwall 4-2-3-1
Coach: Alex Neil
- 15 Max Crocombe GK
- 2 Jordi Osei-Tutu DEF
- 6 Caleb Taylor DEF
- 5 Jake Cooper DEF
- 3 Zak Sturge DEF
- 49 Derek Mazou-Sacko MID
- 14 Jenson Metcalfe MID
- 11 Romain Esse FWD
- 7 Taïryk Arconte MID
- 10 Camiel Neghli FWD
- 13 Lyndon Dykes FWD
Bench
- 17 Mark Sykes MID
- 35 Yanis Issoufou FWD
- 16 Daniel Kelly MID
- 12 Elkan Baggott DEF
- 29 Zak Lovelace FWD
- 34 Filip Marschall GK
- 55 Tristan Parkes DEF
- 23 Danny Batth DEF
- 44 Alfie Massey MID
Previous meetings
- Saturday 14 March 2026: Millwall 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
- Saturday 20 December 2025: Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Millwall
- Friday 18 April 2025: Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Millwall
- Saturday 21 December 2024: Millwall 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
- Tuesday 5 March 2024: Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Millwall