Championship Β· ENG Β· Round 25

Blackburn Rovers
0 - 2 Full time
Wrexham

Ewood Park Β· Blackburn, Lancashire

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers3-4-1-2
AP1Pears
LM12Miller
SM15McLoughlin
GP43Pratt
ML40↓59'Litherland
MB24Baradji
ST6Tronstad
RH19↓46'Hedges
TC10Cantwell
AH18↓82'Henriksson
YO23Ohashi
AO1Okonkwo
DS24Scarr
DH5Hyam
CD2Doyle
RL47Longman
GD15Dobson
MJ37↓72'James
GT14Thomason
OR20βš½β†“87'Rathbone
LO27↓84'O'Brien
SS28⚽Smith
Wrexham3-4-2-1

Blackburn Rovers substitutes

3 Harry Pickering 6.1 ↑46'
38 Tom Atcheson 6.2 ↑59'
52 Nathan Dlamini ↑82'
22 Balazs Toth
4 Yuri Ribeiro
14 Dion De Neve
5 Taylor Gardner-Hickman
47 Aodhan Doherty
44 Brandon Powell

Coach: Valerien Ismael Β· Unavailable: Ryan Alebiosu (internationalDuty), Adam Forshaw (injury), Andri Gudjohnsen (injury), Augustus Kargbo (injury), Hayden Carter (injury), Jake Garrett (injury), Ryoya Morishita (injury), Scott Wharton (injury), Sidnei Tavares (injury)

Wrexham substitutes

18 Ben Sheaf 6.2 ↑72'
13 Liberato Cacace ↑84'
45 Harry Ashfield ↑87'
25 Callum Burton
6 Conor Coady
4 Max Cleworth
16 Jay Rodriguez
29 Ryan Barnett
33 Nathan Broadhead

Coach: Phil Parkinson Β· Unavailable: Issa KaborΓ© (internationalDuty), James McClean (suspension), Aaron James (injury), Andy Cannon (injury), Danny Ward (injury), Elliot Lee (injury), Kieffer Moore (injury), Lewis Brunt (injury), Ryan Hardie (injury)

Match events

11'Sam Smith assist: Matthew James 0 - 1⚽
30'Moussa Baradji
37'Todd Cantwell
38'Oliver Rathbone assist: Dan Scarr 0 - 2⚽
45+1'Sam Smith
Second half
46'↑ Harry Pickering ↓ Ryan Hedges⇄
59'↑ Tom Atcheson ↓ Matty Litherland⇄
64'George Dobson
67'Lewis Miller
72'↑ Ben Sheaf ↓ Matthew James⇄
75'Sondre Tronstad
82'↑ Nathan Dlamini ↓ Axel Henriksson⇄
84'↑ Liberato Cacace ↓ Lewis O'Brien⇄
87'↑ Harry Ashfield ↓ Oliver Rathbone⇄

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Match details

CompetitionChampionship
Kick-off (UTC)Thursday, 1 January 2026, 12:30 UTC β€” shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

1Blackburn Rovers wins2Draws0Wrexham wins

3 past meetings on record. Biggest Blackburn Rovers win: Blackburn Rovers 4–1 Wrexham (2024).

29 Nov 2025Wrexham 1 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
29 Jan 2024Blackburn Rovers 4 - 1 WrexhamFA Cup
6 Jul 2013Wrexham 1 - 1 Blackburn RoversClub Friendlies