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Yuki Ohashi scored Blackburn's second goal just before half-time Blackburn finally turned on the style at Ewood Park to record just their second home win of the campaign and make it three games without victory for Millwall. Andri Gudjohnsen opened the scoring with his seventh goal of the season before Yuki Ohashi doubled their lead just before half-time. Millwall defended poorly for both goals and they have now suffered back-to-back Championship defeats for the first time under boss Alex Neil to lose ground in the promotion race. For some Blackburn fans, the welcome victory, Rovers' first in six games, only papers over the cracks and they are calling for owners Venky's to sell up and for a boycott of the home match against Watford on 24 January. Blackburn had only scored nine goals in their previous 10 home games, but they netted in the third minute when Max Crocombe made a mess of a shot from Matty Litherland and Gudjohnsen fired home the rebound. Litherland was excellent on his Blackburn debut at right wing-back and the academy graduate forced a save from Crocombe after an error by Tristan Crama. Millwall were hugely disappointing and they briefly stirred when Camiel Neghli wastefully fired over and Mihailo Ivanovic shot at Aynsley Pears from a narrow angle on the left. But it was all Blackburn and they added a second on 45 minutes from an awful mix-up by Dan Mc Namara and Crocombe. Defender Mc Namara nodded the ball past his goalkeeper for Ohashi to tap home into the empty net. Litherland had a debut to remember, while Nathan Dlamini and Tom Atcheson came on for their first taste of Championship action for injury-hit Rovers, and Ohashi headed wide from the Litherland's right-wing cross. Millwall also have injury problems, but Neil will surely be fuming with such a lacklustre display. Their afternoon was summed up when centre-half Caleb Taylor should have at least hit the target when he headed wide from Alfie Doughty's corner. It could have even finished 3-0 but Lewis Miller fluffed a 90th-minute header from six yards out from a free-kick from the exceptional Blackburn captain Todd Cantwell. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 20th December 2025 at 15: 56 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Valérien Ismaël Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 Manager: Alex Neil Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Valérien Ismaël Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 Manager: Alex Neil Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Blackburn are unbeaten in their last nine home league games against Millwall (W6 D3), since a 2-0 loss in November 2012 under Henning Berg. Millwall have won just one of their last 10 league games against Blackburn (D3 L6), a 1-0 home win in December last year. Blackburn have won just one of their 10 home league games this season (D3 L6), with only Sheffield Wednesday (2) picking up fewer home points than Rovers in the Championship (6). Millwall lost 3-1 against Hull in their last league game, last losing consecutive Championship matches in December last year (3 in a row). Blackburn have only scored 20 goals in the Championship this season, despite having an x G total of 27. 8. This is the biggest underperformance (-7. 8) by any team in the competition in 2025-26. Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Millwall 0. Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Millwall 0. Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Nathan Dlamini replaces Yuki Ohashi. Foul by Ryan Leonard (Millwall). Axel Henriksson (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time. Attempt missed. Lewis Miller (Blackburn Rovers) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Todd Cantwell with a cross following a set piece situation. Joe Bryan (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Joe Bryan (Millwall). Lewis Miller (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Mihailo Ivanovic (Millwall). George Pratt (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Caleb Taylor (Millwall). Lewis Miller (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Ryan Leonard (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Moussa Baradji (Blackburn Rovers). Max Crocombe (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers). Foul by Mihailo Ivanovic (Millwall). Lewis Miller (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.