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Football
Bristol City
vs Blackburn Rovers. Sky Bet Championship.
7: 45pm, Tuesday 4th November 2025.
Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: Attendance21, 499.
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Bristol City and Blackburn Rovers at Ashton Gate on Tuesday night; Yuki Ohashi seals narrow win with goal in first-half stoppage-time at Ashton Gate. Tuesday 4 November 2025 23: 10, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Yuki Ohashi's strike just before the break proved enough for Blackburn to take the points from a hard-earned 1-0 Championship victory over Bristol City at Ashton Gate. The decisive moment came in the fifth of eight minutes of stoppage time at the end of the first half when Ryoya Morishita skilfully got behind City's defence on the right and crossed low for Ohashi to fire home from the edge of the six-yard box. Rovers defended their lead with huge commitment and were good value for their win against a home side who created little in the way of clear chances. Gerhard Struber made three changes to the City team hammered 5-1 at Stoke, with Haydon Roberts replacing the injured Rob Atkinson, Ross Mc Crorie coming in for Mark Sykes and Emil Riis for Sinclair Armstrong, while Blackburn's line-up showed two changes, Ryan Hedges and Morishita preferred to Dion De Neve and Axel Henriksson. Rovers deserved their lead at the end of a first half of total frustration for the hosts, who failed to test visiting goalkeeper Balazs Toth. It was City keeper Radek Vitek who was called upon to make the best save, diving full length to keep out Ohashi's 21st-minute volley. Two minutes later, Struber had to make a substitution, Sykes replacing the injured Neto Borges and slotting in at right wing-back, with Mc Crorie switching to the left.
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The half-hour brought another break as Ohashi needed treatment for a cut head but he was able to continue in a bandage. Swirling rain and the couple of lengthy injury stoppages did neither team any favours. But Blackburn were largely in control and Vitek had to dive bravely at the feet of Andri Gudjohnsen after 37 minutes, a collision which saw a yellow card for the attacker. An unmarked Morishita then headed over from another good Rovers chance. The 42nd minute brought applause from both sets of fans in memory of former City striker Marvin Brown, who died recently at the age of just 42. But that ovation turned to jeers from home supporters at the half-time whistle following Ohashi's opener. Those same fans screamed for a red card when Sondre Tronstad fouled Anis Mehmeti as he threatened to break through after 51 minutes but referee Dean Whitestone decided a booking was sufficient punishment. Rob Dickie and Mc Crorie went close with headers as City finally started to click as an attacking force but the period of pressure was brief as Blackburn worked tirelessly to protect their advantage. Rovers lost goalkeeper Toth to injury in the closing minutes, Aynsley Pears deputising from the bench. City claimed a penalty in nine minutes of added time for a trip on Mc Crorie but Whitestone waved away the appeals and the final whistle brought more boos from home fans. Bristol City's Gerhard Struber: "We already had injury problems, with Rob Atkinson likely to be out until Christmas, but I don't want to moan because we have to deal with the situation and tonight we feel a big frustration. "We wanted to bounce back from the Stoke result with 22, 000 people in our ground and have not done that. "In the second half, the boys showed the resilience to do it but our play was sometimes too complicated and it was a painful result. "Mark Sykes is on the way to hospital with a deep cut to his calf. Neto Borges was smart to come off when he felt a tightness in his calf so hopefully it will not prove to serious. " Blackburn's Valerien Ismael: "We paid a big price for the win, Scott with his ankle and Balazs with his knee. Neither injury looks good at the moment but we need to assess them to have further clarity. "We saw two faces of the team tonight. In the first half we controlled the game and played good football. In the second we had to fight but they didn't create a big chance. "On top of the win at Leicester, it was another really solid away performance. " The £250, 000 is up for grabs with Super 6, and as always it is completely free to play. Entries by 3pm Saturday.
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