Blackburn 1-2 Bradford: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Blackburn

D. De Neve 45'

Bradford

I. Touray 2'

W. Swan 4'

EFL Cup 2025/2026

1st Round

August 12, 2025 6:45pm

Ewood Park, Blackburn, Lancashire

Key stats

Ball Possession

65%

35%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Blackburn 4-2-3-1

Bradford 3-4-2-1

Goalkeeper

N. Michalski

6.9

S. Walker

6.6

Defenders

H. Pickering

7.2

C. Kelly

6.0

S. Wharton

6.7

J. Wright

7.3

L. Miller

7.2

A. Baldwin

6.3

Kristi Montgomery

6.7

Midfielders

S. Tronstad

6.5

I. Touray

8.2

Sidnei Tavares

7.5

Jenson Metcalfe

7.7

D. De Neve

7.3

M. Power

6.6

I. Tyjon

5.9

J. Neufville

6.6

A. Henriksson

6.3

Forwards

M. Gueye

6.3

T. Wright

6.3

G. Lapslie

6.7

W. Swan

7.9

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Highest rating

7.5

Sidnei Tavares

8.2

I. Touray

Match Summary

On August 12, 2025 during the 2025/2026 EFL Cup match, Blackburn faced off against Bradford at Ewood Park, Blackburn, Lancashire. The game concluded with Bradford securing a victory. With 65% possession, Blackburn versus Bradford's 35% and shots on goal at 4 to 5. Blackburn had 85% successful passes (of 546 passes) over Bradford which had 66% successful passes (of 289 passes). The outstanding efforts by Sidnei Tavares and I. Touray played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

3-4-2-1

Michalski

6.9

Played:
98Min

Saves:
3 of 5

Accurate passes:
28/32

Won duels:
0/1

Montgomery

6.7

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
47/59

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
10/13

Dribbles:
1/1

Miller

7.2

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
55/64

Won duels:
10/15

Dribbles:
2/5

Wharton

6.7

Played:
98Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
51/61

Won duels:
8/16

Pickering

7.2

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
59/67

Won duels:
5/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Tavares

7.5

Played:
73Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
52/56

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/6

Tronstad

6.5

Played:
59Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
43/46

Won duels:
0/3

Henriksson

6.3

Played:
59Min

Accurate passes:
23/28

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Tyjon

5.9

Played:
63Min

Accurate passes:
19/23

Won duels:
2/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Neve

7.3

Played:
73Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
20/23

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
0/2

Gueye

6.3

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
21/24

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/12

Swan

7.9

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
4/10

Won duels:
5/15

Dribbles:
1/1

Wright

6.3

Played:
60Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
4/5

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
0/1

Lapslie

6.7

Played:
60Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
5/7

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
8/16

Dribbles:
1/1

Touray

8.2

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
22/33

Won duels:
6/12

Dribbles:
0/1

Metcalfe

7.7

Played:
81Min

Tackles:
5

Accurate passes:
27/34

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
6/8

Dribbles:
1/1

Power

6.6

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
26/36

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/3

Neufville

6.6

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
7/16

Won duels:
5/8

Dribbles:
1/1

Kelly

6.0

Played:
81Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
24/33

Won duels:
0/2

Wright

7.3

Played:
44Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
12/15

Won duels:
6/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Baldwin

6.3

Played:
98Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
29/37

Won duels:
3/7

Walker

6.6

Played:
98Min

Saves:
3 of 4

Accurate passes:
13/31

Substitutes

Coach

Valérien Alexandre Ismaël

Ohashi

6.5

Played:
25Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/5

Won duels:
1/3

Buckley

6.9

Played:
25Min

Accurate passes:
13/16

Won duels:
1/1

Cantwell

7.3

Played:
35Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
15/17

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
2/2

Alebiosu

6.9

Played:
39Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
10/14

Won duels:
3/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Kargbo

6.7

Played:
39Min

Accurate passes:
5/11

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
1/3

Travis

Tóth

McLoughlin

Ribeiro

Coach

Graham Robert Alexander

Leigh

6.7

Played:
17Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
0/5

Won duels:
2/4

Pennington

6.9

Played:
17Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
2/4

Sarcevic

6.6

Played:
38Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
7/9

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/2

Humphrys

6.3

Played:
38Min

Accurate passes:
3/5

Won duels:
2/10

Dribbles:
1/2

Tilt

6.6

Played:
54Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
5/9

Won duels:
6/7

Halliday

Pointon

Hilton

Pattison

Stats

Ball Possession

Blackburn: 65%

Bradford: 35%

Total Shots

Blackburn: 14

Bradford: 9

Shots on Goal

Blackburn: 4

Bradford: 5

Corner Kicks

Blackburn: 4

Bradford: 3

Offsides

Blackburn: 1

Bradford: 1

Fouls

Blackburn: 10

Bradford: 16

Yellow Cards

Blackburn: 3

Bradford: 4

Red Cards

Blackburn: 0

Bradford: 0

Total Passes

Blackburn: 546

Bradford: 289

Goals Prevented

Blackburn: 0

Bradford: 0

Passes Accuracy

Blackburn: 465 (85%)

Bradford: 190 (66%)

Blackburn vs Bradford

Key stats

Lineup

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Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

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