QPR vs Blackburn 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

Queens Park Rangers

35': Koki Saito

FT
1 - 3

Blackburn Rovers

21': Mathias Jørgensen
39': Mathias Jørgensen
50': Ryoya Morishita

Socceroos right back Lewis Miller appears to injure Achilles in Blackburn win

The World Cup dream of Socceroos right back Lewis Miller appears over after the 25-year-old suffered an apparent season-ending Achilles injury while playing for Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
21': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 0, Blackburn Rovers 1. Mathias Jørgensen (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryoya Morishita with a through ball.
35': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Blackburn Rovers 1. Koki Saito (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Isaac Hayden.
36': Sean McLoughlin (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': Isaac Hayden (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Blackburn Rovers 2. Mathias Jørgensen (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sondre Tronstad with a through ball.
45': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Lewis Miller replaces Oladapo Afolayan.
45': Second Half begins Queens Park Rangers 1, Blackburn Rovers 2.
50': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Blackburn Rovers 3. Ryoya Morishita (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sondre Tronstad with a cross.
54': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Harry Pickering replaces Lewis Miller because of an injury.
69': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Amadou Mbengue replaces Daniel Bennie.
69': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Rayan Kolli replaces Steve Cook.
69': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Paul Smyth replaces Nicolas Madsen.
74': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Yuki Ohashi replaces Andri Gudjohnsen.
78': Harvey Vale (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Kieran Morgan replaces Isaac Hayden.
79': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Esquerdinha replaces Rhys Norrington-Davies.
84': Ryoya Morishita (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
90': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Adam Forshaw replaces Ryoya Morishita.
90': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Kristi Montgomery replaces Moussa Baradji.
90'+1': Eiran Cashin (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
90'+12': Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 1, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: MATRADE Loftus Road
Location: London, England
Attendance: 16,607

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+19	Middlesbrough	31	61	6
+28	Coventry City	31	59	6
+4	Millwall	32	56	8
+22	Ipswich Town	30	54	6

Full Table

Statistics

BLK		QPR
14	Fouls	12
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	8
4	Saves	1
42	Possession	58
7	SHOTS	21
4	ON GOAL	4
0.6	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
255	Accurate Passes	367
372	Passes	497
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
3	Accurate Crosses	7
9	Crosses	31
0.3	Cross %	0.2
75	Long Balls	72
23	Accurate Long Balls	32
0.3	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	14
13	Effective Tackles	10
19	Tackles	14
0.7	Tackle %	0.7
13	Interceptions	8
56	Effective Clearances	12
56	Clearances	12

Line-Ups

Queens Park Rangers (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
13	Joe Walsh (GK)
5	Steve Cook
3	Jimmy Dunne
18	Rhys Norrington-Davies
37	Ronnie Edwards
20	Harvey Vale
15	Isaac Hayden
24	Nicolas Madsen
22	Richard Kone
14	Koki Saito
23	Daniel Bennie

Substitutes:

Ben Hamer, Kieran Morgan, Rayan Kolli, Jake Clark-Salter, Tylon Smith, João Henrique, Kealey Adamson, Amadou Salif Mbengue, Paul Smyth.

Blackburn Rovers (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Balazs Toth (GK)
15	Sean McLoughlin
17	Hayden Carter
20	Eiran Cashin
2	Ryan Alebiousu
29	Mathias Jørgensen
6	Sondre Tronstad
24	Moussa Baradji
11	Andri Gudjohnsen
21	Oladapo Afolayan
25	Ryoya Morishita