Blackburn Rovers 0
Wrexham 2
League (Championship)

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Blackburn R. 

0 - 2
HT: 0-2

Wrexham


League
(Championship)
Thursday, January 1st, 2026
Ewood Park
Attendance: 16,494 (Away: 2,679)
12:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
None. Sam Smith (11)
Ollie Rathbone (38)

Team Managers
Valérien Ismaël Phil Parkinson

Starting Eleven
1. Aynsley Pears
12. Lewis Miller
15. Sean McLoughlin
43. George Pratt
40. Matty Litherland
24. Moussa Baradji
6. Sondre Tronstad
19. Ryan Hedges
10. Todd Cantwell
18. Axel Henriksson
23. Yuki Ohashi 		Arthur Okonkwo .1
Callum Doyle .2
Dom Hyam .5
Ryan Longman .47
Dan Scarr .24
George Dobson .15
Matty James .37
Lewis O'Brien .27
Ollie Rathbone .20
George Thomason .14
Sam Smith .28

Bench
22. Balazs Toth
4. Yuri Ribeiro
44. Brandon Powell
3. Harry Pickering
38. Tom Atcheson
14. Dion De Neve
5. Taylor Gardner-Hickman
47. Aodhan Doherty
52. Nathan Dlamini 		Callum Burton .25
Ryan Barnett .29
Liberato Cacace .13
Max Cleworth .4
Conor Coady .6
Harry Ashfield .45
Ben Sheaf .18
Nathan Broadhead .33
Jay Rodriguez .16

Substitutions
Harry Pickering for Ryan Hedges (46)
Tom Atcheson for Matty Litherland (59)
Nathan Dlamini for Axel Henriksson (82) 		Ben Sheaf for Matty James (72)
Liberato Cacace for Lewis O'Brien (84)
Harry Ashfield for Ollie Rathbone (87)

Cautions
Moussa Baradji (30)
Todd Cantwell (37)
Lewis Miller (67)
Sondre Tronstad (75) 		Sam Smith (45+1)
George Dobson (64)

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Thomas Kirk (Referee)
Johnathon Bickerdike & Jacob Graham (Assistants)
Matthew Donohue (Fourth Official)


Digital programme only.


Photography by Andy Mills

Match Report

This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at January 1st, 2026)

2025-26 All Time
League Cups All
Arthur Okonkwo (GK) 22 - 2 - 101 -
Callum Doyle 13 - 2 - 15 -
Dom Hyam 20 - 0 - 20 -
Ryan Longman 2324 - 483
Dan Scarr 13 - 3 - 36 -
George Dobson 2413 - 753
Matty James 25 - 2 - 602
Lewis O'Brien 1934 - 233
Ollie Rathbone 531 - 5411
George Thomason 14 - 2 - 16 -
Sam Smith 212414410
Liberato Cacace (sub) 8 - 0 - 8 -
Ben Sheaf (sub) 19 - 0 - 19 -
Harry Ashfield (sub) 1 - 2192







League Table & Results (as at January 1st, 2026)

Results of league matches played since last match
1st January 2026
Blackburn R.0-2Wrexham
Bristol City5-0Portsmouth
Charlton1-1Coventry C.
Derby County1-0Middlesbrough
Hull City0-1Stoke City
Ipswich Town2-1Oxford United
Preston NE3-0Sheffield Wed.
QPR1-2Norwich City
Sheffield Utd3-1Leicester City
Southampton0-0Millwall
Swansea City1-0West Brom
Watford3-0Birmingham


Championship 2025-26
P W D L GD Pts
1. Coventry C. 25 15 7 3 +29 52
2. Ipswich Town 25 12 8 5 +18 44
3. Middlesbrough 25 12 7 6 +7 43
4. Watford 25 11 8 6 +8 41
5. Hull City 25 12 5 8 +2 41
6. Preston NE 25 10 10 5 +9 40
7. Millwall 25 11 7 7 -5 40
8. Bristol City 25 11 6 8 +11 39
9. Stoke City 25 11 4 10 +7 37
10. WREXHAM 25 9 10 6 +5 37
11. Derby County 25 9 8 8 +1 35
12. QPR 25 10 5 10 -4 35
13. Leicester City 25 9 7 9 -2 34
14. Southampton 25 8 9 8 +4 33
15. Sheffield Utd 25 10 2 13 -2 32
16. Swansea City 25 9 5 11 -5 32
17. Birmingham 25 8 7 10 -2 31
18. West Brom 25 9 4 12 -5 31
19. Charlton 24 7 7 10 -7 28
20. Blackburn R. 24 7 6 11 -6 27
21. Portsmouth 24 6 7 11 -14 25
22. Norwich City 25 6 6 13 -9 24
23. Oxford United 25 5 7 13 -10 22
24. Sheffield Wed. * 24 1 8 15 -30 -7

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 12 points for filing for administration on October 24th.

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 6 points on December 1st for multiple breaches of EFL regulations relating to payment obligations.