Stoke 3 – 2 Blackburn

Stoke survived a late onslaught to end Blackburn’s five-match winning run and hold on for a 3-2 victory of their own on Friday night.

Jon Dahl Tomasson’s men – who had won four in the Championship in succession and one in the FA Cup – were 2-0 down at the break after Ki-Jana Hoever attacked two crosses from the left to score his first two goals in a Potters shirt.

A third from Tyrese Campbell looked to have sealed all three points for Stoke, but Ben Brereton Diaz and Sam Gallagher struck in the closing minutes of the game to make for a tense finale that, ultimately, the hosts came out on top in.

The Potters move up to 13th, nine points outside the top six with 10 games to play, with Blackburn’s automatic promotion hopes taking a hammer blow as a result of their first league defeat since January 14.

They stay fourth, nine points off the top two, but having played one game more than all of their closest promotion rivals.

More to follow…

Player of the match – Josh Laurent

What’s next?

Stoke are back in action at 8pm on Tuesday March 14, when they travel to the Riverside Stadium to take on Middlesbrough, while Blackburn return the following night at 7.45pm, when they host Reading at Ewood Park.

Both matches will be available to watch live across Sky Sports.