How to watch today's Blackburn vs Wrexham Championship game: Live stream, TV channel, and start time

2026 could well be the year that Wrexham make it to the promised land of the Premier League. They kick off the calendar year with an away trip to one-time Premier League champions Blackburn Rovers. Here, GOAL tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the game live.

	USA	Paramount+
	Great Britain	Sky Sports
	Canada	Fubo
	Australia	beIN Sports
	South and Sub-Saharan Africa	SuperSport
	India	FanCode

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How to watch Welcome to Wrexham

In the United States, the primary home for the series is Hulu, where it is included as part of the Disney Bundle. For those watching via cable, episodes premiere on the FX channel first before dropping on the streaming service the following day. Viewers who prefer not to subscribe to a streaming service can also purchase individual episodes or full seasons on digital platforms like Apple TV.

For fans in the United Kingdom and Australia, the distribution is streamlined through Disney+. In the UK, new episodes typically arrive on the platform the morning after the US broadcast.

Watching in India, the series is nominally hosted on JioHotstar following the merger of Disney+ Hotstar and JioCinema. 

Blackburn vs Wrexham kick-off time

Championship - Championship

Ewood Park

The game between Blackburn Rovers and Wrexham will kick-off at 12.30pm local time which means an early start for viewers in the United States. 

Team news & squads

Blackburn Latest News

Blackburn coach Valerin Ismael bemoaned his side's "lack of quality in front of goal" after two successive 0-0 draws over the festive period. This hasn't been helped Andri Gudjohnsen whose hamstring injury is likely to see him sidelined for another month. Midfielder Sidnei Tavares is also out for around eight weeks with a knee injury.

Wrexham Latest News

Wrexham come into today's game off the back of successive victories in the Championship. They were victorious in one of the games of the season against Sheffield United coming back from 1-3 down to win the game 5-3. They followed this up with a 2-1 win over fellow playoff hopefuls Preston North End. The wins leave Wrexham just four points shy of the playoff positions as they kick off 2026.

Despite the victories, however, manager Phil Parkinson will be sweating on the fitness of star striker Kieffer Moore who limped off with a suspected hamstring injury in the game against Preston. Moore is top of Wrexham's scoring chart this season with 10 Championship goals in 23 games.

Form

Wrexham come into today's game in slightly better form than their opponents having taken seven points in comparison to Blackburn's six. Rovers boss Valerin Ismael will, however, be encouraged by the upturn in his side's defensive record in recent games. They've kept three consecutive clean sheets with their last two matches ending in goalless draws.

Head-to-Head Record

BLB

Last 3 matches

WRE

1

Win

2

Draws

0

Wins

• Wrexham

  1

  -

  1

  Blackburn

• Blackburn

  4

  -

  1

  Wrexham

• Wrexham

  1

  -

  1

  Blackburn

6

Goals scored

3

Games over 2.5 goals

1/3

Both teams scored

3/3

The last time the two teams met earlier in the campaign, the game ended in a 1-1 draw. Throughout their respective histories, Blackburn and Wrexham have met each other on 18 occasions with most of those coming in the 1970s and 1980s. Wrexham edge the overall head-to-head with four wins to Blackburn's three. A draw has been the most frequent result in this fixture with 11 encounters ending in a tie.

Standings

Wrexham start 2026 in eleventh place in the Championship, four points behind sixth placed Watford, who are the league's most in-form side. Blackburn, meanwhile, are 19th and will, for the time being at least, be more concerned about pulling themselves away from the relegation mire. They are currently five clear of 22nd place Oxford United.