Blackburn missed their chance to move into the Championship play-off spots with a 1-0 home defeat by Stoke City.
Jacob Brown's fourth-minute strike proved enough for the Potters, who made it four wins in their last six games.
The striker's calm finish past Thomas Kaminski gave Stoke a dream start and neither side was able to add any further goals.
Blackburn have now won once in their last nine games and have dropped to eighth in the table - two points outside the top six - with three games remaining, while Stoke moved up to 14th in the table on 58 points.