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Sheffield United

18th · 2-3-3 · 9 pts · -2
YES!
Sheffield United beat Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United2-3-1 2 – 1 Blackburn Rovers1-2-3
FT · Tue, Sep 8

Match Details

Ewood Park (Blackburn) · 11,188 fans

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Sheffield United 2.
  • 90'+4'Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Sheffield United 2.
  • 90'+1'Attempt saved. Tyrese Campbell (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Aynsley Pears (Blackburn Rovers). Assisted by Sydie Peck.
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Foul by Oladapo Afolayan (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 90'Kalvin Phillips (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89'Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Liam Kitching.
  • 86'Attempt missed. Jayden Fevrier (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 83'Substitution, Sheffield United. Jamal Baptiste replaces Ben Brereton.
  • 83'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Gady Beyuku replaces Sam Morsy.
  • 82'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Harvey Higgins replaces Todd Cantwell.
  • 81'Attempt saved. Jayden Fevrier (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Michael Cooper (Sheffield United).

Line Score

12T
SHU 20 2
BLK 10 1

Match Leaders

Sheffield United
Blackburn Rovers

League Table · 2026-27 English League Championship
TeamGPWDLGDPtsForm
1 Swansea 8 5 2 1 +7 17
2 West Ham 8 4 3 1 +11 15
3 Boro 8 4 3 1 +4 15
4 Wolves 7 4 2 1 +5 14
5 West Brom 8 4 2 2 +2 14
6 QPR 8 3 4 1 +3 13
7 Stoke 8 4 1 3 +1 13
8 Bristol City 8 4 1 3 -1 13
9 Charlton 8 3 3 2 -3 12
10 Birmingham 8 2 5 1 +1 11
11 Millwall 8 3 2 3 0 11
12 Lincoln City 8 3 2 3 -1 11
13 Southampton 8 4 2 2 +9 10
14 Wrexham 8 2 4 2 -3 10
15 Bolton 8 3 1 4 -4 10
16 Blackburn 8 2 3 3 0 9
17 Norwich City 8 3 0 5 -1 9
18 Sheffield Utd 8 2 3 3 -2 9
19 Portsmouth 7 2 2 3 -1 8
20 Watford 8 2 2 4 -3 8
21 Cardiff 8 1 4 3 -2 7
22 Derby 8 1 2 5 -7 5
23 Preston 8 1 1 6 -7 4
24 Burnley 8 0 4 4 -8 4
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Key Events

83'Substitution, Sheffield United. Jamal Baptiste replaces Ben Brereton.
83'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Gady Beyuku replaces Sam Morsy.
82'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Harvey Higgins replaces Todd Cantwell.
76'Japhet Tanganga (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
67'Substitution, Sheffield United. Oliver Arblaster replaces Romelle Donovan.
59'Kristi Montgomery (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58'Substitution, Sheffield United. Kalvin Phillips replaces Joe Rothwell.
58'Substitution, Sheffield United. Matt Doherty replaces Hamza Choudhury.
48'Romelle Donovan (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'Substitution, Sheffield United. Tyrese Campbell replaces Rhys Norrington-Davies.
44'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Sheffield United 2. Sydie Peck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joe Rothwell.
35'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Sheffield United 1. Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sydie Peck.
20'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Sheffield United 0. Kristi Montgomery (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.

Team Stats

Sheffield UnitedBlackburn Rovers
General
37 Possession % 63
7 Shots 19
4 On Target 5
0 Offsides 3
3 Corners 7
14 Fouls 9
Passing & Defense
290 Passes Completed 538
0 Crosses Won 3
10 Tackles Won 5
22 Interceptions 9
28 Clearances 15
Discipline
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Saves 1

Recent Form

Blackburn Rovers W L L D L
Sheffield United D W D W L

Starting Lineups

Blackburn Rovers4-2-3-1
1 Pears
2 Alebiousu 6 Atcheson 15 McLoughlin 4 Ribeiro
31 Montgomery 20' 8 Morsy
25 Morishita 10 Cantwell 21 Afolayan
11 Fevrier
22 Brereton Díaz 9 Cannon 35'
3 McCallum 7 Rothwell A 42 Peck 44'A 11 Donovan
30 Norrington-Davies 15 Kitching 5 Tanganga 8 Choudhury
1 Cooper
Sheffield United4-4-2
Full lineups and substitutes

Blackburn Rovers

  1. AP #1 Aynsley PearsG
  2. SM #15 Sean McLoughlinCD-L
  3. TA #6 Tom AtchesonCD-R
  4. YR #4 Yuri RibeiroLB
  5. RA #2 Ryan AlebiousuRB
  6. TC #10 Todd CantwellAM
  7. SM #8 Sam MorsyLM
  8. KM #31 Kristi MontgomeryRM20'
  9. JF #11 Jayden FevrierF
  10. OA #21 Oladapo AfolayanAM-L
  11. RM #25 Ryoya MorishitaAM-R
Substitutes · 2 used

Sheffield United

  1. MC #1 Michael CooperG
  2. LK #15 Liam KitchingCD-L
  3. JT #5 Japhet TangangaCD-R
  4. RN #30 Rhys Norrington-DaviesLB
  5. HC #8 Hamza ChoudhuryRB
  6. JR #7 Joe RothwellCM-L
  7. SP #42 Sydie PeckCM-R44'
  8. SM #3 Sam McCallumLM
  9. RD #11 Romelle DonovanRM
  10. BB #22 Ben Brereton DíazCF-L
  11. TC #9 Thomas CannonCF-R35'
Substitutes · 5 used

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