Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Leeds United: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 1 February 2017
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Leeds United
Championship · Wednesday 1 February 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Leeds United: match report
Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Leeds United 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 1 February 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Stuart Dallas opened the scoring in the 74th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Elliott Bennett (83'). Leeds United scored through Stuart Dallas (74') and Pontus Jansson (89').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Leeds United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 23rd on 25 points from 27 and Leeds United 4th on 51 points from 28. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Leeds United 7th with 75.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leeds United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pontus Jansson of Leeds United (8.1), ahead of Charlie Mulgrew (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Leeds United.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Pontus Jansson
- 74'Goal · Stuart Dallas
- 83'Goal · Elliott Bennett
- 89'Goal · Pontus Jansson
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Ryan Nyambe, Gordon Greer, Darragh Lenihan, Derrick Williams, Liam Feeney, Jason Lowe, Charlie Mulgrew, Elliott Bennett, Sam Gallagher, Danny Graham
Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Green, Luke Ayling, Kyle Bartley, Pontus Jansson, Gaetano Berardi, Eunan O'Kane, Liam Bridcutt, Hadi Sacko, Kemar Roofe, Stuart Dallas, Chris Wood