Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Leeds United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 October 2018

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Leeds United

Championship · Saturday 20 October 2018, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Blackburn Rovers · Leeds United · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Leeds United: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Leeds United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 October 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Danny Graham opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Danny Graham (2') and Darragh Lenihan (70'). Leeds United scored through M. Klich (45+1').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 10th on 18 points from 12 and Leeds United 4th on 23 points from 12. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 60 points, and Leeds United 3rd with 86.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leeds United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darragh Lenihan of Blackburn Rovers (7.7), level with Samu Saiz (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Leeds United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · M. KlichLeeds United · 1-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Richard SmallwoodBlackburn Rovers
  • 68'Yellow card · Kemar RoofeLeeds United
  • 70'Goal · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · J. RodwellBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · M. KlichLeeds United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 5, draws 2, Leeds United 3.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Raya, Elliott Bennett, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Amari'i Bell, Richard Smallwood, Josef Dvornik, Harrison Reed, Bradley Dack, Adam Armstrong, Danny Graham

Leeds United line-up (4-1-4-1)

Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Stuart Dallas, Pontus Jansson, Liam Cooper, Gaetano Berardi, Kalvin Phillips, Kemar Roofe, Mateusz Klich, Samu Saiz, Ezgjan Alioski, Tyler Roberts