Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2023

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Sheffield United

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2023, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Sheffield United: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Sheffield United 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 4 March 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Harry Pickering of Blackburn Rovers in the 5th minute.

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 4th on 55 points from 34 and Sheffield United 2nd on 64 points from 33. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 69 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 91.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John Buckley of Blackburn Rovers (8.2), ahead of Max Lowe (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 5 for Sheffield United.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Sheffield United's W-L-L-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Harry PickeringBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Chris BashamSheffield United
  • 67'Yellow card · Oliver NorwoodSheffield United
  • 71'Yellow card · S. SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers
  • 77'Yellow card · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers
  • 89'Yellow card · John EganSheffield United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 1, Sheffield United 5.

Team news

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

Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, John Buckley, Sorba Thomas, Sammie Szmodics, Tyrhys Dolan, Sam Gallagher

Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)

Wes Foderingham, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack Robinson, Jayden Bogle, Sander Berge, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Max Lowe, Oli McBurnie, Iliman Ndiaye