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.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Harry Pickering
- 48'Yellow card · Chris Basham
- 67'Yellow card · Oliver Norwood
- 71'Yellow card · S. Szmodics
- 77'Yellow card · Sam Gallagher
- 89'Yellow card · John Egan
Head-to-head
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