Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 21 October 2025

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Sheffield United

Championship · Tuesday 21 October 2025, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Sheffield United: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Sheffield United 1-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 October 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Yuki Ohashi opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Yuki Ohashi (40'). Sheffield United scored through an own goal by Axel Henriksson (54'), Harrison Burrows (70') and Tyrese Campbell (90+2').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 22nd on 7 points from 9 and Sheffield United 23rd on 6 points from 10. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 52 points, and Sheffield United 13th with 60.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harrison Burrows of Sheffield United (8.0), ahead of Dion De Neve (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 6 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Yuki OhashiBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 54'Own goal · Axel HenrikssonSheffield United · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Taylor Gardner-HickmanBlackburn Rovers
  • 61'Yellow card · Sydie PeckSheffield United
  • 70'Goal · Harrison BurrowsSheffield United · 1-2
  • 90+2'Goal · Tyrese CampbellSheffield United · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 1, Sheffield United 6.

Team news

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

Balázs Tóth, Lewis Miller, Scott Wharton, Sean McLoughlin, Ryan Alebiosu, Sondre Tronstad, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Dion De Neve, Axel Henriksson, Andri Gudjohnsen, Yuki Ohashi

Sheffield United line-up (3-4-2-1)

Michael Cooper, Japhet Tanganga, Mark McGuinness, Ben Mee, Chiedozie Ogbene, Sydie frederick Peck, Djibril Soumaré, Sam McCallum, Tom Cannon, Callum O'Hare, Danny Ings