Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 27 September 2016

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Tuesday 27 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 27 September 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Steven Fletcher of Sheffield Wednesday in the 22nd minute.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 21st on 8 points from 9 and Sheffield Wednesday 10th on 14 points from 9. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 4th with 83.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Barry Bannan of Sheffield Wednesday (8.0), ahead of Tom Lees (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 3 for Sheffield Wednesday.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Steven FletcherSheffield Wednesday · 0-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 3, Sheffield Wednesday 3.

Team news

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

Jason Steele, Jason Lowe, Gordon Greer, Tommie Hoban, Derrick Williams, Ben Marshall, Danny Guthrie, Josef Dvornik, Craig Conway, Marvin Emnes, Sam Gallagher

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)

Keiren Westwood, Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Sam Hutchinson, Adam Reach, Will Buckley, Kieran Lee, David Jones, Barry Bannan, Gary Hooper, Steven Fletcher