Huddersfield Town 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 28 September 2021

Result

Huddersfield Town 3-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Tuesday 28 September 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Huddersfield Town 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Huddersfield Town beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 28 September 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Álex Vallejo opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Huddersfield Town's goals came from Álex Vallejo (36'), Danny Ward (60') and Danny Ward (84'). Blackburn Rovers scored through B. Brereton (57') and B. Brereton (65', penalty).

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 7th on 13 points from 9 and Blackburn Rovers 6th on 16 points from 9. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 4th with 86 points, and Blackburn Rovers 8th with 69.

Huddersfield Town lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Brereton Díaz of Blackburn Rovers (8.3), ahead of Daniel Ward (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Huddersfield Town wins, 6 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Álex VallejoHuddersfield Town · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 60'Goal · Danny WardHuddersfield Town · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Naby SarrHuddersfield Town
  • 65'Penalty goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 84'Goal · Danny WardHuddersfield Town · 3-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Lee NichollsHuddersfield Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Huddersfield Town 3, draws 6, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Levi ColwillHuddersfield Town · injury (Ankle Injury)
  • Bradley DackBlackburn Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • PipaHuddersfield Town · injury (Groin Injury)

Huddersfield Town line-up (3-4-2-1)

Lee Nicholls, Matty Pearson, Tom Lees, Naby Sarr, Sorba Thomas, Alex Vallejo, Harry Toffolo, Lewis O'Brien, Danel Sinani, Daniel Ward, Josh Koroma

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

Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Hayden Carter, Yuki Takahashi, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Sam Gallagher, John Buckley, Ben Brereton Díaz, Tyrhys Dolan