Leeds United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 13 September 2016
Result
Leeds United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Tuesday 13 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Leeds United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Leeds United beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 September 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
C. Wood opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Leeds United's goals came from C. Wood (65') and Kyle Bartley (86'). Blackburn Rovers scored through M. Emnes (77').
Discipline: Leeds United received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leeds United were 22nd on 4 points from 6 and Blackburn Rovers 24th on 2 points from 6. Leeds United went on to finish that season 7th with 75 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 51.
Leeds United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyle Bartley of Leeds United (7.7), ahead of Alex Mowatt (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leeds United wins, 2 draws and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Robert Green
- 26'Yellow card · Gordon Greer
- 44'Yellow card · H. Sacko
- 65'Goal · C. Wood
- 77'Goal · M. Emnes
- 79'Yellow card · L. Ayling
- 81'Yellow card · Corry Evans
- 86'Goal · Kyle Bartley
- 90+8'Yellow card · Ben Marshall
Head-to-head
Team news
Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Green, Luke Ayling, Kyle Bartley, Pontus Jansson, Charlie Taylor, Liam Bridcutt, Eunan O'Kane, Hadi Sacko, Pablo Hernández, Stuart Dallas, Marcus Antonsson
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Jason Lowe, Gordon Greer, Tommie Hoban, Derrick Williams, Craig Conway, Hope Akpan, Josef Dvornik, Ben Marshall, Danny Graham, Sam Gallagher