Leeds United 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018
Result
Leeds United 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Leeds United 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Leeds United defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 26 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Leeds United's goals came from an own goal by Derrick Williams (33'), Kemar Roofe (90+1') and Kemar Roofe (90+4'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Charlie Mulgrew (47', penalty) and Charlie Mulgrew (90').
Discipline: Leeds United received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leeds United were 1st on 48 points from 23 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 31 points from 23. Leeds United went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.
Leeds United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Charlie Mulgrew of Blackburn Rovers (9.0), ahead of Kemar Roofe (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leeds United wins, 1 draw and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 33'Own goal · Derrick Williams
- 44'Yellow card · J. Rodwell
- 47'Penalty goal · Charlie Mulgrew
- 77'Yellow card · Barry Douglas
- 85'Yellow card · Darragh Lenihan
- 89'Yellow card · Kalvin Phillips
- 90'Goal · Charlie Mulgrew
- 90+1'Goal · Kemar Roofe
- 90+4'Goal · Kemar Roofe
Head-to-head
Team news
Leeds United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Luke Ayling, Kalvin Phillips, Pontus Jansson, B. Douglas, Adam Forshaw, Ezgjan Alioski, Mateusz Klich, Pablo Hernández, Jack Harrison, Kemar Roofe
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Jack Rodwell, Josef Dvornik, Adam Armstrong, Bradley Dack, Amari'i Bell, Danny Graham