Sheffield United 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 23 February 2022

Result

Sheffield United 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Wednesday 23 February 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Sheffield United · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Sheffield United 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Sheffield United beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 23 February 2022. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ben Davies of Sheffield United in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 7th on 50 points from 31 and Blackburn Rovers 3rd on 54 points from 32. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Blackburn Rovers 8th with 69.

Sheffield United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Wes Foderingham of Sheffield United (8.4), ahead of Jack Robinson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Joe RothwellBlackburn Rovers
  • 29'Yellow card · John EganSheffield United
  • 56'Yellow card · M. Gibbs-WhiteSheffield United
  • 58'Yellow card · Sander BergeSheffield United
  • 66'Red card · Charlie GoodeSheffield United
  • 66'Red card · Charlie GoodeSheffield United
  • 67'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 72'Missed penalty · R. KhadraBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+2'Goal · Ben DaviesSheffield United · 1-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sheffield United 3, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

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

Wes Foderingham, Charlie Goode, John Egan, Jack Robinson, George Baldock, Oliver Norwood, Morgan Gibbs-White, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Sander Berge, John Fleck, Patrick McCarthy

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

Thomas Kaminski, Darragh Lenihan, Jan Paul van Hecke, Scott Wharton, Ryan Nyambe, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Harry Pickering, Reda Khadra, John Buckley, Sam Gallagher