Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 5 April 2016
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Tuesday 5 April 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Sheffield Wednesday defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 5 April 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
Craig Conway opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from an own goal by A. Henley (51') and Ross Wallace (62'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Craig Conway (46').
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 5th on 65 points from 39 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 46 points from 39. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 6th with 78 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 55.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 3 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Sheffield Wednesday's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Blackburn Rovers's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 46'Goal · Craig Conway
- 51'Own goal · A. Henley
- 53'Red card · Craig Conway
- 58'Yellow card · Kieran Lee
- 62'Goal · Ross Wallace
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday expected line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Liam Palmer, Glenn Loovens, Tom Lees, José Semedo, Jacques Maghoma, Jeremy Helan, Stevie May, Giles Coke
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)
Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Tom Cairney, Ryan Tunnicliffe, J. Rhodes, Craig Conway, Rudy Gestede