Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 December 2023

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 2 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sheffield Wednesday · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Sheffield Wednesday defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 December 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri (5'), Marvin Johnson (78') and Josh Windass (90+1'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Sammie Szmodics (65').

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 24th on 7 points from 18 and Blackburn Rovers 7th on 28 points from 18. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 20th with 53 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 53.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Windass of Sheffield Wednesday (8.5), ahead of Will Vaulks (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Red card · Jon Dahl TomassonBlackburn Rovers
  • 5'Goal · Bailey-Tye CadamarteriSheffield Wednesday · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Di'Shon BernardSheffield Wednesday
  • 25'Yellow card · Jon Dahl TomassonBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 78'Goal · Marvin JohnsonSheffield Wednesday · 2-1
  • 82'Yellow card · James HillBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+1'Goal · Josh WindassSheffield Wednesday · 3-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Will VaulksSheffield Wednesday

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield Wednesday 5, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

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

Cameron Dawson, Dominic Iorfa, Bambo Diaby, Di'Shon Bernard, Akin Famewo, Will Vaulks, Callum Paterson, George Byers, Barry Bannan, Josh Windass, Bailey Cadamarteri

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

Leopold Wahlstedt, James Hill, Hayden Carter, Scott Wharton, Harry Pickering, Adam Wharton, Sondre Tronstad, A. Moran, Sammie Szmodics, Callum Brittain, Harry Leonard