Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Leeds United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 20 October 2018
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Leeds United
Championship · Saturday 20 October 2018, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Leeds United: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Leeds United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 October 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Danny Graham opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Danny Graham (2') and Darragh Lenihan (70'). Leeds United scored through M. Klich (45+1').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 10th on 18 points from 12 and Leeds United 4th on 23 points from 12. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 60 points, and Leeds United 3rd with 86.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leeds United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darragh Lenihan of Blackburn Rovers (7.7), level with Samu Saiz (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Leeds United.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Danny Graham
- 45+1'Goal · M. Klich
- 47'Yellow card · Richard Smallwood
- 68'Yellow card · Kemar Roofe
- 70'Goal · Darragh Lenihan
- 86'Yellow card · Corry Evans
- 87'Yellow card · J. Rodwell
- 90+4'Yellow card · M. Klich
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Raya, Elliott Bennett, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Amari'i Bell, Richard Smallwood, Josef Dvornik, Harrison Reed, Bradley Dack, Adam Armstrong, Danny Graham
Leeds United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Stuart Dallas, Pontus Jansson, Liam Cooper, Gaetano Berardi, Kalvin Phillips, Kemar Roofe, Mateusz Klich, Samu Saiz, Ezgjan Alioski, Tyler Roberts