Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 3 October 2018
Result
Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Sheffield United
Championship · Wednesday 3 October 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Sheffield United: match report
Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Sheffield United 0-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 3 October 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Billy Sharp opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Sheffield United scored through Billy Sharp (66') and Billy Sharp (79').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 14th on 15 points from 10 and Sheffield United 4th on 19 points from 10. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 60 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 89.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick McCarthy of Sheffield United (8.3), ahead of John Fleck (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 1 draw and 0 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 66'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 79'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 81'Yellow card · Enda Stevens
- 90+2'Yellow card · Elliott Bennett
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jack O'Connell
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Raya, Elliott Bennett, Darragh Lenihan, Derrick Williams, Amari'i Bell, Josef Dvornik, Richard Smallwood, Harrison Reed, Bradley Dack, Adam Armstrong, Danny Graham
Sheffield United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack O'Connell, Kieron Freeman, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Mark Duffy, David McGoldrick, Patrick McCarthy