Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 8 September 2026

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Sheffield United

Championship · Tuesday 8 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · Ewood Park, Blackburn · half-time 1-2

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Sheffield United: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Sheffield United 1-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 8 September 2026 at Ewood Park. The half-time score was 1-2.

Kristi Montgomery opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Kristi Montgomery (20'). Sheffield United scored through Tom Cannon (35') and Sydie frederick Peck (44').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 5 points from 5 and Sheffield United 16th on 6 points from 5. In the current table Blackburn Rovers are 14th on 18 points and Sheffield United are 9th on 22 points.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sydie frederick Peck of Sheffield United (8.6), ahead of Jayden Fevrier (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 6 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Kristi MontgomeryBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Tom CannonSheffield United · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Sydie frederick PeckSheffield United · 1-2
  • 48'Yellow card · Romelle DonovanSheffield United
  • 59'Yellow card · Kristi MontgomeryBlackburn Rovers
  • 76'Yellow card · Japhet TangangaSheffield United

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
9Sheffield United146442017+322LWDWW
14Blackburn Rovers145362022-218WLWLL

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Aynsley Pears, Ryan Alebiosu, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Yuri Ribeiro, Kristi Montgomery, Sam Morsy, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Oladapo Afolayan, Jayden Fevrier

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

Michael Cooper, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Japhet Tanganga, Liam Kitching, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Romelle Donovan, Joe Rothwell, Sydie frederick Peck, Sam McCallum, Tom Cannon, Ben Brereton Díaz

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