Sheffield United 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 20 August 2022
Result
Sheffield United 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 20 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Sheffield United 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Sheffield United defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 20 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
Oliver Norwood opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Oliver Norwood (31'), Iliman Ndiaye (72') and Iliman Ndiaye (79'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 4th on 7 points from 4 and Blackburn Rovers 1st on 9 points from 4. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 69.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Iliman Ndiaye of Sheffield United (8.9), ahead of Oliver Norwood (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Oliver Norwood
- 41'Yellow card · Max Lowe
- 51'Yellow card · Anel Ahmedhodzic
- 51'Yellow card · Sam Gallagher
- 56'Yellow card · B. Brereton
- 72'Goal · Iliman Ndiaye
- 79'Goal · Iliman Ndiaye
- 79'Yellow card · Iliman Ndiaye
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Wes Foderingham, Anel Ahmedhodzic, John Egan, Rhys Norrington-Davies, George Baldock, Sander Berge, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Max Lowe, Oli McBurnie, Reda Khadra
Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Thomas Kaminski, Ashley Phillips, Yuki Takahashi, Harry Pickering, Callum Brittain, John Buckley, Lewis Travis, Tayo Edun, Sam Gallagher, Ben Brereton Díaz, Sammie Szmodics