Sheffield United 1-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 22 April 2026
Result
Sheffield United 1-3 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Wednesday 22 April 2026, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-3
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Sheffield United 1-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Sheffield United lost to Blackburn Rovers 1-3 in the Championship on Wednesday 22 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-3.
Yuki Ohashi opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Sheffield United's goal came from Harrison Burrows (57'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Yuki Ohashi (12'), Ryoya Morishita (32') and Yuki Ohashi (45').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 13th on 57 points from 43 and Blackburn Rovers 21st on 49 points from 44. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 52.
Sheffield United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yuki Ohashi of Blackburn Rovers (8.3), ahead of Ryoya Morishita (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Yuki Ohashi
- 15'Yellow card · Japhet Tanganga
- 32'Goal · Ryoya Morishita
- 45'Goal · Yuki Ohashi
- 53'Yellow card · Ryoya Morishita
- 57'Goal · Harrison Burrows
- 58'Yellow card · Gustavo Hamer
- 82'Yellow card · Yuri Ribeiro
- 90+4'Yellow card · Todd Cantwell
- 90+4'Yellow card · Eiran Cashin
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Adam Davies, Ki-Jana Hoever, Japhet Tanganga, Mark McGuinness, Harrison Burrows, Jaïro Riedewald, Joe Rothwell, Tahith Chong, Patrick Bamford, Gustavo Hamer, Tom Cannon
Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Balázs Tóth, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Eiran Cashin, Ryan Alebiosu, Kristi Montgomery, Adam Forshaw, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryoya Morishita, Yuki Ohashi