Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 14 February 2017
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Tuesday 14 February 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Sheffield Wednesday beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 14 February 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.
Vincent Sasso opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Vincent Sasso (18') and Vincent Sasso (44'). Blackburn Rovers scored through an own goal by Sam Hutchinson (20').
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 6th on 52 points from 30 and Blackburn Rovers 22nd on 29 points from 30. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 51.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Vincent Sasso of Sheffield Wednesday (9.0), ahead of Elliott Bennett (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 3 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Vincent Sasso
- 20'Own goal · Sam Hutchinson
- 33'Yellow card · Sam Hutchinson
- 44'Goal · Vincent Sasso
- 45+4'Yellow card · Barry Bannan
- 86'Red card · Hope Akpan
- 89'Yellow card · Adam Reach
- 90+2'Yellow card · Elliott Bennett
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Jack Hunt, Vincent Sasso, Glenn Loovens, Morgan Fox, Ross Wallace, Sam Hutchinson, Barry Bannan, Adam Reach, Sam Winnall, J. Rhodes
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Jason Lowe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Connor Mahoney, Danny Guthrie, Hope Akpan, Elliott Bennett, Danny Graham, Sam Gallagher