Sheffield Wednesday 0-5 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Sheffield Wednesday 0-5 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 18 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Sheffield Wednesday lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-5 in the Championship on Saturday 18 January 2020. The half-time score was 0-3.

Lewis Holtby opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Sheffield Wednesday did not score. Blackburn Rovers scored through Lewis Holtby (19'), an own goal by Cameron Dawson (36'), Lewis Holtby (45+1'), Darragh Lenihan (48') and Sam Gallagher (90+2').

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 6th on 42 points from 27 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 37 points from 27. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 17th with 56 points, and Blackburn Rovers 11th with 63.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Holtby of Blackburn Rovers (8.9), ahead of Stewart Downing (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.