BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers overcomes Sheffield United 1-0 after H. Pickering scored just 1 goal (5′).

The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Joshua Smith with the help of Craig Taylor and Akil Howson. The 4th official was Andy Woolmer. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.5 degrees Celsius or 40.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Blackburn Rovers was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Sheffield United that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Blackburn Rovers was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Blackburn Rovers won the match​.

Blackburn Rovers shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sheffield United shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards (S. Szmodics and Sam Gallagher). Talking about the opposition, Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards (Chris Basham, Oliver Norwood and John Egan).

Standings

After playing this match, Blackburn Rovers will have 58 points to sit in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Sheffield United will stay with 64 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will play away with Millwall on the 6th of May with a 8-3 head to head record in favor of Blackburn Rovers (6 draws).

Sheffield United will play away agasint Birmingham City on the 6th of May with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Birmingham City (4 draws).

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Aynsley Pears (7.1), Joe Rankin-Costello (6.2), Hayden Carter (6.5), Dominic Hyam (6.8), Harry Pickering (7.4), Lewis Travis (7.1), John Buckley (8.0), Sorba Thomas (6.4), Sammie Szmodics (6.6), Tyrhys Dolan (7.2) and Sam Gallagher (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jake Garrett, Callum Brittain, Ashley Phillips, Ryan Hedges, Ben Brereton Díaz, Joe Hilton and Tyler Morton.

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 2 changes: Tyrhys Dolan for Ben Brereton (82′) and Sorba Thomas for Ryan Hedges (82′).

Best player: John Buckley​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was John Buckley even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 40 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11.

Sheffield United – Formation

Sheffield United started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Paul Heckingbottom played with: Wes Foderingham (6.6), Chris Basham (6.7), John Egan (7.2), Jack Robinson (7.8), Jayden Bogle (6.1), Sander Berge (6.4), Oliver Norwood (7.5), John Fleck (6.8), Max Lowe (8.0), Oliver McBurnie (7.1) and Iliman Ndiaye (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Ben Osborn (6.6), James McAtee (6.2), Tommy Doyle (6.2), George Baldock (6.4), Ciaran Clark, Adam Davies and Billy Sharp (6.7).

Substitutions

Sheffield United made 5 changes: Jayden Bogle  for George Baldock (62′), John Fleck for James Mcatee (62′), Max Lowe for Ben Osborn (64′), Oliver Norwood for Thomas Doyle (75′) and Chris Basham for Billy Sharp (75′).

Best player: Max Lowe​

The most impressive player for Sheffield United was Max Lowe.

His rating is (8.0) with 27 passes (66% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Wigan Athletic – Birmingham City – 1-1
• Watford – Preston North End – 0-0
• Sunderland – Stoke City – 1-5
• Rotherham United – Queens Park Rangers – 3-1
• Millwall – Norwich City – 2-3
• Middlesbrough – Reading – 5-0
• Luton Town – Swansea City – 1-0
• Huddersfield Town – Coventry City – 0-4
• Cardiff City – Bristol City – 2-0
• Blackpool – Burnley – 0-0
• Blackburn Rovers – Sheffield United – 1-0