Huddersfield Town overcomes Blackburn Rovers 3-0. HIGHLIGHTS

HUDDERSFIELD. Huddersfield Town was after all too good for Blackburn Rovers.

December 27, 2023

HUDDERSFIELD. Huddersfield Town was in the end too good for Blackburn Rovers with the goal of Jaheim Headley (28′), Sorba Thomas (55′) and Delano Burgzorg (68′). Blackburn Rovers was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (68%).

The match was played at the The John Smith’s Stadium stadium in Huddersfield on Tuesday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 20,516 spectators. The referee was Darren England who had the assistance of Gary Beswick and Wade Smith. The 4th official was Matthew Corlett. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.96 degrees Celsius or 44.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.

Match Statistics

Huddersfield Town

3 - 0

Blackburn Rovers

! 32 Ball Possession 68

Shots

12 Total 10
6 On Target 1
2 Off Target 4
4 Shots blocked 6

85 Attack 131
41 Dangerous attack 56
74 Ball safe 75

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 4
2 Off Sides 3

Fouls

6 Total 6
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Blackburn Rovers was in firm control of the ball 68% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Blackburn Rovers was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Huddersfield Town found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.

Huddersfield Town shot 12 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Blackburn Rovers shot 10 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card (Tom Lees). On the opposite side, Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards (Callum Brittain, Lewis Travis, Hayden Carter and Adam Wharton).

Match Timeline

Jaheim Headley(goal)Sorba Thomas

28'

35'

Hayden Carter- Yellow

42'

46'

J. Garrett- sub ->Andrew Moran

46'

T. Lees- Yellow

49'

Sorba Thomas(goal)Delano Burgzorg

55'

51'

62'

S. Telalović- sub ->Niall Ennis

66'

D. Markanday- sub ->Arnór Sigurdsson

67'

Josh Koroma- sub ->Sorba Thomas

67'

Delano Burgzorg(goal)Josh Koroma

68'

78'

85'

90'

Callum Brittain- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Huddersfield Town has 25 points to hold in the 21st place. On the other side, Blackburn Rovers will stays with 31 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Huddersfield Town will host Middlesbrough on the 29th of December with a 9-4 head to head stats in favor of Middlesbrough (5 draws).

Blackburn Rovers will play away against Hull City on the 29th of December with a 9-5 head to head in favor of Blackburn Rovers (4 draws).

Huddersfield Town – Formation

Huddersfield Town

C. Maxwell 12.Wales

6.7

42'

Michał Helik 5.Poland

7.5

T. Lees 32.England

7.5

49'

Y. Nakayama 33.Japan

6.8

Jonathan Hogg 6.England

7.5

Jack Rudoni 8.England

7.5

Jaheim Headley 15.England

7.8

28'

David Kasumu 18.England

6.7

78'

Ben Wiles 23.England

7.0

67'

Delano Burgzorg 7.Netherlands

8.4

68'

Sorba Thomas 14.Wales

8.2

67'

55'

Substitutes

Jacob Chapman 31.Australia

6.3

42'

Loick Ayina 37.France

6.8

67'

Rarmani Edmonds-Green 2.England

6.4

78'

Josh Austerfield 36.England

Kyle Hudlin 27.England

Josh Koroma 10.England

7.0

67'

B. Diarra 11.Mali

Huddersfield Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Darren Moore decided to play with the following team: Chris Maxwell (6.7), Tom Lees (7.5), Michał Helik (7.5), Yuta Nakayama (6.8), David Kasumu (6.7), Ben Wiles (7.0), Jonathan Hogg (7.5), Jack Rudoni (7.5), Jaheim Headley (7.8), Sorba Thomas (8.2) and Delano Burgzorg (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Kyle Hudlin, Rarmani Edmonds-Green (6.4), Josh Koroma (7.0), Brahima Diarra, Jacob Chapman (6.3), Josh Austerfield, Loick Ayina (6.8), Tom Iorpenda and Michael Stone.

Huddersfield Town could not rely on the presence of Jacob Chapman (injured) and Rarmani Edmonds-Green (injured).

Substitutions

Huddersfield Town made 4 changes: Chris Maxwell for Jacob Chapman (42′), David Kasumu for Rarmani Edmonds-Green (78′), Ben Wiles for Loick Ayina (67′) and Sorba Thomas for Josh Koroma (67′).

Player of the match: Delano Burgzorg

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Delano Burgzorg.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 14 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers

Leopold Wahlstedt 12.Sweden

7.1

S. Wharton 16.England

Hayden Carter 17.England

6.8

35'

Callum Brittain 2.England

6.4

90'

Harry Pickering 3.England

7.0

Dominic Hyam 5.Scotland

7.1

85'

S. Tronstad 6.Norway

7.1

46'

A. Sigurðsson 7.Iceland

6.3

66'

Sammie Szmodics 8.England

6.7

Adam Wharton 23.England

6.8

51'

Andrew Moran 24.Republic of Ireland

6.4

46'

Niall Ennis 14.England

7.0

62'

Substitutes

Joe Hilton 34.England

James Hill 4.England

6.4

85'

Lewis Travis 27.England

6.7

46'

90'

P. Gamble 15.England

C. Weston 28.England

J. Garrett 30.England

7.0

46'

H. Leonard 20.England

D. Markanday 18.England

7.0

66'

S. Telalović 33.Germany

6.4

62'

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

Jon Dahl Tomasson played with: Scott Wharton, Leopold Wahlstedt (7.1), Callum Brittain (6.4), Hayden Carter (6.8), Dominic Hyam (7.1), Harry Pickering (7.0), Adam Wharton (6.8), Sondre Tronstad (7.1), Andrew Moran (6.4), Sammie Szmodics (6.7) and Arnór Sigurdsson (6.3), Niall Ennis (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: James Hill (6.4), Harry Leonard, Lewis Travis (6.7), Patrick Gamble, Dilan Markanday (7.0), Charlie Weston, Jake Garrett (7.0), Semir Telalović (6.4) and Joe Hilton.

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 5 changes: Niall Ennis for Semir Telalović (62′), Andrew Moran for Jake Garrett (46′), Sondre Tronstad for Lewis Travis (46′), Arnór Sigurdsson for Dilan Markanday (66′) and Dominic Hyam for James Hill (85′).