BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE. Blackburn Rovers and Huddersfield Town draw 1-1. A. Wharton scored the first goal (7′) for Blackburn Rovers. M. Helik settled the score (23′). Blackburn Rovers was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (67%)
The match was played at the Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire) stadium in Blackburn, Lancashire on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 14,529 spectators. The referee was James Linington assisted by Andrew Fox and Rob Merchant. The 4th official was Jeremy Simpson. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.76 degrees Celsius or 38.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 16 Total 8
- 4 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 4
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 140 Attack 95
- 69 Dangerous attack 46
- 90 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 6
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Blackburn Rovers was in firm control of the ball 67% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Blackburn Rovers was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Blackburn Rovers to win the match.
Blackburn Rovers shot 16 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Huddersfield Town shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card (Sondre Tronstad). On the other side, Huddersfield Town received 2 yellow cards (Bojan Radulović and Jonathan Hogg).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Blackburn Rovers has 33 points like Plymouth Argyle and Swansea City to remain in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Huddersfield Town will has 27 points to sit in the 21st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will play away against Cardiff City on the 27th of January with a 6-6 head to head record.
Huddersfield Town will play away against Queens Park Rangers on the 27th of January with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Huddersfield Town (5 draws).
Blackburn Rovers – Formation
Blackburn Rovers
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39'
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Blackburn Rovers adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Aynsley Pears , Hayden Carter , Dominic Hyam , Harry Pickering , Callum Brittain , Jake Garrett , Sondre Tronstad , Adam Wharton , Ben Chrisene , Sam Gallagher and Sammie Szmodics .
The home team had on the bench: Arnór Sigurdsson , Leopold Wahlstedt, Scott Wharton , Harry Leonard, Andrew Moran , Joe Rankin-Costello , Dilan Markanday, Semir Telalović and Yasin Ayari.
Blackburn Rovers could not rely on the presence of Scott Wharton (injured) and Joe Rankin-Costello (injured).
Substitutions
Blackburn Rovers made 5 changes: Hayden Carter for Scott Wharton (18′), Jake Garrett for Andrew Moran (70′), Sam Gallagher for Semir Telalović (70′), Ben Chrisene for Arnór Sigurdsson (63′) and Harry Pickering for Joe Rankin-Costello (63′).
Player of the match: Adam Wharton
The player that probably impressed the most for Blackburn Rovers was Adam Wharton.
His rating is with 1 goal, 75 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.
Huddersfield Town – Formation
Huddersfield Town
Also Huddersfield Town adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Darren Moore played with: Lee Nicholls , Brodie Spencer , Michał Helik , Tom Lees , Sorba Thomas , Alex Matos , Jonathan Hogg , Jack Rudoni , Ben Jackson , Rhys Healey and Josh Koroma .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Bojan Radulović , Brahima Diarra, Tom Edwards, David Kasumu , Ben Wiles, Kyle Hudlin, Loick Ayina, Tom Iorpenda and Giosue Bellagambi.
Substitutions
Huddersfield Town made 2 changes: Alex Matos for David Kasumu (67′) and Josh Koroma for Bojan Radulović (58′).
Player of the match: Michał Helik
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Michał Helik.
His rating is with 1 goal, 41 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Swansea City – Southampton – 1-3
- Stoke City – Birmingham City – 1-2
- Sheffield Wednesday – Coventry City – 1-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Millwall – 2-0
- Plymouth Argyle – Cardiff City – 3-1
- Norwich City – West Bromwich Albion – 2-0
- Middlesbrough – Rotherham United – 1-1
- Bristol City – Watford – 1-1
- Blackburn Rovers – Huddersfield Town – 1-1
