SHEFFIELD. Sheffield United was ultimately too good for Blackburn Rovers with the goal of O. Norwood (31′), I. Ndiaye (73′) and I. Ndiaye (79′). Sheffield United made the most of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Leigh Doughty with the support of Craig Taylor and Matthew Jones. The 4th official was Bobby Madden. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.3 degrees Celsius or 73.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sheffield United had a superior ball possession 56% while Blackburn Rovers was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sheffield United was putting more pressure with 74 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sheffield United won the match​.

Sheffield United shot 25 times, 11 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, Blackburn Rovers shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards (M. Lowe, A. Ahmedhodzic and I. Ndiaye). On the other side, Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards (S. Gallagher and B. Brereton Diaz).

Standings

After playing this match, Sheffield United will have 3 points like Watford, Queens Park Rangers, Cardiff City, Millwall, Reading, Stoke City and Blackpool to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Blackburn Rovers will stay with 6 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Sheffield United will host Burnley on the 5th of November with a 5-5 head to head stats.

Blackburn Rovers will host Huddersfield Town on the 5th of November with a 4-4 head to head.

Sheffield United – Formation

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

The manager Paul Heckingbottom decided to play with the following team: Wes Foderingham (7.0), Anel Ahmedhodžić (7.3), John Egan (7.7), Rhys Norrington-Davies (7.1), George Baldock (7.0), Sander Berge (7.2), Oliver Norwood (8.1), John Fleck (8.0), Max Lowe (7.3), Oliver McBurnie (6.4) and Reda Khadra (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Daniel Jebbison, Jordan Amissah, Rhian Brewster (6.2), James McAtee, Tommy Doyle (6.5), Iliman Ndiaye (8.8) and Chris Basham (6.3).

Substitutions

Sheffield United made 4 changes: R. Khadra for I. Ndiaye (65′), G. Baldock for C. Basham (76′), O. McBurnie for R. Brewster (84′) and S. Berge for T. Doyle (84′).

Best player: Iliman Ndiaye​

The most impressive player for Sheffield United was Iliman Ndiaye.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 8 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 65′.

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

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

Jon Dahl Tomasson played with: Thomas Kaminski (7.3), Ashley Phillips (7.2), Daniel Ayala (7.1), Harry Pickering (6.1), Callum Brittain (6.3), John Buckley (6.1), Lewis Travis (6.6), Adetayo Edun (6.7), Sam Gallagher (6.8), Ben Brereton Díaz (6.2) and Sammie Szmodics (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Bradley Dack, Tyler Morton (6.6), Tyrhys Dolan (6.4), Jack Vale, Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello and Dilan Markanday.

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 2 changes: S. Szmodics for T. Dolan (66′) and A. Phillips for T. Morton (72′).

Best player: Thomas Kaminski​

The player that probably impressed the most for Blackburn Rovers was the goalkeeper: Thomas Kaminski. His rating is 7.30. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• West Bromwich Albion – Hull City – 5-2
• Swansea City – Luton Town – 0-2
• Stoke City – Sunderland – 0-1
• Sheffield United – Blackburn Rovers – 3-0
• Reading – Middlesbrough – 1-0
• Queens Park Rangers – Rotherham United – 1-1
• Preston North End – Watford – 0-0
• Burnley – Blackpool – 3-3
• Birmingham City – Wigan Athletic – 0-1