BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers conquers Huddersfield Town 1-0 after B. Brereton scored just 1 goal (35′). Blackburn Rovers made the most of its better ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was James Linington with the collaboration of Andrew Dallison and Craig Taylor. The 4th official was Jeremy Simpson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Blackburn Rovers was in firm control of the ball 59% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Huddersfield Town was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Blackburn Rovers found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Blackburn Rovers shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Huddersfield Town shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Blackburn Rovers didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Huddersfield Town received 3 yellow cards (J. Rudoni, E. Camara and D. Kasumu).

Standings

After this match, Blackburn Rovers will have 36 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Huddersfield Town will stay with 15 points to hold in the 24th place.

Next matches

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

Huddersfield Town will play away agasint Queens Park Rangers on the 8th of November with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Huddersfield Town (4 draws).

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Thomas Kaminski (6.9), Callum Brittain (7.1), Dominic Hyam (6.8), Daniel Ayala (7.1), Harry Pickering (7.9), Tyler Morton (7.6), Lewis Travis (7.3), Ryan Hedges (7.3), Sammie Szmodics (6.3), Ben Brereton Díaz (7.1) and Sam Gallagher (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Aynsley Pears, Bradley Dack, Tyrhys Dolan (6.3), Jake Garrett, Jack Vale (6.8), Hayden Carter and Scott Wharton (6.7).

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 3 changes: S. Gallagher for S. Wharton (67′), R. Hedges for T. Dolan (79′) and S. Szmodics for J. Vale (80′).

Best player: Harry Pickering​

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

His rating is (7.9) with 70 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Huddersfield Town – Formation

Also Huddersfield Town adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mark Fotheringham played with: Lee Nicholls (6.7), Brodie Spencer (6.4), Michał Helik (7.1), William Boyle (7.1), Josh Ruffels (6.4), David Kasumu (6.6), Etienne Camara (6.6), Sorba Thomas (6.4), Jack Rudoni (6.8), Duane Holmes (6.4) and Daniel Ward (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Nicholas Bilokapic, Brahima Diarra (7.0), Jordan Rhodes, Luke Mbete, Kaine Kesler, Ben Jackson and Connor Mahoney.

Substitutions

Huddersfield Town made 2 changes: E. Camara for B. Diarra (72′) and D. Ward for J. Rhodes (81′).

Best player: Michał Helik​

The player that probably impressed the most for Huddersfield Town was Michał Helik.

His rating is (7.1) with 59 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Watford – Coventry City – 0-1
• Swansea City – Wigan Athletic – 2-2
• Sunderland – Cardiff City – 0-1
• Stoke City – Birmingham City – 1-2
• Sheffield United – Burnley – 5-2
• Rotherham United – Norwich City – 1-2
• Queens Park Rangers – West Bromwich Albion – 0-1
• Millwall – Hull City – 0-0
• Middlesbrough – Bristol City – 1-1
• Blackpool – Luton Town – 0-1
• Blackburn Rovers – Huddersfield Town – 1-0