Match centre · H2H Stats & Game Preview
Sheffield United vs Blackburn Rovers
22 Apr 2026, 19:45 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Farai HallamChampionship 2025/2026 · 22 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Sheffield UnitedMin
Blackburn Rovers- 12′⚽
Yuki Ohashi 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Ryoya Morishita
Right foot shot
Japhet Tanganga
Yellowcard
Foul
15′- 32′⚽
Ryoya Morishita 0-2
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- 45′⚽
Yuki Ohashi 0-3
Goal · Header
With: Ryan Alebiosu
Header
- ⇄
Oliver Arblaster
Substitution
Off: Joe Rothwell
46′ - ⇄
Tyler Bindon
Substitution
Off: Mark McGuinness
46′ - ⇄
Leo Hjelde
Substitution
Off: Tahith Chong
46′ - ⇄
Sydie Peck
Substitution
Off: Jaïro Riedewald
46′ - 53′
Ryoya Morishita
Yellowcard
Argument
- ⚽
Harrison Burrows 1-3
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Tom Cannon
Right foot shot
57′ Gustavo Hamer
Yellowcard
Foul
58′- ⇄
Femi Seriki
Substitution
Off: Ki-Jana Hoever
66′ - 67′⇄
Todd Cantwell
Substitution
Off: Taylor Gardner-Hickman
- 79′⇄
Mathias Jørgensen
Substitution
Off: Yuki Ohashi
- 82′
Yuri Ribeiro
Yellowcard
Foul
- 87′⇄
Moussa Baradji
Substitution
Off: Ryoya Morishita
- 87′⇄
Scott Wharton
Substitution
Off: Yuri Ribeiro
- 90+4′
Todd Cantwell
Yellowcard
- 90+4′
Eiran Cashin
Yellowcard
Foul
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6.30 | |
| 66 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.59 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.99 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.32 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 7.51 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.28 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.34 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.42 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.50 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | 7.85 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.10 | |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 24 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.77 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 7.13 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.80 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.79 | |
| 44 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.37 | |
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Sheffield United
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Blackburn Rovers
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Sheffield United’s ground: 5 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Sheffield United’s home games with Blackburn Rovers’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Sheffield United
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Blackburn Rovers
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Sheffield United
Blackburn Rovers
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Sheffield United
Blackburn Rovers
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Sheffield United
Blackburn Rovers
Previous meetings
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