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# Blackburn 1-2 Sheffield Utd

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 8 Sept 19:45
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 6
- **Venue:** Ewood Park, Blackburn

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 20' | Normal Goal | Kristi Montgomery | Blackburn |
| 35' | Normal Goal | Thomas Cannon (Sydie Peck) | Sheffield Utd |
| 44' | Normal Goal | Sydie Peck (Joe Rothwell) | Sheffield Utd |
| 45' | Substitution 1 | Rhys Norrington-Davies (on for Tyrese Campbell) | Sheffield Utd |
| 48' | Yellow Card | Romelle Donovan | Sheffield Utd |
| 58' | Substitution 2 | Hamza Choudhury (on for Matt Doherty) | Sheffield Utd |
| 58' | Substitution 3 | Joe Rothwell (on for Kalvin Phillips) | Sheffield Utd |
| 59' | Yellow Card | Kristi Montgomery | Blackburn |
| 67' | Substitution 4 | Romelle Donovan (on for Oliver Arblaster) | Sheffield Utd |
| 76' | Yellow Card | Japhet Tanganga | Sheffield Utd |
| 82' | Substitution 1 | Todd Cantwell (on for Harvey Higgins) | Blackburn |
| 83' | Substitution 2 | Sam Morsy (on for Gady Beyuku) | Blackburn |
| 83' | Substitution 5 | Ben Brereton (on for Jamal Baptiste) | Sheffield Utd |

## Statistics

| Stat | Blackburn | Sheffield Utd |
|------|--------|--------|
| Passes accurate | 535 | 282 |
| Shots insidebox | 12 | 3 |
| Shots outsidebox | 7 | 4 |
| Blocked Shots | 5 | 3 |
| Free Kicks | 14 | 9 |
| Shots on Goal | 5 | 3 |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 1 | 3 |
| Shots off Goal | 9 | 1 |
| Offsides | 3 | 0 |
| Total passes | 626 | 372 |
| Total Shots | 19 | 7 |
| Yellow Cards | 1 | 2 |
| Corner Kicks | 7 | 3 |
| Fouls | 9 | 14 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Ball Possession | 63% | 37% |

## Blackburn Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** A. Pears (1), R. Alebiosu (2), Tom Atcheson (6), S. McLoughlin (15), Yuri Ribeiro (4), Kristi Montgomery (31), Sam Morsy (8), R. Morishita (25), T. Cantwell (10), O. Afolayan (21), J. Fevrier (11)

**Substitutes:** H. Pickering (3), J. Garrett (30), A. Forshaw (28), H. Carter (17), Gady Beyuku (27), B. Tóth (22), F. Vare (53), Harry Lister (42), Harvey Higgins (45)


## Sheffield Utd Lineup (4-4-2)

**Starting XI:** M. Cooper (1), H. Choudhury (8), J. Tanganga (5), L. Kitching (15), R. Norrington-Davies (30), R. Donovan (11), Sydie Peck (42), J. Rothwell (7), S. McCallum (3), T. Cannon (9), B. Brereton (22)

**Substitutes:** J. Riedewald (44), O. Arblaster (4), J. Ayew (10), P. Bamford (45), J. Baptiste (33), T. Campbell (23), A. Davies (17), M. Doherty (2), K. Phillips (27)