Sheffield United FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2024-25

Sheffield United FC

1 – 1

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Blackburn Rovers FC

Sat 3 May 2025 · 11:30 UTC Bramall Lane 30,556 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 50' Yuki Ohashi

Anel Ahmedhodzic 59' 1–1

Rob Holding 57' Y

Tom Davies 78' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Sheffield United FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at Bramall Lane.

Sheffield United FC 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)
Blackburn Rovers FC 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Farai Hallam (England)
Assistant 1 Mark Dwyer
Assistant 2 Jonathan Hunt

5 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 10.2 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Sheffield United FC 12 games · Avg 2.8 goals Blackburn Rovers FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-05-03 Sheffield United FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2024-11-02 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Sheffield United FC 2023-03-19 Sheffield United FC 3–2 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-03-04 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Sheffield United FC 2022-08-20 Sheffield United FC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC

Recent Form

Sheffield United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 May	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	1–1	D
25 Apr	Stoke City FC	A	2–0	W
21 Apr	Burnley FC	A	1–2	L
18 Apr	Cardiff City FC	H	2–0	W
12 Apr	Plymouth Argyle FC	A	1–2	L
08 Apr	Millwall FC	H	0–1	L

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 May	Sheffield United FC	A	1–1	D
26 Apr	Watford FC	H	2–1	W
21 Apr	Sunderland AFC	A	1–0	W
18 Apr	Millwall FC	H	4–1	W
12 Apr	Luton Town FC	A	1–0	W
08 Apr	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

Sheffield United FC		Blackburn Rovers FC
#18	Position	#16
9	Points	9
8	Played	8
2 / 3 / 3	W / D / L	2 / 3 / 3
9	Scored	12
11	Conceded	12
-2	GD	+0
1.13	PPG	1.13
25%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
Sheffield United FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

Sheffield United FC are 18th (9 pts). Blackburn Rovers FC are 16th (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sheffield United FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

1/1

31-45

2/2

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/2

76+

1/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

1/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

1/2

46-60

6/2

61-75

–/2

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sheffield United FC

Patrick Bamford	2 G	1 A
Thomas Cannon	2 G

Blackburn Rovers FC

Oladapo Afolayan	3 G	2 A
Andri Gudjohnsen	3 G	1 A
Sean McLoughlin	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Bramall Lane that hosts another battle between Sheffield United FC and Blackburn Rovers FC.
5' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sheffield United FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' Sheffield United FC is showing some good football. However, Sheffield United FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
20' Sheffield United FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Blackburn Rovers FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
30' It is a cagey affair so far. Sheffield United FC in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Blackburn Rovers FC's compact 4-2-3-1.
35' The energy levels are beginning to show. Chris Wilder might look to freshen things up shortly.
40' Blackburn Rovers FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
45' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Lewis Travis suffering a number of foals already.
50' What composure from Yuki Ohashi! The Japan international strokes it home. 0-1.
55' It’s high time Chris Wilder made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
57' Sheffield United FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 57.
59' What an equalizer from Anel Ahmedhodzic!
61' The Sheffield United FC bench stirs into life. Alfie Gilchrist is withdrawn and Femi Seriki gets his opportunity.
66' Blackburn Rovers FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
70' Fresh legs for Blackburn Rovers FC! Augustus Kargbo comes on to replace Ryan Hedges.
71' Tom Davies has so much to prove this time. He replaces Vinicius Souza on 71 minute.
76' Emmanuel Dennis needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
78' The referee shows Sheffield United FC player a card on 78.
83' A change in the Blackburn Rovers FC ranks — Tyrhys Dolan exits the field as Makhtar Gueye enters on 83.
84' Blackburn Rovers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Emmanuel Dennis is hanging Todd Cantwell on the field on 84 minute.
85' Ryan One has so much to prove this time. He replaces Thomas Cannon on 85 minute.
88' It is a substitution in Blackburn Rovers FC team. Lewis Travis is replaced by Adam Forshaw on 88 minute.
89' Another substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC to replace Sondre Tronstad by Cauley Woodrow on 89 minute.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

Sheffield United FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

22
Tom Davies ↑ 71'
23
Tyrese Campbell
19
Jack Robinson
9
Kieffer Moore
14
Harrison Burrows ↑ 85'
38
Femi Seriki ↑ 61'
7
Rhian Brewster ↑ 61'
39
Ryan One ↑ 85'
31
Luke Faxon

Coach Chris Wilder

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Valerien Ismael

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Billy Sharp	4
Yuki Ohashi	3
Ben Brereton	3
Harrison Burrows	2
Iliman Ndiaye	2
Oliver Norwood	2
Billy Sharp	2
Ian Carlo Poveda	1

Head to Head

Sheffield United FC Form

2025-05-03 Sheffield United FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2025-04-25 Stoke City FC 0–2 Sheffield United FC W 2025-04-21 Burnley FC 2–1 Sheffield United FC L 2025-04-18 Sheffield United FC 2–0 Cardiff City FC W 2025-04-12 Plymouth Argyle FC 2–1 Sheffield United FC L 2025-04-08 Sheffield United FC 0–1 Millwall FC L

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2025-05-03 Sheffield United FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2025-04-26 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Watford FC W 2025-04-21 Sunderland AFC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2025-04-18 Blackburn Rovers FC 4–1 Millwall FC W 2025-04-12 Luton Town FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2025-04-08 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.27 Sheffield United FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.11 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Sheffield United FC or Blackburn Rovers FC 70% + Under 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sheffield United FC40% Draw30% Blackburn Rovers FC30%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.38

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	69%	31%
± 2.5	42%	58%
± 3.5	22%	78%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Sheffield United FC or Draw

69%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

60%

Sheffield United FC or Blackburn Rovers FC

70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sheffield United FC27% Draw50% Blackburn Rovers FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

11.4%

1 – 0

10.6%

0 – 1

9.1%

2 – 1

2 – 0

7.2%

1 – 2

0 – 2

5.5%

2 – 2

4.5%

3 – 1

3.4%

3 – 0

1 – 3

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Sheffield United FC

Handicap	Sheffield United FC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	21%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	18%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Sheffield United FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.