Blackburn Rovers vs Sheffield United · Carabao Cup
Blackburn Rovers
1 – 2
FT
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Sheffield United
Ewood Park · Blackburn · England
Blackburn Rovers lost 2-1 to Sheffield United at Ewood Park (crowd 6,826). The first goal went to Thomas Cannon at the 20-minute mark and Blackburn were back level through Oladapo Afolayan after 55 minutes; Romelle Donovan scored the winner at the 81-minute mark. Sheffield Utd had more of the shots, 16 to 9, and 51% of the ball. From 9 shots, Blackburn found the target 5 times. The referee: David Webb.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Carabao Cup England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English Carabao Cup, Second Round
- Ground
- Ewood Park · Blackburn · England
- Crowd
- 6,826
- Referee
- David Webb (Referee)
- Blackburn form
- WDWWD
- Sheffield Utd form
- LLWLW
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sheffield Utd | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Side by side
12Fouls9
0Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
2Offsides0
6Corner Kicks4
3Saves4
49.1%Possession50.9%
9Shots16
5On Goal5
60%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
356Accurate Passes378
455Passes482
80%Pass Completion %80%
3Accurate Crosses5
21Crosses13
10%Cross %40%
56Long Balls63
15Accurate Long Balls27
30%Long Balls %40%
1Blocked Shots4
14Effective Tackles12
21Tackles18
70%Tackle %70%
5Interceptions10
27Effective Clearances20
27Clearances20
Timeline
Full time · 1-2
81'1 - 2
⚽Romelle Donovan
75'
🔁Sam McCallumreplacing Rhys Norrington-Davies
🔁Frank Varereplacing Jayden Fevrier
72'
67'
🔁Femi Serikireplacing Matt Doherty
59'
🔁Callum O'Harereplacing Louie Marsh
58'
🔁Kalvin Phillipsreplacing Jairo Riedewald
⚽Oladapo AfolayanAssist: Ryoya Morishita
55'1 - 1
45'
🔁Oliver Arblasterreplacing Joe Rothwell
🔁Todd Cantwellreplacing Dion De Neve
45'
🔁Harvey Patesreplacing Harry Pickering
45'
🔁Kristi Montgomeryreplacing Sam Morsy
45'
Half-time · 0-1
20'0 - 1
⚽Thomas Cannon
🔁Oladapo Afolayanreplacing Yuki Ohashi
11'
Kick-off
Teams
Blackburn Rovers4-2-3-1
23↓Ohashi
14↓De Neve
25Morishita
11↓Fevrier
30Garrett
8↓Morsy
3↓Pickering
15McLoughlin
47Houghton
17Carter
1Pears
Bench
- 9Andri Gudjohnsen
- 6Tom Atcheson
- 2Ryan Alebiousu
- 10Todd Cantwellon for Dion De Neve, 45'
- 39Harvey Pateson for Harry Pickering, 45'
- 31Kristi Montgomeryon for Sam Morsy, 45'
- 53Frank Vareon for Jayden Fevrier, 72'
- 22Balazs Toth
- 21Oladapo Afolayanon for Yuki Ohashi, 11' ⚽
Sheffield United4-4-2
9⚽Cannon
23Campbell
44↓Riedewald
34↓Marsh
7↓Rothwell
11⚽Donovan
30↓Norrington-Davies
33Baptiste
2↓Doherty
25McGuinness
17Davies
Bench
- 1Michael Cooper
- 10Callum O'Hareon for Louie Marsh, 59'
- 38Femi Serikion for Matt Doherty, 67'
- 3Sam McCallumon for Rhys Norrington-Davies, 75'
- 16Jamie Shackleton
- 27Kalvin Phillipson for Jairo Riedewald, 58'
- 21Nils Zätterström
- 42Sydie Peck
- 4Oliver Arblasteron for Joe Rothwell, 45'
Standings
No table available for this competition.
Meetings
1Blackburn wins
1Level
3Sheffield Utd wins
Last times they met
FT
Sheffield Utd
1–3
Blackburn · 2025-26 English League Championship
FT
Blackburn
1–3
Sheffield Utd · 2025-26 English League Championship
FT
Sheffield Utd
1–1
Blackburn · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Blackburn
0–2
Sheffield Utd · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Sheffield Utd
3–2
Blackburn · 2022-23 English FA Cup
Form
Last games: Blackburn
W3-1L1-0W2-1D2-2W2-1
Last games: Sheffield Utd
L3-2W2-1W3-0D0-0D0-0
