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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 24 (setup 4, season 28)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Sheffield United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Mamadou SAMASSA717Pierluigi GOLLINI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Joost VAN AKEN727John EGAN
Patrick VAN AANHOLT83Derick Katuku TSHIMANGA
Felipe TEIXEIRA4Chris BASHAM
Vegard FORREN65Daniel WILLIAMS
Rhys WILLIAMS6Andreas BJELLAND
Nicolas MARIN77Kieron FREEMAN
Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez88Pablo Edson BARRERA Acosta
Sjoerd ARS79Leon CLARKE
Adam ARMSTRONG610Clayton DONALDSON
Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona6116Billy SHARP
Manager
Jacob DAVENPORT12Mark DUFFY
David RAYA Martin13Simon MOORE
Peter WHITTINGHAM14Jake WRIGHT
Danny GRAHAM15George BALDOCK
Dominic SAMUEL168Paul COUTTS

Blackburn Rovers 1 Sheffield United 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 17,688, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 7½)
68 ArsScorers
68 Williams <=> SamuelSubstitutions63 Basham <=> Coutts
Sendings off
59 MarinBookings11 Basham, 62 Egan
1Corners6
9Fouls9
4Offsides8
8Shots on8
6Shots off9
14Total shots17
7Shots saved7
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Felipe TEIXEIRA
6TEIXEIRA worked the ball to ARS, MARIN gathered his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
9A pin-point pass bobbled toward CLARKE and his deadly shot raced narrowly wide.
10A looping shot from DONALDSON was saved by SAMASSA.
10OVIEDO rifled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
11BASHAM given a yellow card for a late challenge on ARMSTRONG.
13A header by DONALDSON at the near post was easily collected by SAMASSA.
15OVIEDO stormed through the Sheffield United defence but shot straight at GOLLINI.
25A cross from OVIEDO left VAN AKEN in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
28A delightful save prevented CLARKE from scoring a lovely goal.
30OVIEDO's header was well saved by the Sheffield United 'keeper.
39A shot from EGAN was smothered by the 'keeper.
45+2A shot from SHARP was hoofed off the line by VAN AANHOLT.
 
48The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper parried a lovely shot from CLARKE.
57BARRERA was put clear by BJELLAND and he turned the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper but struck his shot inches over.
59The referee yellow cards MARIN for dangerous play against BARRERA.
62The ref yellow cards EGAN for a late tackle.
64A tame shot from ARS rolled agonisingly wide.
68GOAL!! VAN AANHOLT made space for ARS who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, thrust the ball past GOLLINI. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
77A good effort from OVIEDO scraped the top of the crossbar.
79A clever pass from MARIN, was slammed goalbound by OVIEDO only for the Sheffield United 'keeper to claw away.
84The Sheffield United 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from ARS.
87MARIN made space on the left and knocked the ball to OVIEDO who clipped the ball over.