Blackburn Rovers vs Sheffield United

S24SU · OFFICIAL MATCHDAY EDITION · 2026/27 · No.8

8th September 2026 - Kick-off 19:45
Blackburn Rovers v. Sheffield United
EFL Championship Week 6 - Ewood Park, Blackburn

EFL Championship Week 6 – Tuesday 8th September 2026, 19:45 – Ewood Park, Blackburn
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Match Info

Competition: EFL Championship Week 6

Kick-off: Tuesday 8th September 2026, 19:45

Venue: Ewood Park, Blackburn

Player Ratings: CLICK HERE (will open shortly after full time)

Officials

Referee: Matt Donohue

Assistants: John Bickerdike and Matt Jones

Fourth Official: Steve Parkinson

Performance Developer: Brian Baker

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[Iffy Onuora's Shiny Head]

If they had any sort of squad depth I think the final 30 mins could have been quite different.

Luckily we could add some freshness into the team where they couldn't

 

[TheSecondComing]

Did well to get in front and keep them out

 

[Nick Jansky]

Great to see Arblaster play like that. It’s one sub appearance, but maybe rumours of his imminent demise as a decent championship player were wildly premature and well short of the mark. We’ll see.

Please, please, never play Choudhury anywhere other than CM in an emergency ever again.

Great 3 points, thank god for Cooper.

 

[Designer Blade]

2pts off top

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Last time we did a win like this was Derby away at the end of last season....yes we went 1-0 down...then Cannon scored and then Peck scored.

De Ja fuckin vu

 

[Cheeky Blade]

Good win tonight.
Did well second half to manage the game.

UTB.

 

[William Large]

Do any of you older guys know Ian greaves ?

Jimmy’s lad?

 

[Blademan89]

Positives from tonight's game was we bounced back again (annoying having to do so in first place, veacoming a common theme).

Clinical when needed with 2 good goals.

When we switched to a 433 we looked better and played some nice 1 touch moves but it was for about 20 mins.

Arbalster played well when he came on and that free role and a 3 seemed to suit him better.

Cannon worked his socks off so did bbd.

Nice to see Doherty back involved.

Cooper with yet another big performance.

But again 1st half was dire and large amount of the 2nd half although we improved, we are conceding way to many shots and we look very shakey and still soft through middle and suspect to pace, every team seems to play same way so far against us which we struggle with, good job Blackburn are just a sshit as us and lacking depth and similar poor owners.

 

[JDBl4de]

Great win, although i am getting more worried about this season the more i see them play

I feel same as I did after Bolton. Very nice to win, but the sustainability I question. Still, I'll be happy when we win, particularly with the couple of games coming up

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

Am I the only one who actually enjoyed that? Thought we played much better (I missed the opening 25 mins). A little bit open down the left. Thought Blackburn were decent too.

 

[Missing Spark]

2 points off the top. We’re on the march.

 

[blades_95]

We must not have been training either! Big 3 points but team selection / performance needs to improve majorly.

 

[Missing Spark]

Am I the only one who actually enjoyed that? Thought we played much better (I missed the opening 25 mins). Thought Blackburn were decent too.

0/10 all round for half an hour. And then it happened man. Far out and groovy.

 

[VictoryBlade]

Jimmy’s lad?

Manager of Bolton?

 

[Hamer's Right Peg]

Arblaster, Peck and Cannon the big positives tonight.

Shout out for Campbell and BBD as well

Kitching looks a tad rusty but hopefully him and Tanganga can gel.

 

[Thrice]

They played twice as many passes, twice as many shots on goal, twice as much possession. Proper smash and grab.

Always feels good to win a game, but winning in this fashion really isn't sustainable.

 

[JaTa]

My father Ian greaves was 59 when he died he would’ve been 74 today born and bred Sheffield if anyone knew him, give me a shout would like to know more about him.. never got to know him properly as an adult. Ian Greaves..

 

[Hamer's Right Peg]

I feel same as I did after Bolton. Very nice to win, but the sustainability I question. Still, I'll be happy when we win, particularly with the couple of games coming up

The same Bolton that West Ham are only just beating.....

 

[William Large]

Pretty dismal performance on the whole that. We are woeful at closing down and marking as a team. We also cannot cope with being pressed either.

On the plus side, Peck was really good after the first 15 mins. Said it plenty of times but he’s a real threat in the final third, a totally different player. He’s never been a defensive midfielder in my view, so I don’t know why we don’t use him as a playmaker.

Blaster looked decent when he came on and thank fuck for Cooper.

We just cant keep hold of the ball for any prolonged period. We get pressed back, hoof it forward aimlessly and put ourselves under pressure.

It’s often trotted out that playing poorly and winning is the sign of a good team which is true when a good team have a poor game.

We are not a good team and we will lose far more than we win if we play like that every week.

 

[Blade56]

Slow start but we played our way into it and deserved win. Difference between the sides was the keepers

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Am I the only one who actually enjoyed that? Thought we played much better (I missed the opening 25 mins). A little bit open down the left. Thought Blackburn were decent too.

I don't enjoy 99% of championship games. That wasn't in the 1%

 

[Addison]

Just hope the manager sees that a 3 in the middle provides the control we were sadly lacking for three quarters of the game and has been all season. When Arblaster came on we saw the game out well.

Opposition got off 19 shots, far too many again. Cooper earned the points tonight. Our full backs are too vulnerable down the sides. We were left exposed frequently. Blackburn helped with their poor finishing. Taking off RND enabled Campbell to push them further back and he did well. The downside was we lost the best defensive LB we have and were struggling left side second half.

An ugly 3 points but potentially a 6 pointer in a season of struggle.

 

[ForgeBlade]

Happy with the win, but Sky, once again, can fuck off. Before I get grief for being with them, I'm tied in until August next year (my mistake) but the "Sky sports plus" is utter shite. The video quality would make a 2010 nokia look primitive, and it buffers so much that flash score told me we'd score fully 4 minutes before I saw the goal on screen.

 

[Tazzy]

A paper over the cracks performance .Happy for the win but we are utter dog shite. Plus is Blackburn are worse but still managed 19/20 shots with no striker

 

[JDBl4de]

The same Bolton that West Ham are only just beating.....

We were at home, played poorly, and should've conceded far more than we did. So yes that same Bolton

 

[Belvedere Blade]

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Happy with the win, but Sky, once again, can fuck off. Before I get grief for being with them, I'm tied in until August next year (my mistake) but the "Sky sports plus" is utter shite. The video quality would make a 2010 nokia look primitive, and it buffers so much that flash score told me we'd score fully 4 minutes before I saw the goal on screen.

Good quality for me. Think it's your internet that. Nich better the last two seasons than before.

 

[Belvedere Blade]

 

[William Large]

Happy with the win, but Sky, once again, can fuck off. Before I get grief for being with them, I'm tied in until August next year (my mistake) but the "Sky sports plus" is utter shite. The video quality would make a 2010 nokia look primitive, and it buffers so much that flash score told me we'd score fully 4 minutes before I saw the goal on screen.

For once my Red button coverage worked perfectly. The sound quality is fucking shite tho.

 

[ml1997]

A thoroughly ok performance. Nice to see Cannon in form, he’s not as bad as he’s been from us, he should be a 10+ goal a season striker in the minutes he’ll get. So far we’ve looked a decent mid table side which is all we can hope for. As has been the issue for a while, however, the next couple of years are the real issue.

UTB!