Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Sheffield United · Carabao Cup
Blackburn Rovers lost to Sheffield United 1-2 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield United met in the Carabao Cup at Ewood Park in Blackburn on Tuesday, 25 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Blackburn Rovers: O. Afolayan 55'. Sheffield United: T. Cannon 20'; R. Donovan 81'.
How the match went
Possession was almost even at 49% to 51%. Blackburn Rovers had 9 shots with 5 on target, Sheffield United 16 with 5 on target. There were 10 corners in total, 6 to Blackburn Rovers and 4 to Sheffield United. Blackburn Rovers conceded 12 fouls, Sheffield United 9.
Line-ups
Blackburn Rovers started in a 4-2-3-1: Aynsley Pears, Lucas Houghton, Hayden Carter, Sean McLoughlin, Harry Pickering, Sam Morsy, Jake Garrett, Jayden Fevrier, Ryoya Morishita, Dion De Neve, Yuki Ohashi.
Sheffield United started in a 4-4-2: Adam Davies, Matt Doherty, Mark McGuinness, Jamal Baptiste, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Romelle Donovan, Joe Rothwell, Jaïro Riedewald, Louie Marsh, Tyrese Campbell, Thomas Cannon.
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