Sheffield United vs Blackburn Rovers Match Analysis and Prediction

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Blackburn Rovers will travel to Bramall Lane on Wednesday to face Sheffield United, who are looking to extend their unbeaten run to nine games.

The visitors need to return to winning ways this week if they are to continue their push for an automatic promotion spot, having picked up just two points from their last four matches.

The Blades enter the contest off the back of a 4-0 victory over Swansea City on Saturday, which lifted them into the playoff positions.

Billy Sharp, George Baldock and Morgan Gibbs-White got on the scoresheet within the first 40 minutes, with Gibbs-White adding his second in the second half.

Apart from defeating Peterborough United in September, that was Sheffield United’s biggest win margin of the season, and goalkeeper Wes Foderingham kept his fourth clean sheet in a row.

Sheffield United have only conceded 11 goals on their own turf this season, meaning that they will be confident about keeping Blackburn at bay on Wednesday, giving them a strong chance of securing another victory.

Blackburn were set to have an encounter with Millwall at Ewood Park on Sunday, but after a late inspection by referee Geoff Eltringham, the match was postponed due to heavy snowfall.

Rovers did not get the chance to return to winning ways after a goalless draw against West Bromwich Albion just over a week ago.

Tony Mowbray’s side have also not scored in their last four outings, and with Sheffield United’s good defensive record at Bramall Lane, that does not bode well with Rovers.

Blackburn have returned 12 less points on the road as they have done so from Ewood Park this season, a record they must improve on.

Rovers won 3-1 over Sheffield United in November, with the goals coming from Ian Poveda, Ben Brereton Diaz and Reda Khadra for the hosts.

Sheffield United vs Blackburn Rovers head to head

The two sides have previously met on 85 occasions across all competitions, where Sheffield have taken 30 victories while Blackburn have won in 31, and they have drawn in 24. Blackburn have scored 130 goals and conceded 123. In their last five encounters, Sheffield have won three and Blackburn two.

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Sheffield United 03/02/07

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Sheffield United 03/10/18

Sheffield United 3-0 Blackburn Rovers 29/12/18

Sheffield United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers 27/08/19

Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Sheffield United 06/11/21

Sheffield United latest home form

Sheffield United have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their last six matches. They managed to defeat Swansea City 4-0 in their last league home game. In their last five matches, they have scored 10 goals and kept clean sheets in all.

Sheffield United 2-0 Bristol City 28/11/21

Sheffield United 2-0 Luton Town 22/01/22

Sheffield United 2-0 West Bromwich Albion 09/02/22

Sheffield United 0-0 Hull City 15/02/22

Sheffield United 4-0 Swansea City 19/02/22

Sheffield United latest away form

The Blades have most recently been on a good run of form away from home, having been unbeaten in their last four matches. Their last away defeat came on January 15 when they lost 2-0 to Derby County. In their last five matches, they have scored 6 goals and conceded 5.

Derby County 2-0 Sheffield United 15/01/22

Preston North End 2-2 Sheffield United 18/01/22

Peterborough United 0-2 Sheffield United 29/01/22

Birmingham City 1-2 Sheffield United 04/02/22

Huddersfield Town 0-0 Sheffield United 12/02/22

Blackburn Rovers latest home form

Blackburn lost their last league home game 2-0 to Nottingham Forest. However, they have recently been on a good run of form, having been unbeated in previous seven matches. In their last five matches, they have won three, drawn one and lost one scoring 7 goals and conceded 3.

Blackburn Rovers 4-0 Birmingham City 18/12/21

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Barnsley 29/12/21

Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Huddersfield Town 02/01/22

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Middlesbrough 24/01/22

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Nottingham Forest 09/02/22

Blackburn Rovers latest away form

Blackburn have recently been on a relatively poor form on the road, having won just one of their six most recent away form. They recently lost 3-2 to Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup on January 8. In their five most recent matches, they have scored just one goal and conceded 3.

Cardiff City 0-1 Blackburn Rovers 15/01/22

Hull City 2-0 Blackburn Rovers 19/01/22

Luton Town 0-0 Blackburn Rovers 29/01/22

Swansea City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers 05/02/22

West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Blackburn Rovers 14/02/22

Sheffield United news

The trio of David McGoldrick, Rhian Brewster and Jack O’Connell will remain absent from the Blades’ squad in the Wednesday’s game due to injury.

Gibbs-White, who is on loan from Wolves, is in fine form and he is certain to start alongside John Fleck, Sander Berge and Oliver Norwood in midfield.

Blackburn Rovers news

Ben Brereton Diaz will remain sidelined for Blackburn after coming off injured against West Brom, while Tayo Edun, Poveda and Bradley Dack will all be absent through injury.

Centre-back Darragh Lenihan will return after serving his one-match suspension, while Harry Pickering and Khadra are also expected to be named in the starting XI.

Prediction and Odds

With the return of a few key players from suspension and injury for Blackburn, they may be able to bring an attacking threat than they have presented in recent weeks.

However, following an impressive victory at the weekend, the Blades are the favourites for the encounter, and we expect a home win.

Odds: 1 1.80 X 2.05 2 2.20