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Sheffield United vs Blackburn Rovers Live Stream, Predictions
This huge FA Cup quarter-final match between Sheffield United and Blackburn Rovers takes place on Sunday. Given that there is a place in the semi finals for the victors, let’s hope for a thrilling encounter.
Our Sheffield United v Blackburn Rovers predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below including the latest game odds.
📏 Form Guide
Sheffield United
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Sheffield United will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-2 Championship success over Sunderland.
In that game, Sheffield United managed 45% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Sheffield United, the scorers were James McAtee (45') and Tommy Doyle (61'). On the other side, Sunderland got 7 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Édouard Michut (30') scored for Sunderland.
Under three goals per match were scored during 5 of the past 6 meetings where Sheffield United have taken part. In terms of the goal weighting in this period, their opponents scored a total of 3 while Sheffield United managed a tally of 5.
Blackburn Rovers
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Blackburn Rovers head into the match after a 2-1 Championship win against Reading in their previous fixture.
In that game, Blackburn Rovers had 53% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Blackburn Rovers, goals were scored by Ben Brereton Díaz (2') and Ryan Hedges (82'). Reading had 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Cesare Casadei (68') scored for Reading.
In their previous six clashes, Blackburn Rovers have helped themselves to a total of 11 goals. Blackburn Rovers have also scored on each one of those occasions. Over that period, they have seen 6 goals go against them. With no two games being the same, time will tell if that pattern will be replicated in this next game.
↔️ Head to head
Inspecting their past head to head clashes stretching back to 29/12/2018 tells us that Sheffield United have won 4 of these & Blackburn Rovers 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.
A combined total of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 10 of them from The Blades and 5 belonging to Rovers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.
The previous league game featuring the two was Championship match day 35 on 04/03/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Sheffield United.
In that match, Blackburn Rovers had 46% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Harry Pickering (5').
Sheffield United got 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target.
The match was refereed by Joshua Smith.
ℹ️ Team News: Sheffield United
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed group. Jack O'Connell (Knee Surgery) is sidelined.
📰 Team News: Blackburn Rovers
Owing to a fully injury-free group to pick from, the Blackburn Rovers boss Jon Dahl Tomasson doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever before this match.
✨ Prediction
In our opinion, Sheffield United should see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.
However, Blackburn Rovers will be up against it getting on the scoresheet - but, we do see them scoring here as well.
Accordingly, we see a 3-1 win for Sheffield United at full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 02:24 15/03/2023

⚽️ Team Focus:
Sheffield United
Formed: 1889
Stadium: Bramall Lane (32,050)
Captain: Billy Sharp
Chairman: Yusuf Giansiracusa
Manager: Paul Heckingbottom
Competitions: Championship position 2, FA Cup (Quarter-Finals)
⭐ Key Man: Oli McBurnie
Customarily taking to the field in the Striker position, Oli McBurnie was born in Leeds, England. After making a first senior appearance for Bradford City in the 2013 - 2014 season, the gifted Forward has managed to score 11 league goals in this Championship 2022 - 2023 campaign so far in 28 appearances.
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37 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 45 | 83 | DWDWW |
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38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 67 | LWWDW |
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38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 64 | DWWWD |
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37 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 61 | WWWLW |
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38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 60 | DLWWL |
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38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 57 | WWLDD |
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38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 57 | DWDDW |
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37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 55 | WLWWD |
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38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 55 | LDLWD |
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38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 53 | LLWLD |
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38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | -9 | 53 | DDWWL |
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38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 48 | LWWDD |
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37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 48 | WLDWL |
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38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 47 | LWDLD |
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38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 45 | LDWLW |
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38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 45 | LLLLD |
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37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 43 | LDLLL |
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38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | -21 | 42 | LLWLL |
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37 | 9 | 13 | 15 | -10 | 40 | WDWLL |
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37 | 10 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 39 | WLWLD |
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38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -21 | 36 | LDLDW |
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38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -18 | 35 | LDLWL |
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38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -26 | 34 | DLLDD |
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