English League Championship

Huddersfield vs Blackburn 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

  • 36': Alejandro Vallejos
  • 60': Daniel Ward
  • 84': Daniel Ward
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3 - 2
  • 57': Ben Brereton Díaz
  • 65': Ben Brereton Díaz (P)

Introduction

Huddersfield Town are hosting Blackburn Rovers at Accu Stadium, Huddersfield, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 21': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tyler Magloire replaces Ryan Nyambe because of an injury.
  • 36': Goal! Huddersfield Town 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Álex Vallejo (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sorba Thomas.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Huddersfield Town 1, Blackburn Rovers 0.
  • 56': Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Scott High replaces Álex Vallejo because of an injury.
  • 57': Goal! Huddersfield Town 1, Blackburn Rovers 1. Ben Díaz (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joe Rothwell.
  • 60': Goal! Huddersfield Town 2, Blackburn Rovers 1. Danny Ward (Huddersfield Town) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sorba Thomas with a cross.
  • 64': Naby Sarr (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Goal! Huddersfield Town 2, Blackburn Rovers 2. Ben Díaz (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 75': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Ian Poveda-Ocampo replaces Joe Rothwell because of an injury.
  • 79': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Leighton Clarkson replaces Sam Gallagher.
  • 79': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Reda Khadra replaces Tyrhys Dolan.
  • 81': Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Duane Holmes replaces Josh Koroma.
  • 81': Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Oliver Turton replaces Sorba Thomas.
  • 84': Goal! Huddersfield Town 3, Blackburn Rovers 2. Danny Ward (Huddersfield Town) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Toffolo with a headed pass.
  • 88': Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Josh Ruffels replaces Danel Sinani.
  • 90'+3': Lee Nicholls (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Huddersfield Town 3, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Accu Stadium
Location: Huddersfield, England
Attendance: 15,283

English League Championship Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
0 Birmingham City 0 0 0
0 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0
0 Bristol City 0 0 0
0 Charlton Athletic 0 0 0
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Statistics

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5 Fouls 6
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 5
5 Saves 1
50.6 Possession 49.4
13 SHOTS 13
3 ON GOAL 8
0.2 On Target % 0.6
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
318 Accurate Passes 301
421 Passes 408
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
7 Accurate Crosses 8
20 Crosses 22
0.4 Cross % 0.4
56 Long Balls 77
13 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.2 Long Balls % 0.3
4 Blocked Shots 1
4 Effective Tackles 13
12 Tackles 19
0.3 Tackle % 0.7
9 Interceptions 10
21 Effective Clearances 27
21 Clearances 27

Line-Ups

HUD Huddersfield Town (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
21 Lee Nicholls (GK) Yellow Card
32 Tom Lees
23 Naby Sarr Yellow Card
4 Matty Pearson
8 Lewis O'Brien
5 Alejandro Vallejos
3 Harry Toffolo
16 Sorba Thomas
25 Daniel Ward
10 Josh Koroma
24 Danel Sinani

BLK Blackburn Rovers (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Thomas Kaminski (GK)
5 Daniel Ayala
24 Hayden Carter
3 Harry Pickering
2 Ryan Nyambe
21 John Buckley
8 Joe Rothwell
27 Lewis Travis
10 Tyrhys Dolan
22 Ben Brereton Díaz
9 Sam Gallagher

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