Blackburn vs Sheffield Wednesday

8 April 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee W Finnie

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

Tyrhys Dolan 51’
Yuki Ohashi 85’

Yan Valery 16’
Djeidi Gassama 38’

Match summary

The points were shared as Blackburn and Sheffield Wednesday drew 2-2. Sheffield Wednesday led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Yan Valery put Sheffield Wednesday ahead with a header in the 16th minute and Djeidi Gassama made it 0-2 in the 38th minute. In the second half, Tyrhys Dolan pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 51st minute and Yuki Ohashi equalised in the 85th minute.

Blackburn had the better of the chances, with 1.81 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Sheffield Wednesday's 0.92 from 9.

Match stats

11 Shots 9

5 Shots on Target 3

8 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

1.63 xG 0.92

1.63 Non-penalty xG 0.92

Key events

Blackburn Sheffield Wednesday

Kick-off

16’

Yan Valery

0-1

38’

Djeidi Gassama

0-2

Half-time0-2

Tyrhys Dolan

1-2

51’

Yuki Ohashi

2-2

85’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Blackburn

Dominic Hyam
Lewis Travis
Yuki Ohashi

Sheffield Wednesday

Pierce Charles
Pol Valentín
Svante Ingelsson
Josh Windass

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Blackburn 1.81 xGSheffield Wednesday 0.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sheffield Wednesday attacking Blackburn attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players13 players


Aynsley Pears	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Rankin-Costello Taken off	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominic Hyam	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Danny Batth	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yuri Ribeiro	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sondre Tronstad	90′	–	–	2	0.08	–	–	–
Lewis Travis	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tyrhys Dolan	90′	1	–	3	0.22	–	–	–
Todd Cantwell	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Hedges Taken off	72′	–	–	2	0.12	–	–	–
Yuki Ohashi	90′	1	–	3	1.20	–	–
Kristi Montgomery Came on as a substitute	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Makhtar Gueye Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	1	0.18	–	–	–


Pierce Charles	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pol Valentín	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yan Valery Taken off	70′	1	–	1	0.25	–	–	–
Michael Ihiekwe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gabriel Otegbayo Taken off	59′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marvin Johnson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Djeidi Gassama Taken off	59′	1	–	1	0.16	–	–	–
Shea Charles	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Svante Ingelsson	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–
Anthony Musaba Taken off	75′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum Paterson Taken off	59′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Akin Famewo Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	1	0.20	–	–	–
Josh Windass Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	2	0.23	–	–
Michael Smith Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	2	0.06	–	–	–
Stuart Armstrong Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Olaf Kobacki Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Blackburn win 39% Avg odds 2.40

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.26

Sheffield Wednesday win 32% Avg odds 3.01

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Blackburn L L L L L

Sheffield Wednesday W W L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Blackburn, 10 Dec 24 Next meeting: Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Blackburn, 29 Dec 25 All Blackburn vs Sheffield Wednesday meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.