Blackburn enter this game as one of five sides yet to record a win at home in the Championship. Their last victory at Ewood Park came on 26 April when they beat Watford 2-1, which was part of a four-game winning sequence.
Sheffield United know a win on Tuesday would take them above their opponents and potentially out of the relegation zone.
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Blackburn Rovers have only won three of their past 12 league games against Sheffield United (D3 L6), although each of those three victories did come at Ewood Park.
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Sheffield United won this exact fixture last season 2-0, but haven’t won consecutive league visits to Blackburn since November 1970.
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Blackburn are yet to win a home league game this season in four attempts (D1 L3); only in 1932-33 (5), 1979-80 (6), and 1996-97 (5) have they started a league campaign without a win in their first five or more at home.
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Sheffield United have lost seven of their past nine away league games (W2), with no side losing more times on the road in the Championship since the start of April.
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Sheffield United have never lost to Blackburn in the Championship under Chris Wilder (P4 W3 D1), with Wilder’s only league defeat to Rovers coming as Middlesbrough boss in January 2022.
