English League Championship

FT Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Sheffield United LWLWL 3
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Reading WLLDD 1
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REA011
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Match Report

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Sheffield United win at Reading, move back into playoff spots

Sheffield United moved back into the Championship playoff places with a comfortable 3-1 win at lowly Reading.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
3
40.8
Possession
59.2
15
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
244
Accurate Passes
390
338
Passes
492
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
15
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
65
Long Balls
85
24
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
18
25
Clearances
18

Head to Head

SHU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

REA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Vito MannoneG
  2. 6Liam MooreCD
  3. 4Joey van den BergCD-L
  4. 20Tiago IloriCD-R
  5. 22Pelle ClementCM-L
  6. 19Leandro BacunaCM-R
  7. 38Liam KellyAM
  8. 2Chris GunterLM
  9. 12Garath McClearyRM
  10. 23Jón BödvarssonCF-L
  11. 27Chris MartinCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16David EdwardsSUB
  2. 17Modou BarrowSUB
  3. 24Tyler BlackettSUB
  4. 55Sam SmithSUB
  5. 8George EvansSUB
  6. 31Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  7. 50Omar RichardsSUB

SHU · 3-5-2

  1. 27Jamal BlackmanG
  2. 19Richard StearmanCD
  3. 5Jack O'ConnellCD-L
  4. 6Chris BashamCD-R
  5. 4John FleckCM-L
  6. 20Lee EvansCM-R
  7. 21Mark DuffyAM
  8. 3Enda StevensLM
  9. 2George BaldockRM
  10. 10Billy SharpCF-L
  11. 9Leon ClarkeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Ched EvansSUB
  2. 11Clayton DonaldsonSUB
  3. 14Ryan LeonardSUB
  4. 7John LundstramSUB
  5. 1Simon MooreSUB
  6. 24Dan LaffertySUB
  7. 26Ricky HolmesSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Substitution, Reading. Omar Richards replaces Garath McCleary because of an injury.
  2. 11' Goal! Reading 0, Sheffield United 1. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  3. 34' Substitution, Sheffield United. Clayton Donaldson replaces Leon Clarke because of an injury.
  4. 34' Substitution, Sheffield United. Simon Moore replaces Jamal Blackman because of an injury.
  5. 44' Goal! Reading 0, Sheffield United 2. Mark Duffy (Sheffield United) right footed shot from long range on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by John Fleck.
  6. 50' Chris Basham (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 51' Goal! Reading 1, Sheffield United 2. Omar Richards (Reading) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the high centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  8. 57' Joey van den Berg (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 62' Leandro Bacuna (Reading) Penalty - Saved at 62'
  10. 63' Goal! Reading 1, Sheffield United 3. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by John Fleck with a through ball.
  11. 64' Vito Mannone (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 69' Substitution, Reading. George Evans replaces Leandro Bacuna.
  13. 70' Pelle Clement (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 74' Substitution, Reading. Sam Smith replaces Tiago Ilori.
  15. 82' Substitution, Sheffield United. Ryan Leonard replaces Mark Duffy because of an injury.
  16. 83' Clayton Donaldson (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.

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