English League Championship

FT Saturday, September 1, 2018
Aston Villa WDDDL 1
–
Sheffield United LWLWW 4
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SHU314
Bramall Lane · 26,030 att.

Match Report

Sheffield United thrash Villa, Derby and Brentford win

Sheffield United thumped last season's promotion playoff runners-up Aston Villa 4-1 to move up to third in the English Championship on Saturday whil

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
9
2
Saves
1
60.5
Possession
39.5
9
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
403
Accurate Passes
236
485
Passes
321
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
3
24
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.2
74
Long Balls
78
39
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
7
8
Tackles
14
0.9
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
7
20
Effective Clearances
29
20
Clearances
29

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SHU · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Dean HendersonG
  2. 12John EganCD
  3. 5Jack O'ConnellCD-L
  4. 6Chris BashamCD-R
  5. 4John FleckCM-L
  6. 16Oliver NorwoodCM-R
  7. 21Mark DuffyAM
  8. 3Enda StevensLM
  9. 18Kieron FreemanRM
  10. 10Billy SharpCF-L
  11. 17David McGoldrickCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Richard StearmanSUB
  2. 11Ben WoodburnSUB
  3. 25Simon MooreSUB
  4. 7John LundstramSUB
  5. 39Conor WashingtonSUB
  6. 24Dan LaffertySUB
  7. 15Paul CouttsSUB

AVL · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Ørjan NylandG
  2. 15Mile JedinakCD-L
  3. 5James ChesterCD-R
  4. 21Alan HuttonLB
  5. 4Axel TuanzebeRB
  6. 7John McGinnCM-L
  7. 6Glenn WhelanCM-R
  8. 22Anwar El GhaziLM
  9. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRM
  10. 26Jonathan KodjiaF
  11. 10Jack GrealishRCF

Substitutes

  1. 20Birkir BjarnasonSUB
  2. 23André MoreiraSUB
  3. 3Neil TaylorSUB
  4. 29Rushian Hepburn-MurphySUB
  5. 8Henri LansburySUB
  6. 16James BreeSUB
  7. 14Conor HourihaneSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Sheffield United 1, Aston Villa 0. Jack O'Connell (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Oliver Norwood following a set piece situation.
  2. 23' Goal! Sheffield United 2, Aston Villa 0. Mark Duffy (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dean Henderson.
  3. 27' Chris Basham (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Goal! Sheffield United 3, Aston Villa 0. Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 49' Goal! Sheffield United 4, Aston Villa 0. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kieron Freeman.
  6. 61' Goal! Sheffield United 4, Aston Villa 1. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Glenn Whelan.
  7. 63' Substitution, Sheffield United. John Lundstram replaces John Fleck because of an injury.
  8. 63' Substitution, Aston Villa. Conor Hourihane replaces Axel Tuanzebe.
  9. 72' Substitution, Sheffield United. Daniel Lafferty replaces Mark Duffy.
  10. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa. Rushian Hepburn-Murphy replaces John McGinn.
  11. 77' Substitution, Aston Villa. Neil Taylor replaces Alan Hutton.
  12. 81' Substitution, Sheffield United. Conor Washington replaces Billy Sharp.
  13. 83' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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