English League Championship

Bolton Wanderers vs Sheffield United, 2018-19 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Bolton Wanderers
    FT
    0 - 3
    Sheffield United
    • 5': Mark Duffy
    • 22': Kieron Freeman
    • 73': John Fleck

    About

    Bolton Wanderers are hosting Sheffield United at Toughsheet Community Stadium, Manchester, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 1': Attempt blocked. Enda Stevens (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Billy Sharp.
    • 1': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Pawel Olkowski.
    • 2': Attempt saved. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Oliver Norwood.
    • 3': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Enda Stevens.
    • 4': Attempt saved. Luke Murphy (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 5': Goal! Bolton Wanderers 0, Sheffield United 1. Mark Duffy (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris Basham.
    • 7': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by William Buckley.
    • 9': Foul by Enda Stevens (Sheffield United).
    • 9': Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 16': Chris Basham (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Foul by William Buckley (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 17': Dangerous play by Mark Duffy (Sheffield United).
    • 17': Luke Murphy (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Pawel Olkowski.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Chris Basham (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
    • 21': Foul by John Fleck (Sheffield United).
    • 21': Pawel Olkowski (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 22': Goal! Bolton Wanderers 0, Sheffield United 2. Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leon Clarke.
    • 25': Foul by Mark Duffy (Sheffield United).
    • 25': William Buckley (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 29': Foul by John Egan (Sheffield United).
    • 29': Josh Magennis (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jonathan Grounds following a set piece situation.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Luke Murphy (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 32': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by John Egan.
    • 33': Attempt missed. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mark Duffy.
    • 34': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Dean Henderson.
    • 36': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by John Fleck.
    • 37': Dean Henderson (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 41': Attempt blocked. Josh Magennis (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Grounds with a cross.
    • 41': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Jack O'Connell.
    • 41': Attempt blocked. David Wheater (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josh Vela with a cross.
    • 41': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Kieron Freeman.
    • 45': David Wheater (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Foul by Leon Clarke (Sheffield United).
    • 45'+1': Foul by Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 45'+1': John Fleck (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 0, Sheffield United 2.
    • 45': Second Half begins Bolton Wanderers 0, Sheffield United 2.
    • 45': Substitution, Sheffield United. David McGoldrick replaces Leon Clarke.
    • 46': Foul by John Egan (Sheffield United).
    • 46': Josh Magennis (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Attempt saved. David McGoldrick (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Enda Stevens.
    • 48': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Ben Alnwick.
    • 48': Attempt blocked. David McGoldrick (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by John Fleck with a cross.
    • 48': Foul by David McGoldrick (Sheffield United).
    • 48': Jason Lowe (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 50': Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by David Wheater.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Basham.
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jason Lowe.
    • 55': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by John Fleck.
    • 56': William Buckley (Bolton Wanderers) has gone down, but that's a dive.
    • 56': William Buckley (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieron Freeman.
    • 57': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Jason Lowe.
    • 57': Attempt blocked. John Egan (Sheffield United) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oliver Norwood with a cross.
    • 57': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by David Wheater.
    • 58': Attempt missed. David McGoldrick (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Oliver Norwood with a cross following a corner.
    • 60': Foul by Enda Stevens (Sheffield United).
    • 60': Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by John Egan.
    • 62': Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Yanic Wildschut replaces William Buckley.
    • 62': Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Erhun Oztumer replaces Luke Murphy.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Mark Duffy.
    • 65': Foul by Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United).
    • 65': Josh Magennis (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 67': Foul by Enda Stevens (Sheffield United).
    • 67': Pawel Olkowski (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 68': Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yanic Wildschut with a cross.
    • 69': Substitution, Sheffield United. Richard Stearman replaces Mark Duffy.
    • 70': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Pawel Olkowski.
    • 70': Offside, Sheffield United. Enda Stevens tries a through ball, but David McGoldrick is caught offside.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Chris Basham (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by John Egan.
    • 72': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Mark Beevers.
    • 72': Foul by David McGoldrick (Sheffield United).
    • 72': Pawel Olkowski (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Goal! Bolton Wanderers 0, Sheffield United 3. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Enda Stevens.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Enda Stevens with a through ball.
    • 81': Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Clayton Donaldson replaces Josh Magennis.
    • 82': Foul by Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United).
    • 82': Yanic Wildschut (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 82': Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 86': Substitution, Sheffield United. Ben Woodburn replaces Billy Sharp.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Basham.
    • 87': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Jason Lowe.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Pawel Olkowski.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United).
    • 90'+2': Yanic Wildschut (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ben Alnwick.
    • 90'+3': David McGoldrick (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Bolton Wanderers).
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 0, Sheffield United 3.
    • 90'+4': Match ends, Bolton Wanderers 0, Sheffield United 3.

    Statistics

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    14 Fouls 6
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    10 Corner Kicks 8
    1 Saves 3
    53.5 Possession 46.5
    17 SHOTS 10
    6 ON GOAL 2
    0.4 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    363 Accurate Passes 285
    470 Passes 377
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 5
    10 Crosses 35
    0.4 Cross % 0.1
    76 Long Balls 67
    28 Accurate Long Balls 39
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
    6 Blocked Shots 3
    13 Effective Tackles 9
    18 Tackles 11
    0.7 Tackle % 0.8
    9 Interceptions 12
    39 Effective Clearances 24
    39 Clearances 24

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: Toughsheet Community Stadium
    Location: Manchester, England
    Attendance: 14,848

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Birmingham City 0 0 0
    2 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0
    3 Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0
    4 Bristol City 0 0 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    BOL Bolton Wanderers (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Ben Alnwick (GK)
    5 Mark Beevers
    31 David Wheater
    29 Jonathan Grounds
    16 Pawel Olkowski
    6 Joshua Vela Yellow Card
    15 Luke Murphy
    4 Jason Lowe
    28 Josh Magennis
    11 William Buckley Yellow Card
    10 Sammy Ameobi
    Bolton Wanderers Substitutes:
    Andrew Taylor, Yanic Wildschut, Marc Wilson, Remi Matthews, Joe Williams, Erhun Oztumer, Clayton Donaldson.

    SHU Sheffield United (3-4-1-2)

    No. Name
    1 Dean Henderson (GK)
    12 John Egan
    5 Jack O'Connell
    6 Chris Basham
    4 John Fleck
    16 Oliver Norwood
    21 Mark Duffy
    3 Enda Stevens
    18 Kieron Freeman
    9 Leon Clarke
    10 Billy Sharp
    Sheffield United Substitutes:
    Richard Stearman, Ryan Leonard, John Lundstram, Ben Woodburn, David McGoldrick, Simon Moore, Danny Lafferty.

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