English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 7, 2020
Norwich City DLLWW 0
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Sheffield United WWWDW 1
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Bramall Lane · 31,379 att.

Match Report

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Sheffield United go sixth with win over Norwich

A bullet header from Billy Sharp gave Sheffield United a 1-0 win over bottom side Norwich City to lift the Blades to sixth place.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
10
2
Saves
4
58.2
Possession
41.8
12
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
422
Accurate Passes
267
519
Passes
359
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
22
Crosses
34
0.2
Cross %
0.1
73
Long Balls
68
29
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
13
27
Effective Clearances
31
27
Clearances
31

Head to Head

SHU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SHU · 3-5-2

  1. 1Dean HendersonG
  2. 12John EganCD
  3. 5Jack O'ConnellCD-L
  4. 6Chris BashamCD-R
  5. 4John FleckCM-L
  6. 7John LundstramCM-R
  7. 16Oliver NorwoodAM
  8. 3Enda StevensLM
  9. 2George BaldockRM
  10. 10Billy SharpCF-L
  11. 9Oliver McBurnieCF-R

NOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 4Ben GodfreyCD-L
  3. 5Grant HanleyCD-R
  4. 12Jamal LewisLB
  5. 2Max AaronsRB
  6. 25Ondrej DudaAM
  7. 23Kenny McLeanLM
  8. 27Alexander TetteyRM
  9. 22Teemu PukkiF
  10. 14Todd CantwellAM-L
  11. 17Emiliano BuendíaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 36' Goal! Sheffield United 1, Norwich City 0. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by John Lundstram with a cross.
  2. 45' Substitution, Norwich City. Josip Drmic replaces Todd Cantwell.
  3. 61' Substitution, Sheffield United. Ben Osborn replaces Enda Stevens because of an injury.
  4. 66' Substitution, Norwich City. Mario Vrancic replaces Alexander Tettey.
  5. 71' Substitution, Sheffield United. David McGoldrick replaces Billy Sharp.
  6. 87' Substitution, Norwich City. Adam Idah replaces Ondrej Duda.
  7. 90' Substitution, Sheffield United. Sander Berge replaces Oliver McBurnie because of an injury.

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