English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 14, 2019
Aston Villa LWDLL 0
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Sheffield United DDDLW 2
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Bramall Lane · 30,396 att.

Match Report

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Sheffield United go fifth as Fleck double downs Aston Villa

A superb second-half double by midfielder John Fleck sent Sheffield United up to fifth in the Premier League with a 2-0 home win over fellow newcome

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
0
43.3
Possession
56.7
8
SHOTS
7
0
ON GOAL
3
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
272
Accurate Passes
394
396
Passes
512
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
30
0.3
Cross %
0.2
88
Long Balls
97
34
Accurate Long Balls
51
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
7
11
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
11
43
Effective Clearances
16
43
Clearances
16

Head to Head

SHU leads series 2-1-2

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. 22Lys MoussetCF-L
  11. 17David McGoldrickCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Billy SharpSUB
  2. 27Muhamed BesicSUB
  3. 15Phil JagielkaSUB
  4. 9Oliver McBurnieSUB
  5. 25Simon MooreSUB
  6. 8Luke FreemanSUB
  7. 23Ben OsbornSUB

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Tom HeatonG
  2. 30Kortney HauseCD-L
  3. 22Björn EngelsCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 24Frédéric GuilbertRB
  6. 11Marvelous NakambaCM
  7. 8Henri LansburyLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 9WesleyF
  10. 10Jack GrealishLF
  11. 21Anwar El GhaziRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Ezri KonsaSUB
  2. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  3. 17TrézéguetSUB
  4. 26Jonathan KodjiaSUB
  5. 3Neil TaylorSUB
  6. 25Ørjan NylandSUB
  7. 6Douglas LuizSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 16' John Fleck (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 23' VAR Decision: No card change John Egan (Sheffield United).
  4. 50' Goal! Sheffield United 1, Aston Villa 0. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by John Lundstram with a cross.
  5. 61' Substitution, Sheffield United. Oliver McBurnie replaces Lys Mousset.
  6. 64' Kortney Hause (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz replaces Henri Lansbury.
  8. 69' Matt Targett (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 69' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jonathan Kodjia replaces Wesley.
  10. 73' Goal! Sheffield United 2, Aston Villa 0. John Fleck (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David McGoldrick.
  11. 76' VAR Decision: Penalty Aston Villa.
  12. 78' Penalty missed! Still Sheffield United 2, Aston Villa 0. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) hits the bar with a right footed shot.
  13. 79' VAR Decision: No Penalty Aston Villa.
  14. 80' Substitution, Aston Villa. Trézéguet replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
  15. 86' Substitution, Sheffield United. Muhamed Besic replaces Oliver Norwood.
  16. 90' Substitution, Sheffield United. Ben Osborn replaces David McGoldrick.

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