English League Championship

FT Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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Sheffield United WLWWL 2
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Match Report

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Sheffield United beat West Brom to secure promotion

Sheffield United secured automatic promotion to the Premier League with three games to spare after Wednesday's 2-0 victory over West Brom.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
4
47.6
Possession
52.4
6
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
330
Accurate Passes
345
416
Passes
450
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
7
7
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.4
50
Long Balls
75
23
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
11
15
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
16
18
Effective Clearances
8
18
Clearances
8

Head to Head

SHU leads series 3-2

Lineups

SHU · 3-5-2

  1. 18Wes FoderinghamG
  2. 12John EganCD
  3. 19Jack RobinsonCD-L
  4. 15Anel AhmedhodzicCD-R
  5. 22Tommy DoyleCM-L
  6. 28James McAteeCM-R
  7. 8Sander BergeAM
  8. 13Max LoweLM
  9. 2George BaldockRM
  10. 29Iliman NdiayeCF-L
  11. 9Oliver McBurnieCF-R

WBA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24Alex PalmerG
  2. 15Erik PietersCD-L
  3. 6Semi AjayiCD-R
  4. 3Conor TownsendLB
  5. 2Darnell FurlongRB
  6. 29Taylor Gardner-HickmanAM
  7. 35Okay YokusluLM
  8. 14Jayson MolumbyRM
  9. 21Brandon Thomas-AsanteF
  10. 18Karlan GrantAM-L
  11. 17Jed WallaceAM-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Erik Pieters (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 58' Goal! Sheffield United 1, West Bromwich Albion 0. Sander Berge (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Iliman Ndiaye.
  3. 71' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. John Swift replaces Okay Yokuslu.
  4. 71' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Kyle Bartley replaces Erik Pieters.
  5. 75' Substitution, Sheffield United. John Fleck replaces James McAtee.
  6. 75' Substitution, Sheffield United. Billy Sharp replaces Oliver McBurnie.
  7. 76' Goal! Sheffield United 2, West Bromwich Albion 0. Anel Ahmedhodzic (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by George Baldock following a corner.
  8. 78' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Marc Albrighton replaces Karlan Grant.
  9. 81' Substitution, Sheffield United. Oliver Norwood replaces Tommy Doyle.
  10. 84' John Egan (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Sheffield United. Jayden Bogle replaces George Baldock.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Sheffield United. Chris Basham replaces Sander Berge.
  13. 90'+2' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Jovan Malcolm replaces Jed Wallace.

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