English League Championship

Sheffield United vs Portsmouth, 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Sheffield United
  • 41': Sydie Peck (P)
  • 54': Patrick Bamford
  • 73': Gustavo Hamer
FT
3 - 0
Portsmouth
  • Red Card 39': Terry Devlin

About

Sheffield United are hosting Portsmouth at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Andre Brooks (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
  • 9': Foul by Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United).
  • 9': Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner by Michael Cooper (Sheffield United). Assisted by Zak Swanson.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Florian Bianchini (Portsmouth) header from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Josh Murphy with a cross.
  • 14': Foul by Márk Kosznovszky (Portsmouth).
  • 14': Sydie Peck (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Offside, Sheffield United. Japhet Tanganga is caught offside.
  • 16': Foul by Josh Murphy (Portsmouth).
  • 16': Sam McCallum (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Bamford with a headed pass.
  • 17': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Josh Knight.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Andre Brooks (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 18': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Terry Devlin.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Japhet Tanganga.
  • 22': Foul by Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United).
  • 22': Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United).
  • 24': Josh Knight (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Regan Poole (Portsmouth).
  • 28': Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Mee following a set piece situation.
  • 33': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Regan Poole.
  • 34': Foul by Sydie Peck (Sheffield United).
  • 34': Josh Knight (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Ben Mee.
  • 36': Foul by Zak Swanson (Portsmouth).
  • 36': Michael Cooper (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Josh Murphy.
  • 38': Attempt blocked. Japhet Tanganga (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam McCallum with a cross.
  • 38': Penalty conceded by Terry Devlin (Portsmouth) with a handball in the penalty area.
  • 39': Terry Devlin (Portsmouth) is shown the red card.
  • 41': Goal! Sheffield United 1, Portsmouth 0. Sydie Peck (Sheffield United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 43': Foul by Márk Kosznovszky (Portsmouth).
  • 43': Sam McCallum (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45': Florian Bianchini (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Sydie Peck (Sheffield United).
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Sam McCallum (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth). Assisted by Callum O'Hare.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Japhet Tanganga.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Sheffield United 1, Portsmouth 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sheffield United 1, Portsmouth 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Portsmouth. Jordan Williams replaces Adrian Segecic.
  • 46': Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 46': Foul by Josh Knight (Portsmouth).
  • 47': Foul by Regan Poole (Portsmouth).
  • 47': Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 50': Offside, Sheffield United. Patrick Bamford is caught offside.
  • 51': Offside, Portsmouth. Colby Bishop is caught offside.
  • 54': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Josh Knight.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 54': Goal! Sheffield United 2, Portsmouth 0. Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Michael Cooper (Sheffield United). Assisted by Márk Kosznovszky.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Sydie Peck (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 58': Delay in match (Sheffield United).
  • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam McCallum.
  • 61': Foul by Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United).
  • 61': Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Substitution, Portsmouth. Makenzie Kirk replaces Colby Bishop.
  • 63': Substitution, Sheffield United. Gustavo Hamer replaces Patrick Bamford.
  • 63': Substitution, Sheffield United. Harrison Burrows replaces Sam McCallum.
  • 68': Offside, Sheffield United. Andre Brooks is caught offside.
  • 69': Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Josh Murphy.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Márk Kosznovszky (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Andre Dozzell.
  • 71': Femi Seriki (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 71': Foul by Márk Kosznovszky (Portsmouth).
  • 71': Márk Kosznovszky (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Josh Knight.
  • 73': Goal! Sheffield United 3, Portsmouth 0. Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum O'Hare following a corner.
  • 74': Substitution, Portsmouth. Marlon Pack replaces Márk Kosznovszky.
  • 74': Substitution, Portsmouth. Yang Min-Hyeok replaces Florian Bianchini.
  • 75': Substitution, Sheffield United. Danny Ings replaces Thomas Cannon.
  • 76': Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Zak Swanson.
  • 82': Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 82': Foul by Andre Dozzell (Portsmouth).
  • 82': Substitution, Sheffield United. Djibril Soumaré replaces Jairo Riedewald.
  • 83': Substitution, Sheffield United. Mark McGuinness replaces Femi Seriki.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 84': Attempt saved. Andre Brooks (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth). Assisted by Gustavo Hamer.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Callum O'Hare.
  • 88': Offside, Sheffield United. Danny Ings is caught offside.
  • 90': Offside, Sheffield United. Danny Ings is caught offside.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Mark McGuinness (Sheffield United).
  • 90'+2': Makenzie Kirk (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Sheffield United 3, Portsmouth 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Sheffield United 3, Portsmouth 0.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 7
1 Yellow Cards 0
1 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 5
2 Corner Kicks 7
3 Saves 2
35.2 Possession 64.8
4 SHOTS 16
2 ON GOAL 6
0.5 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
172 Accurate Passes 383
254 Passes 467
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 3
13 Crosses 19
0.1 Cross % 0.2
64 Long Balls 56
19 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
0 Blocked Shots 6
10 Effective Tackles 6
15 Tackles 10
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
10 Interceptions 6
28 Effective Clearances 21
28 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Bramall Lane
Location: Sheffield, England
Attendance: 25,785

EFL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Middlesbrough 31 +19 61
2 Coventry City 31 +28 59
3 Ipswich Town 30 +22 54
4 Hull City 31 +7 54
Full Table

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
1 Michael Cooper (GK)
15 Ben Mee
2 Japhet Tanganga
3 Sam McCallum
38 Femi Seriki
44 Jairo Riedewald
42 Sydie Peck
45 Patrick Bamford
7 Thomas Cannon
10 Callum O'Hare
11 Andre Brooks
Sheffield United Substitutes:
Harrison Burrows, Gustavo Hamer, Danny Ings, Alex Matos, Mark McGuinness, Adam Rhys Davies, Djibril Soumaré, Tyrese Campbell, Ryan One.

POR Portsmouth (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Nicolas Schmid (GK)
5 Regan Poole
4 Josh Knight
22 Zak Swanson
24 Terry Devlin Red Card
10 Adrian Segecic
18 Márk Kosznovszky Yellow Card
21 Andre Dozzell
9 Colby Bishop
11 Florian Bianchini
23 Josh Murphy
Portsmouth Substitutes:
Hayden Matthews, John Swift, Jordan Williams, Min-Hyeok Yang, Mackenzie Kirk, Callum Lang, Marlon Pack, Josef Bursik, Conor Chaplin.

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