English League Championship

FT Thursday, January 1, 2026
Leicester City DWLLW 1
–
Sheffield United DLWLW 3
1st2ndT
LEI011
SHU123
Bramall Lane · 29,644 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
0
43.8
Possession
56.2
6
SHOTS
13
1
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
255
Accurate Passes
354
349
Passes
454
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
12
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.3
61
Long Balls
66
17
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
20
24
Tackles
30
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
4
37
Effective Clearances
23
37
Clearances
23

Head to Head

LEI leads series 4-1

Lineups

SHU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Michael CooperG
  2. 6Tyler BindonCD-L
  3. 2Japhet TangangaCD-R
  4. 3Sam McCallumLB
  5. 38Femi SerikiRB
  6. 18Djibril SoumaréCM-L
  7. 44Jairo RiedewaldCM-R
  8. 10Callum O'HareLM
  9. 11Andre BrooksRM
  10. 45Patrick BamfordCF-L
  11. 7Thomas CannonCF-R

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jakub StolarczykG
  2. 4Ben NelsonCD-L
  3. 5Caleb OkoliCD-R
  4. 33Luke ThomasLB
  5. 21Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidAM
  7. 22Oliver SkippLM
  8. 6Jordan JamesRM
  9. 39Silko ThomasF
  10. 10Stephy MavididiAM-L
  11. 7Fatawu IssahakuAM-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 36' Goal! Sheffield United 1, Leicester City 0. Japhet Tanganga (Sheffield United) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Sam McCallum with a cross following a corner.
  3. 52' Goal! Sheffield United 2, Leicester City 0. Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andre Brooks.
  4. 57' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Oliver Skipp.
  5. 57' Substitution, Leicester City. Jordan Ayew replaces Silko-Amari Thomas.
  6. 60' Substitution, Sheffield United. Tyrese Campbell replaces Patrick Bamford.
  7. 65' Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 67' Substitution, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga replaces Stephy Mavididi.
  9. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Louis Page replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  10. 76' Substitution, Sheffield United. Gustavo Hamer replaces Andre Brooks.
  11. 84' Femi Seriki (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 85' Substitution, Sheffield United. Tahith Chong replaces Thomas Cannon.
  13. 85' Substitution, Sheffield United. Oliver Arblaster replaces Djibril Soumaré.
  14. 86' Substitution, Sheffield United. Harrison Burrows replaces Sam McCallum.
  15. 88' Goal! Sheffield United 3, Leicester City 0. Callum O'Hare (Sheffield United) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Femi Seriki.
  16. 90'+2' Goal! Sheffield United 3, Leicester City 1. Jordan James (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Ayew following a fast break.

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