Arsenal 1-1 Sheffield United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2020

Result

Arsenal 1-1 Sheffield United

Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 1-1 Sheffield United: match report

Arsenal drew with Sheffield United 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 January 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Gabriel Martinelli (45'). Sheffield United scored through John Fleck (83').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 10th on 28 points from 22 and Sheffield United 6th on 32 points from 22. Arsenal went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Sheffield United 9th with 54.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John Fleck of Sheffield United (7.8), ahead of Enda Stevens (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 0 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-W-L-D-D and Sheffield United's W-L-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Oliver NorwoodSheffield United
  • 45'Goal · Gabriel MartinelliArsenal · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · George BaldockSheffield United
  • 83'Goal · John FleckSheffield United · 1-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 0, Sheffield United 2.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bernd Leno, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Shkodran Mustafi, David Luiz, Bukayo Saka, Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Nicolas Pépé, Mesut Özil, Gabriel Martinelli, Alexandre Lacazette

Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)

Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack O'Connell, George Baldock, John Lundstram, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Oli McBurnie, Lys Mousset