Arsenal 2-1 Sheffield United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 4 October 2020
Result
Arsenal 2-1 Sheffield United
Premier League · Sunday 4 October 2020, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 2-1 Sheffield United: match report
Arsenal won against Sheffield United 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 October 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.
Bukayo Saka opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Arsenal's goals came from Bukayo Saka (61') and Nicolas Pépé (64'). Sheffield United scored through David McGoldrick (84').
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 9th on 6 points from 3 and Sheffield United 18th on 0 points from 3. Arsenal went on to finish that season 8th with 61 points, and Sheffield United 20th with 23.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bukayo Saka of Arsenal (7.7), ahead of Héctor Bellerín (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 1 draw and 2 for Sheffield United.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-W-W and Sheffield United's L-L-L.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Sander Berge
- 61'Goal · Bukayo Saka
- 64'Goal · Nicolas Pépé
- 84'Goal · David McGoldrick
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Jack O'Connell
- Calum Chambers
- Oleksandr Zinchenko
- Gabriel Jesus
- Gabriel Martinelli
- Shkodran Mustafi
- Emile Smith Rowe
- Pablo Marí
- Ciaran Clark
- Lys Mousset
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Bernd Leno, Héctor Bellerín, David Luiz, Gabriel, Kieran Tierney, Mohamed Elneny, Dani Ceballos, Bukayo Saka, Willian, Eddie Nketiah, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Aaron Ramsdale, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack Robinson, George Baldock, John Lundstram, Sander Berge, Ben Osborn, Enda Stevens, Oliver Burke, David McGoldrick