Charlton Athletic 2-5 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 November 2008

Result

Charlton Athletic 2-5 Sheffield United

Championship · Saturday 22 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Charlton Athletic 2-5 Sheffield United: match report

Charlton Athletic lost to Sheffield United 2-5 in the Championship on Saturday 22 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-3.

James Beattie opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Charlton Athletic's goals came from Linvoy Primus (17') and Hameur Bouazza (56'). Sheffield United scored through James Beattie (7'), G. Speed (29'), Matthew Kilgallon (44'), an own goal by Kelly Youga (48') and Stephen Quinn (53').

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 20th on 16 points from 17 and Sheffield United 5th on 28 points from 17. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 24th with 39 points, and Sheffield United 3rd with 84.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Charlton Athletic win, 1 draw and 2 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · James BeattieSheffield United · 0-1
  • 17'Goal · Linvoy PrimusCharlton Athletic · 1-1
  • 28'Yellow card · José SemedoCharlton Athletic
  • 29'Goal · G. SpeedSheffield United · 1-2
  • 44'Goal · Matthew KilgallonSheffield United · 1-3
  • 48'Own goal · Kelly YougaSheffield United · 1-4
  • 53'Goal · Stephen QuinnSheffield United · 1-5
  • 56'Goal · Hameur BouazzaCharlton Athletic · 2-5

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Charlton Athletic 1, draws 1, Sheffield United 2.

Team news

Charlton Athletic expected line-up

Scott Carson, Luke Young, Souleymane Diawara, Alex Song, Zhi Zheng, Darren Ambrose, Matt Holland, Darren Bent, Hermann Hreidarsson, Talal El Karkouri

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge