Crystal Palace 0-1 Sheffield United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 February 2020

Result

Crystal Palace 0-1 Sheffield United

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

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Crystal Palace 0-1 Sheffield United: match report

Crystal Palace were beaten by Sheffield United 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 February 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal was an own goal by Vicente Guaita in the 58th minute, credited to Sheffield United.

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 11th on 30 points from 24 and Sheffield United 8th on 33 points from 24. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Sheffield United 9th with 54.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-5-1 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Norwood of Sheffield United (8.0), ahead of Dean Henderson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Crystal Palace wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · George BaldockSheffield United
  • 24'Yellow card · James TomkinsCrystal Palace
  • 58'Own goal · Vicente GuaitaSheffield United · 0-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace
  • 68'Yellow card · John FleckSheffield United
  • 74'Yellow card · Joel WardCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Crystal Palace 0, draws 0, Sheffield United 1.

Team news

Crystal Palace line-up (4-5-1)

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Gary Cahill, Patrick van Aanholt, Jordan Ayew, James McCarthy, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Wilfried Zaha, Christian Benteke

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

Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack O'Connell, George Baldock, Sander Berge, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Oli McBurnie, Patrick McCarthy