Crystal Palace 3-2 Sheffield United: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 30 January 2024

Result

Crystal Palace 3-2 Sheffield United

Premier League · Tuesday 30 January 2024, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Crystal Palace 3-2 Sheffield United: match report

Crystal Palace defeated Sheffield United 3-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 30 January 2024. The half-time score was 2-2.

Ben Brereton Díaz opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from Eberechi Eze (17'), Eberechi Eze (27') and Michael Olise (67'). Sheffield United scored through Ben Brereton Díaz (1') and James McAtee (20').

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 16th on 21 points from 21 and Sheffield United 20th on 10 points from 21. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Sheffield United 20th with 16.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sheffield United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Eberechi Eze of Crystal Palace (9.1), ahead of Michael Olise (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Crystal Palace wins, 0 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Ben Brereton DíazSheffield United · 0-1
  • 17'Goal · Eberechi EzeCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 20'Goal · James McAteeSheffield United · 1-2
  • 27'Goal · Eberechi EzeCrystal Palace · 2-2
  • 40'Yellow card · Auston TrustySheffield United
  • 42'Yellow card · Jack RobinsonSheffield United
  • 67'Goal · Michael OliseCrystal Palace · 3-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Rhys Norrington-DaviesSheffield United
  • 90+13'Yellow card · Anel AhmedhodzicSheffield United
  • 90+13'Yellow card · Jefferson LermaCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Crystal Palace 3, draws 0, Sheffield United 2.

Team news

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Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)

Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guéhi, Tyrick Mitchell, Eberechi Eze, Will Hughes, Jefferson Lerma, Michael Olise, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Jordan Ayew

Sheffield United line-up (4-1-4-1)

Ivo Grbic, Jayden Bogle, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Jack Robinson, Auston Trusty, Vinicius de Souza Costa, James McAtee, Gustavo Hamer, Anis Ben Slimane, Ben Brereton Díaz, Oli McBurnie