Derby County 1-1 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Monday 1 January 2018
Result
Derby County 1-1 Sheffield United
Championship · Monday 1 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Derby County 1-1 Sheffield United: match report
Derby County drew with Sheffield United 1-1 in the Championship on Monday 1 January 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
M. Vydra opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Derby County's goal came from M. Vydra (24', penalty). Sheffield United scored through Leon Clarke (57').
Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 2nd on 48 points from 25 and Sheffield United 6th on 41 points from 25. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Sheffield United 10th with 69.
Derby County 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 Matej Vydra of Derby County (7.8), ahead of Richard Stearman (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Derby County wins, 1 draw and 6 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · M. Duffy
- 24'Penalty goal · M. Vydra
- 57'Goal · Leon Clarke
- 64'Yellow card · Enda Stevens
- 77'Yellow card · George Thorne
- 79'Yellow card · John Fleck
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Carson, Craig Forsyth, Richard Keogh, Chris Baird, Curtis Davies, Johnny Russell, Bradley Johnson, Andreas Weimann, Matej Vydra, Tom Huddlestone, David Nugent
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Richard Stearman, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, John Fleck, John Lundstram, Mark Duffy, Leon Clarke, Clayton Donaldson