Liverpool 2-0 Sheffield United: result and report
Premier League · Thursday 2 January 2020
Result
Liverpool 2-0 Sheffield United
Premier League · Thursday 2 January 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 2-0 Sheffield United: match report
Liverpool won against Sheffield United 2-0 in the Premier League on Thursday 2 January 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Mohamed Salah (4') and Sadio Mané (64'). Sheffield United did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 55 points from 19 and Sheffield United 8th on 29 points from 20. Liverpool went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Sheffield United 9th with 54.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (8.4), ahead of Virgil van Dijk (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sheffield United.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Sheffield United's L-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 64'Goal · Sadio Mané
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, James Milner, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack O'Connell, George Baldock, John Lundstram, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, David McGoldrick, Lys Mousset