Liverpool 2-1 Sheffield United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 24 October 2020
Result
Liverpool 2-1 Sheffield United
Premier League · Saturday 24 October 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Liverpool 2-1 Sheffield United: match report
Liverpool won against Sheffield United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 October 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.
Sander Berge opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Roberto Firmino (41') and Diogo Jota (64'). Sheffield United scored through Sander Berge (13', penalty).
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 10 points from 5 and Sheffield United 19th on 1 point from 5. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 69 points, and Sheffield United 20th with 23.
Liverpool 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 Ethan Ampadu of Sheffield United (7.8), level with Joe Gomez (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · John Lundstram
- 13'Penalty goal · Sander Berge
- 41'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 64'Goal · Diogo Jota
- 66'Yellow card · Enda Stevens
- 86'Yellow card · Sander Berge
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Jack O'Connell
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
- Naby Keïta
- Luis Díaz
- Ben Davies
- Thiago Alcântara
- Konstantinos Tsimikas
- Virgil van Dijk
- John Fleck
- Max Lowe
- Joël Matip
- Lys Mousset
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Joe Gomez, Andrew Robertson, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Aaron Ramsdale, Chris Basham, John Egan, Enda Stevens, George Baldock, Sander Berge, Ethan Ampadu, John Lundstram, Ben Osborn, Oli McBurnie, Rhian Brewster