Millwall 2-3 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 29 September 2018
Result
Millwall 2-3 Sheffield United
Championship · Saturday 29 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Millwall 2-3 Sheffield United: match report
Millwall lost to Sheffield United 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 29 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.
Billy Sharp opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Millwall's goals came from Jake Cooper (47') and Lee Gregory (50'). Sheffield United scored through Billy Sharp (40'), David McGoldrick (79', penalty) and David McGoldrick (88').
Discipline: Millwall received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Millwall were 22nd on 6 points from 9 and Sheffield United 4th on 16 points from 9. Millwall went on to finish that season 21st with 44 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 89.
Millwall lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David McGoldrick of Sheffield United (8.7), ahead of Mark Duffy (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Millwall win, 3 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Enda Stevens
- 18'Yellow card · Ryan Leonard
- 26'Missed penalty · Billy Sharp
- 34'Yellow card · Jed Wallace
- 40'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 47'Goal · Jake Cooper
- 50'Goal · Lee Gregory
- 55'Yellow card · Kieron Freeman
- 79'Penalty goal · David McGoldrick
- 83'Yellow card · John Egan
- 88'Goal · David McGoldrick
Head-to-head
Team news
Millwall line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Amos, Mahlon Romeo, Byron Webster, Jake Cooper, James Meredith, Jed Wallace, Shaun Williams, Ryan Leonard, Aiden O'Brien, Steve Morison, L. Gregory
Sheffield United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack O'Connell, Kieron Freeman, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Mark Duffy, Patrick McCarthy, David McGoldrick