Sheffield United 1-2 Bristol City: result and report
Championship · Friday 8 December 2017
Result
Sheffield United 1-2 Bristol City
Championship · Friday 8 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sheffield United 1-2 Bristol City: match report
Sheffield United were beaten by Bristol City 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 8 December 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Jamie Paterson opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Sheffield United's goal came from Leon Clarke (48'). Bristol City scored through Jamie Paterson (43') and Aden Flint (90+1').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Bristol City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 4th on 37 points from 20 and Bristol City 3rd on 37 points from 20. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Bristol City 11th with 67.
Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bristol City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leon Clarke of Sheffield United (8.2), ahead of Aden Flint (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Bristol City.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Jamie Paterson
- 43'Yellow card · Enda Stevens
- 48'Goal · Leon Clarke
- 55'Yellow card · Milan Djuric
- 59'Red card · John Fleck
- 90+1'Goal · Aden Flint
- 90+4'Yellow card · Bobby De Cordova-Reid
- 90+5'Yellow card · Jamie Paterson
Head-to-head
Team news
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, Patrick McCarthy
Bristol City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Frank Fielding, Joe Bryan, Aden Flint, Bailey Wright, Nathan Baker, Josh Brownhill, Niclas Eliasson, Sander Krabbendam, Marlon Pack, Korey Smith, Bobby De Cordova-Reid