Sheffield United 1-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Monday 2 April 2018

Result

Sheffield United 1-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Monday 2 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sheffield United 1-1 Cardiff City: match report

Sheffield United drew with Cardiff City 1-1 in the Championship on Monday 2 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Leon Clarke of Sheffield United in the 28th minute.

Discipline: Sheffield United received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 9th on 61 points from 39 and Cardiff City 2nd on 79 points from 38. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Cardiff City 4th with 90.

Sheffield United lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Basham of Sheffield United (8.0), ahead of Joe Bennett (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Cardiff City.

Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read D-D-W-D-L and Cardiff City's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Leon ClarkeSheffield United · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Joe BennettCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield United 2, draws 4, Cardiff City 4.

Team news

Sheffield United line-up (3-5-1-1)

Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Richard Stearman, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, John Fleck, John Lundstram, Lee Evans, Leon Clarke, David Brooks

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Neil Etheridge, Joe Bennett, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Aron Gunnarsson, Callum Paterson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Marko Grujić, Junior Hoilett, Kenneth Zohore